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Holy Wars

            Millions of people over the course of history of the world have died because of holy wars and crusades. Religious belief systems have created more specific boundaries with attention to detail to ideology than ever before and some of these certain religious restrictions or laws have been the cause of holy wars and deaths. The Crusades were Holy Wars by European Christians between the 11th and 13th centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims, the holocaust was an annihilation of the Jews organized by Adolf hitler, and a jihad is a Muslim holy war and some Muslims kill themselves in order to harm others just for the fulfillment of their religious God or guaranteed entrance to heaven. These men and women who participate in these events believe that what they are doing is for the utmost benevolence. They believe only goodwill come out of their deed. Their simple minds disable them from recognizing the truth that their immoral actions only bring malice and evil.
             In the beginning of all religions, a belief structure was formed based upon multiple ideas. In religious circumstances, ideas are better to have rather than belief systems built upon them. All religions need to lift their restrictions and limitations or be more lenient. In some Muslim countries, women cannot reveal their faces themselves in public and most catholic leaders cannot have sexual relations which leads to law breaking and punishment. These boundaries just create problems, which are necessary to have in belief systems. Innocent people do not have to die because of all of the types of restrictions in any religion. These restrictions and laws need to be more flexible or lifted because wars and immoral actions can be avoided.
            


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1. Religious Wars

... if we follow these beliefs we shall enter heaven the most beautiful place. However religion has also played a role in wars, religious conflicts in Ireland (Protestants and Catholics). Israelis and Arabs (Holy Land) and the Holy Crusades of the eleventh century (recapturing the Holy Land). In Israel Jews and Arabs have been in conflict for hundreds of years because they both share religious grounds ... in Israel. Since the founding of Israel in 1948 there has been continuous conflict between Israel and Arab states. This conflict has been marked by six bloody wars. On both sides, religion...

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2. Holy War

Holy War The conflict between the Christians and the Muslims began months ago in the southern Maluku island of Ambon. Dozens of people on both sides were being killed weekly. As a ... Balkans? The reason's because of ethnic tensions. The region is mixed with people with different ethnic background so they have opposing view and ideas, which is causing conflict. These two wars are very similar because both have to do with ethnic and religious tension. However, a difference between them is that the Balkans used to be a communist region while the Moluccas formerly ... had dictatorship in their...

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3. The Impact of the Protestant Reformation on The Holy Roman E

... , to the point where monks and nuns in many areas became targets of either hatred or derision from local townspeople" (Mackenney 1993: 5). "...the five Vicars of Christ who ruled the Holy See during Magellan's lifetime [1480-1521] were the least Christian of men; the least devout, least scrupulous, least compassionate, and among the least chaste - lechers, almost without exception. ... Ruthless in their pursuit of political power and personal gain, they were medieval despots who used their holy office for blackmail and extortion" (Mackenney 1993: 133). The Roman Church was also known for...

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4. Modern World Study : The Arab Israeli Conflict

... of one side, the other side will be offended. Events since 1948 Since 1948, the state of Israel has been involved in many wars. There have been five wars in the last 50 years. In each case, the Israelis have won the war, and with few exceptions the Arabs have been embarrassed. ... Israel's right to exist, immediately launching an attack. During her infancy in 1948 through to 1949, Israel expanded her territory, taking advantage of the wars and using them as an excuse to take land from the Arabs. The Arabs were again defeated in 1956, again in 1967. In 1973 the fortune ... feel even more...

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5. Crusades

... reached Palestine but couldn't get back Jerusalem. Many cities along the Mediterranean coast were freed from Saladin's control. On July 12, 1191 Acre surrendered to the Christians. Richard left the Holy Land on October 9, 1192. The Latin Kingdom had been restored. In 1198 Pope Innocent III proclaimed a Fourth Crusade. In April 1202 the crusaders asked the Venetians for help because they ... and their taxes, and had won full allegiance of the people. Direct taxes were imposed for the first time during the Crusades. These taxes were first collected to support these wars, but after the Cru...

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6. Crusades

... Crusades In the year of 1095, Pope Urban II started what we know as the Holy Wars or the Crusades. Over the period from 1095-1464, a series of military expeditions were fought to take back the Holy Land, Jerusalem, from the Seldjuk Turks. There were eight crusades which were started for ... it brought a lasting uneasiness between the two religions, trade with the East increased and feudalism became scarce. The crusaders failed to regain the Holy Land, but the Eastern connections opened Europe to a better understanding of optimistic ways of living and thinking. This began the formation of...

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7. Holiness in Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises and Spenser's

... 's misplacement of the true essence of holiness (70). Archimago, Abessa, and Coreca as ascetic monks purposefully keep themselves in an interminable state of despair. For them, despair is the holy affection, par excellence. Spenser acknowledges the necessity of sincere repentance and the constructive qualities of an encounter with despair; however, for Spenser, an encounter with despair is a springboard to ... (one that does not attempt to separate truth from holiness like the monk Archimago) does not run and hide like Abessa did from Una and the lion's strife, the truly holy individual...

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8. The Thirty Years War (1618-1648)

... its freedom but was not as successful as other nations, being landlocked and therefore having limited access to global trade. The nations who benefited most were Sweden and France. The Holy Roman Empire was trying to restrict Sweden's religious freedom so King Gustavus Adolphus, supporting protestantism, ordered an all out attack of the Catholic states in 1630. This was the beginning ... impact on religious influence on society. Religion became much less politically significant. Due to the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, provinces were free to choose their own religion rather than having...

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9. Misleading Religion

... in reference to a "holy war." However this is far from the truth. Throughout time wars have been waged with the claims of a religious purpose, but if looked at more closely, the actual wars were fought because of political reasons and mainly just to obtain land. Wars and other such conflicts have ... been fought for land and political reasons and not religion. Starting in 1096, a series of wars called the crusades was fought between Muslims and Christians for control of the holy land. A crusade is a war fought with a religious purpose and at the calling of a religious leader. ... In th...

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