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Originally Posted by ubertuber
Despite the way the field is aligned and who the players are, I don't think the root of any of the Israeli conflicts is religious intolerance. Ultimately it comes down to displacement of people and ownership of territory. Of course we are proceeding down a path that could easily lead to a flat-out "holy" war.
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What about all those other places where Musslims do not play well with others? Is that more territory? Its about power and its fueled by religious intolerance. Its the excuse they need to justify violent agression. I know Christians who have fled Indonesia (one was a student with me). Israel is an excuse, a focal point, not a cause.
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The JAKARTA POST reported on December 27, 2002, that police continued to guard churches throughout the country during the Christmas holiday season, in response to bomb blasts that occurred in 2000 and 2001 (Siboro 27 Dec 2002). In contrast, the World Evangelical Alliance reported May 21, 2003, that in Bekasi, 20 kilometers southeast of Jakarta, "churches are being threatened and intimidated by local radical Muslim groups, and local authorities are doing nothing to protect the Christian minority or rein in the Islamist militants"
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For starters........