is there a religious answer to the problem in the middle east?

Answer 1

Religion is the PROBLEM in the middle east so no way religion will fix it unless religion is taken away!

Answer 2

Yes I think so. From the Bible, the book of Revelation teaches that sometime in the future there will be peace in the Middle East brokered by some powerful individual (note devilish origin) but this peace is only a false peace which would be broken midterm. Then all hell breaks lose. At the end of the 7 years, the Bible teaches that Jesus Christ would again step foot onto human events and usher in a 1,000 year reign with a rod of iron. Bottom line: any lasting solution to the ME conflict will not be crafted by human hands. Only God can bring lasting peace to the region and to the whole world.

Answer 3

It would seem that it may be religious beliefs coupled with extreme and radical views that are the root cause of conflict in middle east. Territorial claims may be secondary cause.

If the answer was to be found along religious lines then, first, one must have a religion that will teach tolerance of other faiths, other races etc.

Answer 4

Hey [acgsk] That is not in the Bible...

But this is...

"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you."- Matthew 5:44

And to answer the asker's question

THe only answer is Jesus... He will come back and set things straight... at the battle of Armegedon, WW3... and then bring peace for 1,000 years on earth...

But there will never be any lasting peace in the Middle east...

the future world leader will promise peace in the mid east for 7 years... 3 and a half years into the treaty... he will break it and desend upon Jerusalem with the world's armies... there he will be destroyed... and Jesus will come back on the Mt. of Olives...

Answer 5

In a way. The Anti-Christ will end the war in the middle east, the answer will work and all parties will abide.

Answer 6

There is no moral justification for terrorism regardless of the ethnic or religious background of the perpetrator or the victim, but the factual basis of terrorism has been either hidden or twisted in the public's perception of this policy problem, especially in congressional hearings on terrorism. The countries with the worst terrorist records in the world are not in the Middle East either. They are not even Muslim countries outside the Middle East. They are Columbia and Germany, havens for drug lords and neo-Nazis.

The negative association of Islam with terrorism exists, but no one has ever asked "Why?". Could it be that American society cannot overcome the Khomeini phobia, even though he is dead? The US Congress found it necessary to push $20 million towards covert operations in toppling the Iranian government even at the dissent of people in the CIA. The Arab countries, both friend and foe, are run by tyrants who kill more of their own people than those outside their countries. The presumption that these countries represent a threat to American interests or that any one of them can dominate the region or even rival the only remaining superpower is indeed generous. So the issue is not these countries' hegemony in their region or the world, but about who can dominate their people and exploit their resources.

Made a refugee in 1948 to create a homeland for European Jews, at 75 this Palestinian man from the Rafah refugee camp finds himself homeless once again, no thanks to Zionist ethnic cleansing policy and American indifference.

The perception in the Middle East is that US policy does not serve the peoples interests; it protects Israel and friendly Arab dictators even when they violate human rights, while it slaps sanctions on and takes military actions against countries whose dictators misbehave, resulting in suffering, starvation and even slaughter, all in the name of teaching the tyrants a lesson. The priorities in the Middle East for the US are not human rights and democracy, but rather oil and Israeli superiority. Consequently, anti-American sentiment increases. This mood of the general public is then characterized as "Islamic fundamentalism", even though the resentment is not rooted in religion. When it turns violent, it is termed "radical Islamic fundamentalism" or "Islamic terrorism." The various "terrorism experts" promote linkage to the Middle East before any other possibility every time terrorism is speculated. They exploit the human suffering of the victims, their families, and the fears of the American public.

Indeed, extremists of Muslim backgrounds are violating the norms of Islamic justice and should be held accountable for their criminal behavior, but we in America should not be held hostage to the politics of the Middle East or biased reporting.

An Israeli journalist, Yo'av Karny, reporting on the events in Chechnya made a striking observation about this development: "The West will be told--and will be inclined to believe--that the oppression of the Chechens is part and parcel of a cosmic struggle against 'Islamic extremism' that rages from Gaza to Algeria, from Tehran to Khartoum. Russians will seek Western sympathy. They should not be given it." The issue is not Chechnya, and it is not even about Islam and the West. Debates about religious wars and cultural clashes only distract us from the real issue: the powerful want to continue dominating the powerless, manipulating facts to influence public opinion, hence maintaining the status quo.







Mass murder happened from Israeli soldiers on Palestinians and Leabanese
Civilians when the Israeli troops invaded a village in southern Leabanon

Answer 7

religion is the problem in the middle east

Answer 8

As the Bible would say, "Anyone who doesn't believe what you do is inferior so you can kill them".

splinterjah, you are wrong. The Bible DOES say that. In Acts 3:23, Peter claims that Deuteronomy 18:18-19 refers to Jesus, saying that those who refuse to follow him (all non-Christians) must be killed. Read the Bible next time before you say anything.

Answer 9

Yes, there is a religious answer: Love one another.

Answer 10

No, there is however a nuclear answer. Nuke Syria, and you will be shocked at how fast the Palestinians stop shelling Israel.