Religion is just the collection of beliefs that people have on god. The terror attacks in the middle east, western countries are getting from bad to worse. The religious intolerance occurring in India is not getting any better either. These conflicts happening in the name of God is all forcing us to ask this question to ourselves ‘Is religion a cause of war?’. Can this be the very reason why lives of innocent people are snatched away?
I take the stand that religion does not cause any sorts of war or a conflict. If we see the history, we may find out that most of the war was not because of a religious reason or such. For instance, the American Civil War, American Revolutionary War, World War I, World War II, American war in the Middle East
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Crusade (1095-1291), where Muslims and Christians battled over the holy land of Israel. The Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005), the Islamic central government trying to impose sharia laws (Islamic law) on the non-Muslims leading to war. The Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), a war between the Maronite Christians and Muslims. Thirty years’ War (1618-1648), is the longest and the most destructive war in the European history. Initially, it was between the Catholics and the Protestants but gradually major countries of Europe also got involved. The Nazi Reich exterminating millions of Jews adds points to the religious causes of war. They were one of the most bloodiest and inhumane war which the human race has experienced. Terrorists groups like Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been formed in the name of Jihad. They believe Jihad (holy war or struggle) is something which does not allow young girls to educate, murder of innocent men and women. Terrorizing the world is apparently Jihad. Though they may misinterpreted the actual meaning of Jihad from the Qur’an but at the end they still are doing such horrifying events in the name of their