Religion has been central to all types of people all around the world for thousands of years. Different regions developed differing views on religion and higher powers. With this, has come a lot of tension between different groups as they fight for power over more people. Therefore I agree with the statement, “Religions have promoted violence more than they have prevented it.” In this essay, I will discuss a variety of religions including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism. Historically, there have been countless examples of violence stemming from religious roots. Most famously, the Christian Crusades that began in the early 11th century. During the Crusades, christians killed thousands of muslims. It is believed that European christians initially …show more content…
For example, in India there is a minority of Hindus that want every Indian to follow Hinduism for they believe that other religions, mainly Christianity and Islam, are a threat to Indian culture. As a result, they have been violent toward people who aren’t Hindu, going as far as to kill Christian missionaries and burn down Mosques. In 2014, a Hindu nationalist became the prime minister of India. With this, there was a dramatic increase in radical Hindus terrorizing religious groups that aren’t Hindu. Reports show that Muslims have been forced to convert to Hinduism and textbooks have allegedly been altered to help convert children to the Hindu faith. There have even been cases of people getting murdered for eating cow, which is holy in the Hindu faith (Al …show more content…
Most notably, there has been an increasing hatred from radical Islamic groups towards the West. One reason for this was the history that Muslims have faced. Many violent Islamists feel they have a duty to “get back” at Christians for the Crusades and colonialism. There are also some factors of the modern day West that fuel the flame of hatred within Islamists. Most notably, the recent involvement of Western countries in wars in the Middle East has led to a lot of