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Submitted by lagwagon24 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Religion In The Middle East
Religions in the Middle East
Every time we watch the television, we always see conflicts in the Middle East. It is sure that since the beginning of the War by the United States, the religions conflict in the Middle East are in the shadow of this War. For me, I think that if the different religious group were to stop to fighting each other and start to work together to create a peace land, it would have a greater impact of liberty on the Arabic people than this war. It is time for the Middle East to live in a peace and secure world. Now that the Iraq government leaded by Saddam Hussein does not exit, many other things can be done in the Middle East to bring peace. If we first take to Palestinian-Israelis conflict, I think the creation of a Palestinian state could be a good thing to consider. However peaces will be very hard to get.
The Palestinian-Israelis conflict started just after World War II when the United Nations gave land to the Jewish people of the world so they could live together in peace. This land, Israel, includes holy places for the Jewish religion and is surrounded by Muslim countries. Palestinian Muslims lived on the land at the time that the United Nations gave it to the Jewish people. Portions of the land given to the Jewish people, or taken over by them when they won wars against Arab states, are also holy for Muslims. Certain portions of Jerusalem controlled by Israel, called "East Jerusalem," are very important to Muslims. For religious reasons, Palestinian Muslims believe that they must gain control of East Jerusalem as part of any lasting peace settlement. Further, Palestinians view themselves as living in an occupied nation, where invaders (Israelis) have placed them under military rule. To fight back, Palestinians have built a terrorist network to attack innocent Israeli civilians. Israelis feel they must continue to control Palestinians with military force to protect themselves against more...
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