An Analysis of Conflicts Around The World By Saberi Roy

"If we try to provide an analysis of conflicts around the world, two patterns emerge. One relates to ethnicity, and the other relates to religion. Religion still forms the basis of major conflicts worldwide as in Israel-Palestine, although in case of India-Pakistan and Russia-Chechnya, the religious roots of such conflicts tend to have a close association with Islamic separatism. A clash of religious ideologies seems to be a common factor in such conflicts. But even if these ‘inter-religious’ conflicts have worldwide impact, ‘intra-religious’ conflicts as was seen in Northern Ireland or even Iraq can seriously question any analysis of conflicts that stresses on only religion per se. Is religion the ‘only’ basis of such conflicts in the world? Or is religion a tool to satisfy political motives? The fact that struggles ‘within religions’ can be sufficient to cause civil wars, undermine the explanation that a clash of different religious ideologies would be sufficient to cause ‘culture conflicts’. Religion is just an excuse and the best and most effective excuse. Religion seems to serve as a prop and a justification for most wars around the world and is even used to justify terrorism for that matter. Intra-religious and inter-religious conflicts as well as separatism/terrorism are all broadly ‘religious feuds’."

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