@peterjukes Strange retort. What about the Aztecs?
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@SamHarrisOrg The assassination of three 20th C Indian leaders (by Hindu and Sikh extremists) puts your comment into some better context2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@SamHarrisOrg India - second most populous Muslim nation - shows that religious ecstasy and sectarianism is more political than theological1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@peterjukes The only salient difference between the groups is religious -- calling the divide "political" just confuses matters.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@SamHarrisOrg Yugoslav break up best described as Orthodoxy in conflict with Catholicism and Islam? Or Syrian war simply Alawite and Sunni?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@peterjukes Mostly. If you want to predict how a society will fracture -- it is usually safe to say that it will be along religious lines.1 reply 5 retweets 3 likes -
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@SamHarrisOrg That fails first test. Biggest genocide in last 20 years was Rwanda. Was that a religious split? Or political and cultural?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@peterjukes I've never said that all wars/genocides have been religious. But faith did play a role in Rwanda. The Virgin Mary kicked it off.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
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@SamHarrisOrg But you said it was safe to see most wars in religious terms. Does not explain Hutu Tutsi. Nor major conflicts of 20th Century2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@peterjukes most doesn't mean all and it might have been more accurate to say "...along ideological lines" Stalinism, nazism@SamHarrisOrg4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@danabrahmsen @peterjukes Ethiopia and Eritrea (Muslims v. Christians), Sri Lanka (Sinhalese Buddhists v. Tamil Hindus) ...
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@SamHarrisOrg Correction, Eritrean and Ethiopian wars have not been about religion.@danabrahmsen@peterjukes0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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