Question

The majority of nations in the Middle East are Muslim. In spite of this fact, conflict still develops between Muslim nations over religious issues. Describe what causes these types of conflicts.

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Answer 1

Three major religious groups originated in the Middle East. Smaller minority religions, such as ... According to the survey, Middle East and North Africa region's Muslim ... and north eastern Syria have suffered both ethnic and religious persecution over the last ... Many conflicts between the two communities have occurred.

To some outside observers, this is a volatile religious fault line—the site, for example, of al-Qaeda’s first major terrorist strike, the bombing of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, and more recently of ethnic and sectarian bloodshed in Nigeria, where hundreds of Muslims and Christians have been killed.

To others, religion is not so much a source of conflict as a source of hope in sub- Saharan Africa, where religious leaders and movements are a major force in civil society and a key provider of relief and development for the needy, particularly given the widespread reality of failed states and collapsing government services.

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Answer 2

Although it is undeniably true that the main religion in Middle Eastern countries is Islam, it cannot be forgotten that there are two issues that cause constant conflict in this region of the world. The first, that although Islam is the major system of belief, there is still the presence of other faiths there, and the more radical Muslims tend to believe that they have to fight off the infidels, especially the Jews. The second thing is, that there are several sects, or currents, inside Islam itself, and it is the differences of belief, the way that Islam is interpreted and lived within this sects, that causes conflict. An example of this is the differences between the Sunnites and Shiites. Both groups share Islam as their faith. However, both interpret the basic tennets of their faith and the way Isalm dictates how life should be lived, in different ways, and these differences cause conflict, and many times, violence.