Political Science 3314E Lecture : Religion in World Politics
15 Dec 2011
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Three modes of influence: religious beliefs and foreign policy. Egypt during the 1991 gulf war (sided with iraq not the usa) George bush and funding for un agencies: morality and legitimacy. Independence movements: gandhi, dalai lama, bishop desmond tutu: religion and conflict. Major religious conflicts y christian crusades (1095-1291: european invasion of middle east, casualties: 3,000,000) up to 9,000,000) y muslim conquest of india (13th-16th century) Casualties: unknown y spanish inquisition (1478-1834: casualties 32,000 killed (8,800 burned alive) y european conquest of the americas (1492-, genocide of 15 million y the thirty years war (1618-1648, war between protestants and catholics. We participate wethere we like it or not. Even by not saying anything, we are taking a side. Arab communities are muslim, for the most of it. 50 countries with muslim majority majority in asia and afrca:683 million in indonesia, pakistan bangladesh and india. Arabs constitute on 20 % of muslim population.
