Does any1 else get the feeling one big Religous War is about to errupt?

Question

If so? Who will be on whos side and who will they be supporting? This is more just for fun plz don't take offense of make aggresive answers. K, here I go..the year..hmm..2011:

U.N.-Mostly supported by nations who just want to keep the peace but not strongly supporting any one religion more for the freedom of everyone to worship as they please. Also strongly influenced by the Western world.
Nations: USA/Italy/UK/Canada/Germany/Western Democratic Russia/Japan/France
The United Eastern Empire: Emerging shortly after Israels Rash expansions in the middle east during the year 2010 The Eastern countries formed one large empire supporting mainly Islam and bent on pushing the Western world out of the Middle East.
Nations:Eastern Iraq/Iran/Northeastern India/Northern Saudi Arabia
The Communist Powers-Seeking to spread communism westward they take immediate notice to the advantage the Middle east conflict gives them.
Nations:China/Eastern Russia/North Korea/Vietnam/Mongolia

lol, tht waz fun

.... I am just messing around with reality. I really doubt that there is really a conflict on this scale going to errupt but...who knows lol.

Answer 1

It is possible that there will be a religious war. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the man to watch these days. Leaders of the Iranian hard-line regime, believe they have a direct line to God, and they'll do whatever 'divine inspiration' requires them to do. Talking to them is pointless.

On 8/22 Ali Larijani, hand delivered Iran's response to UNSC 1696 the package of incentives to dissuage Iran from uranium enrichment. Iran's top nuclear negotiator said today that Tehran was ready to enter "serious negotiations" over its disputed nuclear program but did not say whether it was willing to suspend uranium enrichment — the West's key demand. At least no one got nuked today.

On Saturday, August 19, Iran launched a large-scale area, sea and ground exercise he maneuver, the Blow of Zolfaghar (the sword used by Imam Ali), which involved 12 divisions, army Chinook helicopters, unmanned planes, parachutists, electronic war units and special forces. Iran's state-run television reported that the new anti-aircraft system was tested "to make Iranian air space unsafe for our enemies."

On August 8, 2000, the Wall Street Journal published comments by Prof. Bernard Lewis, the great scholar of Islam and the Middle East:

"In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity, there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time - Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam. Mr. Ahmadinejad and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the U.S. about nuclear development by Aug. 22. This was at first reported as "by the end of August," but Mr. Ahmadinejad's statement was more precise."

Revolutionary Iran habitually links fundamentalist symbolism to political events.

Prof. Lewis explains the significance of Aug. 22 and adds ominously:

"This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and, if necessary, of the world. It is far from certain that Mr. Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for Aug. 22. But it would be wise to bear the possibility in mind."

There are three issues that coincide with August 22, 2006.

1. It will mark the anniversary of a sacred event on the Islamic calendar: The 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427CE (632 A.D.) is the day when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad (miraj) on the legendary winged horse Buraq, first to "the farthest mosque," (in Jerusalem) and then to heaven and back. Islam has its own lunar calendar so that Islamic holidays correspond to different dates each year on the Gregorian calendar.

2. This date roughly coincides with another event 240 years earlier — the conquest of Jerusalem by the Muslim warrior Saladin, the arch-enemy of the crusaders.

3. It is perhaps the date that the Mahdi, (the guided one, the 12th Imam) is expected to appear (zuhur). Shiites believe Imam Mahdi will bring with him a new period of Islamic justice.

Lailat al Miraj (27 Rajab, 22 August 2006)
The festival is celebrated by telling the story of how the Prophet Muhammad was visited by two archangels while he was asleep, who purified his heart and filled him with knowledge and faith.

According to Islamic tradition, the Prophet travelled from Mecca to Quds (Jerusalem) in a single night on a strange winged creature called Buraq. From Quds he ascended into heaven lighting up the skies over the holy city in his wake. The divine white light that over Quds spread over the whole world.

