The reason why there is so much of conflict and bloodshed is very simple. Throughout the1950- 1996 periods, religious conflicts constituted 33% or 47% of all conflicts. Religious conflicts have escalated dramatically since the onset of cold war. Most religiously motivates hate crimes are acts of vandalism. Attempts to bring out peace have failed again and again. Today we see such intractable inter-religious wars between Muslims and Jews in Palestine, Hindus and Muslims in south Asia and in many other places. Much war and death has emerged from these conflicts. Religious conflict is caused by intolerance against another’s religious beliefs or practices. How many wars and battles have been fought, how much division, discord and hatred have been caused by this form of prejudice. It is evident that prejudices arising from adherence to religious forms and imitation of ancestral beliefs have hindered the progress of humanity thousands of years. “When adherents of one faith take to the extreme and force their religious views on those of other faiths, religious conflicts emerge”
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