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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts) Sat Jan 17, 2015, 01:57 AM Jan 2015

Is religion an important contributor to the continuous Middle-East @#$&-storm?

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Is religion an important contributor to the continuous Middle-East @#$&-storm? (Original Post) MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 OP

... countryjake Jan 2015 #1

Israel is where God comes back. Uh, yeah... blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #2

The US, Israel and SA play *the* major roles. Politics and power, not religion. Religion is ND-Dem Jan 2015 #3

how about the sunni shiite conflict ? JI7 Jan 2015 #4

as you said, SA backs sunnis; that's the origin of the problem in iraq. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #5

no, sunni shiite conflict started long before Saudi Arabia became the regional power JI7 Jan 2015 #6

"In 1801 the Al Saud-Wahhabi armies attacked and sacked Karbala, the Shia shrine in eastern Iraq" ND-Dem Jan 2015 #8

it started long before that JI7 Jan 2015 #9

the saudi-shiite conflict? in iraq???? ND-Dem Jan 2015 #10

i believe it started since the shiite first started JI7 Jan 2015 #12

"In what respect Charlie?" nt bemildred Jan 2015 #7

the region has been a religious ProdigalJunkMail Jan 2015 #11

For the most part madokie Jan 2015 #13

well, I presume it did when Le Duc Anh swept Pol Pot out of power, Mengistu and Barre fought for the MisterP Jan 2015 #14

countryjake

(8,554 posts)

1. ...

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Sat Jan 17, 2015, 02:02 AM

Jan 2015

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

2. Israel is where God comes back. Uh, yeah...

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Sat Jan 17, 2015, 05:56 AM

Jan 2015

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)

3. The US, Israel and SA play *the* major roles. Politics and power, not religion. Religion is

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:02 AM

Jan 2015

just the method used to control the masses.

JI7

(89,279 posts)

4. how about the sunni shiite conflict ?

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:06 AM

Jan 2015

yes, i know SA backs sunni extremists. but it's a problem within iraq itself.

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)

5. as you said, SA backs sunnis; that's the origin of the problem in iraq.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:08 AM

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JI7

(89,279 posts)

6. no, sunni shiite conflict started long before Saudi Arabia became the regional power

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:16 AM

Jan 2015

due to oil it is now.

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)

8. "In 1801 the Al Saud-Wahhabi armies attacked and sacked Karbala, the Shia shrine in eastern Iraq"

Reply to JI7 (Reply #6)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:32 AM

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JI7

(89,279 posts)

9. it started long before that

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:56 AM

Jan 2015

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)

10. the saudi-shiite conflict? in iraq????

Reply to JI7 (Reply #9)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:59 AM

Jan 2015

JI7

(89,279 posts)

12. i believe it started since the shiite first started

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #10)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 07:06 AM

Jan 2015

my point is that religion IS an issue and why there are conflicts.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

7. "In what respect Charlie?" nt

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:18 AM

Jan 2015

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)

11. the region has been a religious

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 07:00 AM

Jan 2015

shit-storm for about a 1000 years... probably a lot longer than that. yes, religion is the reason.

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madokie

(51,076 posts)

13. For the most part

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Sat Jan 17, 2015, 07:34 AM

Jan 2015

religion causes more hardship and strife than any one other thing. IMO
Always has been and always will be

MisterP

(23,730 posts)

14. well, I presume it did when Le Duc Anh swept Pol Pot out of power, Mengistu and Barre fought for the

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 03:40 PM

Jan 2015

Ogaden, and two militantly-secular groups battled over land 1947-82

but then again religion is a dimension to life, not a lump of stuff that can be pushed around or a superpower that all believers are agents of

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