I understand kashmir as the debris of colonial interferance. There's no reason to suspect that the conflict would be as heated if not for the bad blood dating from the british partition....
Nigeria is not yet again in civil war. We have yet to see if the state is capable of handling the tensions that you mention.
Indonesia-Again, not in civil war. Its one thing to say that religion can create conflicts-i think that differing world views are pretty much always the source of conflict, and religions is one of them. But to cite all the examples where religion is a method of opposing a central goverment or expressing ethnic idenity, where there hasn't even been a war yet, and i think you confuse the issue.
Fanaticism is pretty much a modern invention though...one not limited to religious life. i guess it remains to be seen if political structures and more moderate religious influences can effectively check that.
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