| A | B |
|---|
| Taliban vs Western Values | Taliban controlled Afghanistan from '96-'01. Imposed STRICT muslim values. Banned all things western |
| Hinduism vs social Equality | Caste system tied to Hinduism is a social pyramid. Untouchables beneath it all. Brahman on top (priests/teachers). NO movement - you are born into a caste and will ALWAYS be that. Caste determines job, friends, mate, etc |
| Eastern Orthodox vs USSR | USSR didn't outlaw religion, but made it difficult to practice, which led to few people adhereing to religion. Since the fall of communism there has been a religious revival in the areas |
| Buddhism vs Communists | Vietnam war and post war communist control saw both sides destroying buddhist temples, etc Many protests held against it by Buddhist monks. Countries do not have the funds to restore damaged structures |
| Middle East religious wars | Fight over Jerusalem by Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Holy location to all three. |
| Crusades | Series of conflicts between Christians and Muslims over the holy land. From 1100s - 1300s. |
| Palestine | Jews and Muslims fight over land. |
| Ireland | Fight between protestant and catholic. Northern Ireland had protestants in it, when British made Ireland soverign, kept Northern portion -which also had many Catholics. bloody fighting over that land. IRA (Irish Republican Army) - group aimed at Irish national unity, often uses violent tactics. |
| Ethiopia/Eritrea | Eritrea was Italian colony. Ethiopia was independent. Ethiopia conquered by Italy, but given independence after WWII - also granted Eritrea by UN. UN expected Ethiopia to give Eritrea self-rule. but no. Fights from 61-90s. Eritrea gets independence in '93, but flare up over borders in late 90s. |
| Sudan | ethnic conflict between arab muslim sudanesse and the 'black african' sudanese. Arab controlled gov't working to implement muslim type laws...separate genders in public, etc. End of conflict - in 2011 Sudan splits and South Sudan created |
| Sri Lanka | Between Tamil Hindus (18% of pop) and Sinhalese Buddhists (74% of pop). Tamils feel descriminated against by majority group - Sinhalese. |
| Lebanon | Fights among religious factions. Christians vs Muslims and small section of Druze. |
| Somalia | Though lang and religion similar - fight is between 6 Clans that dominate. In the 90's the north declared itself independ as "Somaliland" |
| Pakistan | When British leave India, they know the minority Muslim will not be a good mix inside India (Hindu). So they create East and West Pakistan. (east pakistan will become Bangledesh). Muslims forced to migrate out of India - in one instance, groups migrating were masacreed as they tried to get out. |
| Darfur | starts in '03 when rebel groups attack gov't for descrimination against non-arabs. Gov't responds by ethnic cleansing towards non-arabs. Cease fire signed in '10, but tensions still high. |
