Names
The current Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso
The collective name in Buddhism for the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
The Three Jewels
The place where Sikhism originates
Punjab
The sect that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad belongs to
Alawite
The person who earned the title of Buddha by gaining enlightenment.
Siddhartha Gautama
The term in Jainism for a person who has conquered all inner passions and acquired omniscience
Jina
The country where most modern Zoroastrians live
India
The country that acted as middle man for the United States to sell weapons to Iran despite an embargo to free prisoners.
The founding prophet of Zoroastrianism
Zoroaster
The four goals of Hinduism as established in the Mahabharata (written aroudn 400 BCE)
Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksa
The regions under disputed control in the conflict between India and Pakistan
Jammu and Kashmir
The founding figure from 19th century Persia who outlined a new religious law, whose students would go on to found Bahá'í
the Bab
The leader that the United States publicly supported and provided aid during the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988.
Saddam Hussein
The set of principles that best defines the core doctrines of Baha'i
Unity of God, unity of religion, unity of humanity
The name for the Muslims located primarily in the Rahkine state who are not permitted to leave without government permission (in Myanmar)
Royhinga
The Islamic sect in Pakistan that can be described as Sunni nationalist militant group seeking to enforce their version of Sharīʿah law, attacking Shi'a shrines
Deobandi
The first Guru in the lineage of eleven Gurus in Sikhism.
Guru Nanak
The terms scholars use to describe the Zoroastrian belief that there were two gods when the world was created, but there will be only one god at the end of time after a great cosmic battle
Cosmogonic Dualism and Eschatological Monotheism
The country that Uyghur separatists claim was illegally incorporated into China
Second East Turkestan Republic
The name for Tibet, as of 1965, whose political status is that of having the same standing as a province of China
Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR)