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Religious wars are scary
Dear readers, I may
seem to go out of my way and instead of writing about God and religions as
usual in this mostly religious site, I am writing this article here about these
modern wars in the Middle East; but I hope you can see that I am doing this
because they involve religions as well as other things that these people that
wage war want.
Yes, it is always
the same, when people want something or are not happy about what they are
entitled to in the current system they rebel, in extreme cases they make war,
whether they are doing it for the right reason it would be hard to say, because
there are always two sides to consider, so it all depends from the point of
view of the side you are on. But one thing is for sure, whatever happens there
will always be a losing side and they will not be happy about it, things become
even worse when these wars involves religions, so let us look briefly what
could happen, and also what has happened in the past, like the crusaders.
Here under is a
quote when it started; we could say it lasted for about two hundred years and
achieved nothing in particular, but there were many deaths on both sides.
(The Crusades
were military campaigns sanctioned by the Latin Roman Catholic Church during the High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages. In 1095 Pope Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade with the stated goal of restoring Christian access to holy places in and near Jerusalem.)
So we could say
that, whenever there are wars and any other violent acts that involves
religions the outcome is not that good, a lot of people are going to die for no
fault of their own, because they become involved just because they belong to a
religious group; history is full of many happenings, just to mention a few that
brought many deaths and sorrow to the people of this world, and are
historically important, we could mention, the Martyrs in the Roman times, the
Crusaders, and the Inquisition, they all had something to do with religions,
and today when we look at these events, we think that they were barbaric and
carried out for the wrong reasons. So when religion is involved in wars and
other violent act, it is very scary; but now let us see what is happening these
days in the Middle East.
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The Iraq religious wars
The Iraqi case, all
the wars are bad for any society and should be avoided whenever possible, but
when wars involve also religions, they usually become the worst wars of them
all, and so, may God of the universe, if a god really exist show mercy to all
humanity and in its own sometimes strange ways put an end to these religious
wars?
We who believe in
God and religious beliefs need to pray God earnestly, in the hope that God
would help put an end to these wars.
Yes you heard it
right today there are still wars in the world that involve religious beliefs,
some of these wars are very cruel and some of them threaten genocide to those
people that don’t belong to their own religions.
This could not and
should not be accepted from the world religious communities and otherwise, so
everybody should make an effort and react in some ways, in the hope that our
collective effort would save those people that are in danger of losing
everything including their lives.
So, apart praying
God and wishing that these war’s end, what else could the rest of the world do
to minimise the loss of life one may ask?
As we were saying,
today the world faces many problems that are hard to solve, some are more
urgent than the others, but the greatest problem is the loss of life of
innocent people; so the entire world should come together and help those people
in need, especially when they are in danger of their lives, I hope you see what
I mean.
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Well-done America!
Well done America!
This is how the western world likes to see you; we all like to see you as the
defender of the weak, and you did just that!
Because, today
finally a voice has been heard that will take the part and help those that are
weak; the mighty America has spoken and will come to defend those religious
minorities in danger, so there is some hope for those that are oppressed and in
danger of their lives. Here I would have liked to say my own views about
America, but I am going to come back to that later on, because we need to say
first what the American president had to say, therefore here-under is how the
internet news reported president Obama and I quote:
(Mr Obama rose to
political prominence opposing the Iraq war and took the presidency vowing to
end it. He also resisted intervening militarily as the Syrian conflict spun out
of control and into the hands of Islamist militants.
The difference now,
he suggested, was a looming “genocide” as members of the Kurdish Yazidi
religious minority fled to Mount Sinjar amid threats from Islamic State
militants to exterminate them.
The president said:
“They’re without
food, they’re without water,” he said. “People are starving and children are
dying of thirst. These innocent families are faced with a horrible choice:
descend the mountain and be slaughtered, or stay and slowly die of thirst and
hunger ...
“When we have the
unique capabilities to help avert a massacre, then I believe the United States
of America cannot turn a blind eye.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-begins-air-strikes-in-iraq-after-obama-authorised-military-intervention-20140808-1022z2.html#ixzz39rfq3ulI
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-begins-air-strikes-in-iraq-after-obama-authorised-military-intervention-20140808-1022z2.html#ixzz39rfq3ulI
(End of quotes)
President Obama
explained many other things as well, including the urgent reasons for doing
what he wants the American military to do, we will say more here-under. Anyhow
the American president is not alone and many other government leaders have
expressed their concerns as well.
Of all these
leaders, perhaps the most worried would be Pope Francis, because he is one that
is most concerned, as there are Christian religions also involved, and of
course he is the pope and has immense respect for all humanity and for loss of
life including those people that belong to other religions altogether. This
link here-under will take you to see a few things about Iraq that are happening
today, the date is in August 2014, just to keep track of this happening.
