Essays on Religious Conflict

The Crusades were a series of war where the Christians fought the Seljuk Turks during 1095, as the Turks came and took control of Jerusalem. They then persecuted the Christian pilgrims who tried to visit Jerusalem; the beloved “Holy Land” to them. The Byzantine ruler…

Charter for Freedom of Religion or Belief was officially created 2014, through the contribution of 30 international agencies, and spearheaded by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. The basis of this decision was the perceived need to reinforce Article 18 of the Universal Declaration…

Religion in our modern American society today is filled with conflict from many different avenues. These avenues range from who is fit to be a religious leader, to who is fit to worship God. Society has also defiantly paralyzed certain individuals in almost every culture…

In the present world, religion is playing a substantial role, in the way it can give structure and guide society to the way it can cause havoc and wreck it. From terrorists using religion to justify their wrongdoings to Jehovah’s Witnesses refusing blood transfusions for…

The film The Nativity Story was released on December 1, 2006. It was directed by Catherine Hardwick, and it was produced by Wyck Godfrey and Toby Emmerich. The main characters in this movie were Mary, who was played by Keisha Castle-Hughes. Joseph was played by…

Ashoka’s policies were affected heavily by his religion after the Battle of Kalinga where he lost around two hundred fifty thousand men (soldiers and civilians) and he felt like it was his fault. Although he was heavily influenced by Buddism that does not mean Buddha…

Before the Spanish entry to America for the reason of colonizing them, the people of America had their own religion and beliefs. Because the Spanish had already put pressure on Americans, Sepulveda finds that to introduce Christianity, which was a new religion to American, will…

Religion and International mindedness “I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds but our hearts and souls”-Malala Yousefazai “Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own…

The ‘idea of God’ is a quite peril discourse to explore in this ‘egoistic’ realm with diverse beliefs systems and structures which may not be necessarily centered on faith and spirituality but cradle the obsession of the ‘idea of believing’. It is debatable that the…

I believe and see religion as a spiritual way to connect with the works of God and how all of us try to do good, finding peace from within and giving us the right path through guidance. There are lots of religions with different unique…