INTL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Armed Islamic Group Of Algeria, Orthodox Judaism, Ethnic Cleansing
Document Summary
1st and 2nd centuries ce: judaism and christianity. Christians vs. muslims for control of holy lands. How religion is understood and applied is key in the development of conflict. Muslim countries united in opposition to west. Reliance on islam as way of life. Egypt, saudi arabia, sudan, afghanistan, iran, pakistan. Combat increasing role of west in muslim countries, advocate a return to islamic regimes. Tensions between secular jews and orthodox jews. Ultra-orthodox israelis exempted from compulsory military service. Occupation of territories as a religious mandate. Genocide - systematic killing of a people. Secession of yugoslav states after the death of tito in 1981. Muslim population of bosnia declares independence in 1992. Serbians respond with violence, killing 200,000 people. Conflict may also arise from colonial experience. Controlled by king leopold ii of belgium from 1885 1908. 800,000 people killed, 1. 5 million refugees in the democratic republic of the. 2 billion live in countries that cannot survive tensions.