Having said that
most religious leaders are concerned and we are concerned as well, let us say a
prayer to God, in the hope that God would hear our prayers and help us find a
way to end these conflicts. Here under are more links to follow this tragic
story that is happening today, as we speak.
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About the mighty America
Now if you don’t
mind I would like to say something about how I and also some other people see
this world situation. As we have said, we like very much that America to help
those that are in need of help, and provide humanitarian aid.
Now to say a bit
more about this delicate situation and the war in Iraq, we need to look at
history and what has happened previously, in America and in these parts of the
Middle East; here we are talking about the terrorist act of September 11-2001,
that act has really started all the bad things that have happened in the world
lately, you see if the terrorist act would have not happened, then the Iraqi
wars would not have happened, at least this is how most of us see the whole
situation.
The Iraqi people
and Al-Qaeda might not agree with us and see everything in a different way, but
this is how most of the western world sees it, and this is how the situation is
today. We could blame each other, but the truth is that both sides have made
mistakes and we need to see how we could prevent this happening again.
So, here I would
like to say my own views and what could be the best way out of this situation;
America and any other nation that can afford to help those in need should help,
and let the other side sware revenge, but there is nothing to revenge about if
one just helps those people that are in need. I hope you see what I mean. Here
we would like to suggest that the world helps the people in need and moves away
from the religious issues that are causing it, because no one can change people
beliefs easily, only time and the coming generation are able to do that.
I am talking about
religions, because in my articles I talk about religions and that is one of the
reasons why, I am writing this article here. Now we will have a look at another
war that is going on as we speak; the war between Israel and Amass, the Gaza
Strip war.
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Israel Gaza strip wars
The way I see this
is that Israel is always in war with the surrounding countries, this wars could
also be called religious wars, so we need also to see what is happening here,
as these wars have really gone on and off for thousands of years. For those
that don’t know the history of the Jews and Israel, I suggest to read the
Bible, this one could say that is the continuation of the Promised Land wars,
accept that is a modern war.
The modern wars
started in 1948, as we can see from this article of the –BBC News, and I quote
and also paste a link to it here-under;
Establishment of Israel
The State of
Israel, the first Jewish state for nearly 2,000 years, was proclaimed at 1600
on 14 May 1948 in Tel Aviv. The declaration came into effect the following day
as the last British troops withdrew. Palestinians remember 15 May as
"al-Nakba", or the Catastrophe.
Anyhow we will try
to follow what is happening in this never ending war that also includes
religions. One might argue that this is not a true religious war, because it is
two races of people fighting each other, but one has to bear in mind that it is
religions that divides these people. On one side there are the Jews with their
Judaism, that use the Jews Bible or Torah, it seems to be the old Bible that a
certain point stops, and then adds a few things of their own long before the
Christian Era; then on the other side there are the Islamic religions, with
their religious book the Koran, these two religions are not flexible and don’t
allow any changes; therefore there is no much hope that they could be together
one day. So they fight each other on and off, and this link here under shows
you what is happening in August 2014; you can check it out by clicking on it.
Gaza truce collapses, fighting erupts, Israelorders ...
Gaza truce collapses, fighting erupts, Israelorders ...
This is all for the
time being about this war, because as we have said these wars will never be
ending completely.
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Pope Francis
Pope Francis
Pope Francis is
very busy these days; he has visited a few countries in Asia, he has said a few
things in the hope that common sense prevails, above all he sees that every man
is worth saving, because they are God’s children and he is trying to help those
that really need help, so, this pope that in the beginning seemed a bit strange
because he was not like the other popes, I personally believe that with the help
of God, he is doing his job very well, some people might say that he is mixing
too much in politics, but if you want to be heard you have to say something.
Here under is a link about his latest activities;
Here one needs to
point out that the pope has to try above all to help his own Roman Catholic
followers, today some of these Catholic in Iraq are being driven out by the
Isis, so the pope urges the world to do something to stop these aggressive
people, what else can he do, we all should pray God to help him.
And we should also
pray God to give Pope Francis strength; because as I was writing this issue, on
the news I heard this tragedy, here is a short quote of how the press reported
the tragic event;
(Part of the human
condition is experiencing profound tragedy and anguish. It’s inevitable. And
yet at the same time it’s also impossible to understand how Pope Francis must be feeling today after learning
that three of his relatives (two of whom were just babies) died in a traffic
accident in his home country of Argentina. The Associated Press reports
;)
I think that I have
said enough in this hub, say a prayer for our pope; see you soon.
May god guide and
help us all?
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