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News Release 24th November 2008FABRICANT VISITS BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN KINGS BROMLEYMichael Fabricant visited the Buddhavihara Temple last Friday (21st November) and met the Abbot, the Venerable Dr Phramaha Laow Panyasiri, and monks from Thailand. Michael says: "Having visited churches throughout the Lichfield constituency and our historic cathedral many times, it made an interesting change to visit a Buddhist Temple here in Kings Bromley. Buddhism is a very peaceful and tolerant religion and the Buddhavihara Temple has done much to integrate itself into the community. I was horrified to hear about how they had been persecuted by local residents - who themselves are immigrant or first generation immigrant - in Birmingham before they moved to peaceful Staffordshire. Not all religions are equally as tolerant as the Buddhists. "The Temple has laid on many courses for midlanders and those from further afield in how to find calmness and self understanding in these troubled times."
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