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Religiously motivated hatred, animosity and intolerance

Religiously motivated violence, murder, terrorism, mass murder & genocide

Quotation (repeated elsewhere because we are so fond of it):

bulletA man told his grandson: "A terrible fight is going on inside me -- a fight between two wolves. One is evil, and represents hate, anger, arrogance, intolerance, and superiority . The other is good, and represents joy, peace, love, tolerance, understanding, humility, kindness, empathy, generosity, and compassion. This same fight is going on inside you, inside every other person too."
 
The grandson then asked: "Which wolf will win?" The old man replied simply:  "The one you feed."  Anon.

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Religiously motivated conflicts, oppression, etc.

bulletRoot causes & examples of religiously-motivated violence, conflict, oppression, etc.
 
bulletBasic information: Intolerance in the Bible; past events; current status
 
bulletA new word for religious oppression & discrimination: "religism"
bullet"Religism" as defined on the Internet

 

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Overview of religiously motivated conflict:

bulletAround the world: U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, The rest of the world.
 
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Specific North American religiously motivated conflicts:

bulletVarious examples: U.S. Government bigotry in the Air Force Academy. Veterans' Admin., and Chaplain corps. Religious boycotts, harassment, hate crimes, hate speech,, oppression. Christmastime conflicts. Radical Muslim group(s) in U.S. Prisons. etc.
 
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Religious misinformation and frauds:

bulletVarious topics: Fraudulent books, Halloween, Urban legends, Misconceptions. Charitable giving.

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Hate-based American religious organizations:

bulletThe Creativity Movement (formerly the World Church of the Creator: a racist and homophobic group
 
bulletChristian Reconstructionism: a pro-slavery, homophobic movement
 
bulletChristian Identity: a racist and homophobic group
 
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End of the world & Y2K fears:

bulletThe millennium transition
 
bullet"End-of-the-World Predictions" that were scheduled to happen:
bulletPrior to 1998
bulletAfter 1997
bulletOn or about 2012-DEC-21, inspired by the end of the Mayan calendar (and greed)
bulletIn our future
 
bulletY2K computer problems, potential for violence, etc.
 
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Attempted solutions to religious persecution:

bulletThe US "Freedom from Religious Persecution Law "
bullet"International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church" Held annually in mid-NOV

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bulletReligiously "hot topics" from abortion access to equal rights for homosexuals
 
bulletLaws restricting and protecting religion from school prayer to the wearing of religious jewelry

Reports on oppression and hatred involving, in part, religion:

bulletU.S. State Department's annual human rights reports: The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State publishes Country human rights and religious freedom reports annually. Sadly, although the reports catalog human rights abuses and victories in over 175 countries, it neglects conditions within the U.S. itself. See: http://www.state.gov/
 
bullet Hatewatch.org "monitors the evolving problem of online bigotry. Visit their news feed or their web site.

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