Religiously-motivated conflict, violence,
oppression, unjustified discrimination, etc.

Root causes and examples

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

A 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.

Topics covered in this section:

Possible causes, aggravating factors, examples

Linking inter-personal violence with studying a violent passage in the Bible

A Church of England 2006 report links its teaching to spousal abuse

Religiously motivated spanking of children

Islam: Corporal punishment of women

Personal opinions on sources of religiously-motivated violence:

	While prayer is peaceful, violence is often in name of God, by Jon Brodkin
	Changing holy books to modify beliefs and alter behaviors, by Vladimir Tomek
	"Spare the Rod:" an essay describing partnership and dominator cultural models by Riane Eisler

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

	U.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/
	Hatewatch.org "monitors the evolving problem of online bigotry. Visit their news feed or their web site.