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

Quotation (repeated elsewhere on this web site 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:

	Root causes & examples of religiously-motivated violence, conflict, oppression, etc.
	A historical overview of religiously-motivated mass murder, genocide, etc
	Historical long-term violence directed at specific groups: Anti-Judaic and Anti-semitic persecution The real story of the Witch burning times Against Native Americans
	Religiously motivated violence in the Bible: Four major genocides in the Bible ordered or managed by God Passages advocating violence and genocide in the Bible and other holy texts Slavery: in the Bible, in the  past & now
	Recent religiously motivated violence: 1998 to now: Worldwide persecution of Christians Recent examples of religious hatred by followers of Abrahamic religions: Part 1   Part 2 Recent media accounts of individual incidences of intolerance, discrimination, conflict, violence etc. Genocide & mass crimes against humanity (often motivated by religion) The Militia movement and U.S. domestic terrorism 2001: The 911 terrorist attacks on New York City, Washington DC & Arlington, VA 1994 to now: The rise in Islamophobia: hate speech and violence against Muslims, mainly in the U.S. 2011: The anti-government, anti-Muslim mass murder in Norway Religiously based civil unrest and warfare Conflicts in Iraq, including activity by the ISIS terrorist group Conflicts in Kurdistan, Kashmir, Myanmar, & Gaza Conflicts in: Nazareth in Israel, Kashmir, Nigeria, Philippines, Yugoslavia-Kosovo, Yugoslavia-Vojvodia

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	Sexual and ritual abuse topics: Sexual abuse by clergy Ritual Abuse of children (RA): All aspects; all points of view Studies of over 35 MVMO (multi-victim multi offender) cases Satanic/Sadistic Ritual Abuse (SRA): All aspects; all points of view See additional essays on child sexual abuse
	Victims of memories and false allegations of sexual & ritual abuse: Repressed and Recovered Memory Therapy (RMT) Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD); Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) How Children Disclose Sexual Abuse How Children Disclose Ritual Abuse in Day-Cares, etc. False Confessions by Adults Parents Victimized by Children's Protective Services
	Other topics relating to violence: Can religious proselytizing trigger hate crimes? Religious intolerance, violence etc mentioned in comic strips
	Examples of institutional violence: We don't want to give the impression that Canadians extremely violent. We just haven't gotten around to studying institutional violence in the U.S. and elsewhere Residential schools for Native students in Canada The extermination of Canada's Innu people
	Violence and murder: In schools -- generally related to harassment or mental illness, not religious influences Targeting Christians

Attempted solutions to religious persecution: By removing passages from holy books that promote hatred, violence, etc. A listing of some of the above passages in the Bible Freedom from Religious Persecution Law "International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church" Held annually in mid-NOV The menorah incident at Billings, MT

Other related menus on this web site:  Religiously "hot topics"from abortion access to equal rights for homosexuals Laws restricting and protecting religion from school prayer to the wearing of religious jewelry

Special note for survivors with memories of childhood ritual abuse:

Many tens of thousands of North Americans have recovered memories of Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) during therapy sessions or through self-hypnosis --mainly during the 1980s and early 1990s. Subsequent investigations have shown that such memories were iatrogenic in nature -- created by therapy and unrelated to real events. But, we are trying to locate a person with SRA memories that have always been present since the abuse occurred. If you are one, please send us an Email. We will keep your information in strictest confidence. (We have had this message in place since 1995-AUG with only one response to date.)

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Copyright © 2012 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance 
Originally written: 2001
Latest update: 2014-SEP-14
Author: B.A. Robinson

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