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Old 03-08-2009
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Religious Politics

I am trying to come up with a decent list of events where Religion was a part of politics. This is only a list of Post WWII events. I have a few but they are all negative, and i have done some research but i have not come up with much. But i want to find information where religion was a helping factor in politics. Some of the negative ones that i have so far is:

Israeli-Palestinian conflicts (Jew vs Muslim) '48-present
Iran-Iraq war (Sunni vs Shiite)
Cold War (Christian vs Atheist)??
Northern Ireland (Catholic vs. Protestant)
Bosnia conflict (Christian vs. Muslim)
Soviet ascension to power (Atheism vs. Eastern Orthodox)

Even neutral "conflicts" where religion was apart of the conflict but it makes no real difference. I think it could be classified as something like:

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (Atheist vs. Muslim)- but there wasn't anything inherently religiously promoting it.

So im wondering if anyone can add to this list, or maybe comment on the list that i have with some facts.

Thanks all

lpfan
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