Those who have mentioned the Mabath, Shiites focus on the 27th of Ramadan 610 AD (not the 27th of Rajab) as the date that the Archangel Jibril (Gabriel) Allah appeared before Muhammed in a cave in Mount Hira and told him he had been chosen as the prophet to spread the divine message across the world and gave him the first five verses of the first chapter, Surat al-Alaq. Mabath means the one appointed. This night of appointment is also know as the night of revelation, the night of might, destiny and the precious night. Yowm al Mabath (Day of appointment) is marked by Shiites in Iran and other parts of the Middle East with great ceremony. For 2006 Ramadan will begin September 24 and end on October 23, with the
Eid Al-Fitr.

Finally, the solar eclipse that occurred on March 29, 2006 was visible in most of the Arab world (Europe, Asia and Africa) and may have had prophetic significance. There is mention of an eclipse that heralds the appearance (zuhur) of the Mahdi.

The Ist, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar are considered to be sacred months. Following the Islamic calendar and the Qur'an, the 7th month of Rahab ends on August 24, 2006 The 11th month, Dhul-Qi'dah begins November 22, 2006, the period between these dates would be a time permissible for aggressive jihad.

Qur'an Sira Barã´ah 9:5
Once the Sacred Months are past, (and they refuse to make peace) you may kill (fight and slay)the pagans (idol worshipers) when you encounter them, punish them, and resist every move they make. (and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war); If they repent and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), you shall let them go (open the way for them). Allah is Forgiver, Most Merciful. (Khalifa translation)

After the sacred months, (the grace period of four months) have expired, slay them wherever you find them. Seize them, besiege them and lie in ambush for them at all possible places. But if they repent, establish ‘salat’, and pay the ‘zakat’, then let them go their way. Of course, Allah is the most Forgiving and the most Merciful. (Munir Munshey translation)

فَإِذَا انسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ فَإِنْ تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَوةَ وَءاتَوْا الزَّكَوةَ فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
Fa-itha insalakha al-ashhuru alhurumu faoqtuloo almushrikeena haythu wajadtumoohum wakhuthoohum waohsuroohum waoqAAudoo lahum kulla marsadin fa-in taboo waaqamoo alssalata waatawoo alzzakata fakhalloo sabeelahum inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun

No one wins in a war. Property can be restored, but even a lifetime is not long enough to resolve grief over a lost loved one.

Since Muslims, Jews and Christians have messianic beliefs, maybe praying for the messiah to come and bring lasting peace before the world destroys itself would be a win-win-win solution

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Answer 2

Religious wars have been going on since the monotheism virus erupted in the world. They're nothing new. They never stop. And so no war is going to erupt any time soon because the war has been going on already. Maybe a few big battles to come.

As for your scenarios, they are far fetched. Communist nations are few and far between. China is really more capitalistic than the US right now. And they're just as concerned about Muslim fanaticism as the US. Europe is far less religious than the US, so is unlikely to side with any major religious war.

Also, religion is just a cover for aggressive empire building and the need for oil by the US and other major countries. The war against terrorism is a war against anyone disrupting oil supplies--and has nothing to do with relgion.

Answer 3

I think humanity has lived in a perpetual religious struggle since Cain (Satan's son) killed Abel (eth-ha Adam's son), and we only experience brief lulls in the violence in certain parts of the world. What we are experiencing now is nothing new, it is just a continuation of the ultimate struggle of Good versus Evil.

I will always be on YHVH's side, because I know the end of the story. :)

Answer 4

I believe we can avoid this war if all the world would respect the religious beliefs of each other. He is the same God that we worship. No one religion is the only right one. Yea, that's right, you American christian fanatics. Unfortunately, we in America are not the only country with religious fanatics spouting their religious lies.

Answer 5

No I get the feeling that people are moving towards tolerance and away from religion. People will still have their BELIEF, but they won't have to be in some organized religion, which only serves to divide people and create holy wars and prejudice.

Answer 6

Uhh... can someone explain his question's details a little more extensively? Because either I'm an idiot, or he wrote them in book-note form... or both.

- 16 yo Pagan

Answer 7

I've read Revelation, so I know the end of the story!

Answer 8

It's always been there, we just have better coverage now-a-days.

Answer 9

nope

Answer 10

No,

I really don't

Peace!