Thích Quảng Đức

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title: Thích Quảng Đức
text: Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting against the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government of Ngô Đình Diệm, a staunch Roman Catholic. Photographs of his self-immolation circulated around the world, drawing attention to the policies of the Diệm government. John F. Kennedy said of one photograph, "No news picture in history has generated so much emotion aro
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description: Vietnamese Buddhist monk and self-immolator (1897–1963)
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date created: 2004-05-31T20:51:03Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T09:32:37Z
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