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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1980 Page 9 fe world ions return to China; egime tolerates minority missionary ate an edw es 21,000-s liversityinU ler colleges, unnaries ^ 'Orldwide r es people (c l ley receive, (j operates % toriCs andtltjl United Press International a comparj®ANGZHOU, China — The exo- l, furnitei dip odor of incense floated once again ms. iround the crimson pillars of the ultimillioii Buddhist temple of Ling Yin. empire Incense is again manufactured idio and telefid we can sell it since we have re- ier, insurarvtoied to our temple,” said the port- is, farms a :: Ymonk sitting behind a table dis- ngs and vtijlaying incense. fflFor Buddhists, lighting incense in emples or at home is a sign of faith, an importaiilicense sticks vanished from shops effort to hroughout China a decade ago when lut unlike ?lao Tse-tung launched his anti- • whichol sligious “Cultural Revolution.” ision serial Its return indicates religion — in )ver the air Ad out during China’s 4,000-year n to use a! dstory — is in again and flourishing inder the current regime’s tolerance world contedf more individual freedom, ar, andeventi Religious leaders estimate the ;ram featur!:. lUn dier of believers of all faiths, in- leChoirisJwding home worshippers, at no lore than 115 million, a mere drop lurch hasalvU tlie communist nation’s 1 billion >d a series dpulation. ;ials forteltMU over this vast nation Buddhist tress the -Sn'pks are being reopened. Buddh- nily ties. 9r' s nnajority religion, with a Recent Soviet attack overpowers Afghans claimed 100 million believers. The Buddhist association head quarters in Peking has been re formed. Thousands of Islamic mosques are also open again. Islam is China’s second largest religion, with 13 mil lion worshipers. Christian churches, representing a comparatively minor religion in China, again hold services. The Moslem Koran and Christian Bible are being published again at the new Institute of Religious Re search opened last year at the Uni versity of Nanjing. The institute also plans to publish the Buddhist scrip tures. The Taoist movement, the only re ligion that originated in China, is forming an association and trying to open a temple in Peking. The philosophy of Confucius also is no longer banned and a Chinese Christian delegation attended a world religious conference last Sep tember in New Jersey. The state is paying for repairs to houses of worship. Most were looted during the Cultural Revolution. Salaries, including back pay in some cases, have been restored to some religious officials. Roman Catholics in Peking have elected a new bishop. More than 20 leaders of the Bud dhist, Moslem and Christian groups have been elected members of the national parliament. At the 4th century Ling Yin tem ple in Hangzhou, 30 monks again live behind the temple after being barred for more than a decade. “No young monks are in our group,” said Wang Li, eyes twink ling beneath his white cap. He wore a gray robe of the old Chinese style. “Our youngest monk is 53. The future of Buddhism in China — that remains to be seen,” he said in frank pessimism. “Some people come here to pray. No young people. But some tradi tions and habits still exist in older people’s minds. Now we can practice freedom of religion. ” In Peking, attendance has soared in recent months at the only two Christian churches open. Nationwide, the Moslems seem to Freed hostage suspect take-over of embassy itions t n Iran, in Philadtl in Los A#'- !)( 0(1 to wifi United Press International n U.S, al - BOGOTA, Colombia — One of if the sanctt$ree hostages released by leftist uerrillas Sunday has been detained lington, y military authorities for suspected pulated thivolvement in the seizure of the efit ofhisifominican embassy, a military n. It is ti iurce said Tuesday, recognize t-tGuerrillas of the April 19 move- at it is: om ient, known as M-19, who captured 1 even d ie embassy Feb. 27 and took 57 ostages, Sunday released Alfredo eensboro yfield, an honorary Jamaican con- ;nce sanclitll, Guillermo Triano, a Colombian because (wreign ministry official, and Tito rith Irans: iJ)io Tiburcio, a Dominican who r. as a! Secretary at the embassy. Iranian di^But still held captive were 18 di- id. “I hope i the first They didt itic Leaab'f a proper di| ic Iranian continued al law. It is) md restrain 1 plomats, including U.S. Ambassador Diego Asencio and two private Col ombian citizens who apparently re mained inside voluntarily to sell photographic and written records of the 41—day-old drama. The M-19 says it will hold on to its diplomatic hostages until Colombian authorities release 311 jailed leftists and pays a $50 million ransom. Byfield and Triano returned to their families after long hours of in terrogation by military intelligence officials, but Libio Tiburcio by noon Monday still was undergoing ques tioning. A military source said Libio Tibur- raJMMCCCCCCCMQ'JCi '■ "'"(WMlii: J • H033))333wjU") couponssS |KEN MARTIN'S ^ ^ HOUSE 1151 l Try our Great-Tastin' CHICKEN FRIED STEAK $ 1" special served with baked potato or french fries. Reg. $2.69. 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United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Soviet troops backed by more than 300 tanks have launched a major offen sive in Afghanistan’s Laghman pro vince northeast of Kabul, Afghan Moslem rebels reported Monday. “A fierce battle started Sunday be tween the Mujahedeen (rebels) and Soviet forces in Laghman province,” said a spokesman for Hizbe Islami, an exiled Islamic party with head quarters in the northern Pakistani garrison town of Peshawar. Laghman is northeast of the Afghan capital of Kabul and adjoins the two eastern provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar, scenes of previous heavy fighting between Moslem re bels and Soviet and Afghan govern ment forces. “The Soviet forces are concentrat ing in Alishing and Alingar valleys,” he said. The spokesman, whose report could not be independently con firmed, had no details on the fighting in Laghman province. 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