Lila Khalid is an atheist,and most of the west bank professional-level types describe themselves as atheist. How much of this conflict is actually religious?
2007-11-07 12:34:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
College-educated Palestinians - particularly exilic or West Bank - tend not to be particularly religious; if they are socialists,they are usually atheist or agnostic. The peasantry are Muslim except for an enclave of Christian Palestinians around Haifa. In the Gaza Strip religiosity is intense and Islamist. The conflict is religious on the jewish side,given that their scripture informs them this is their land - all of it. On the Islamic side,it is political,except for the radical Islamists.
2007-11-07 14:30:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The conflict has nothing to do with religion. It is 99% political.
I am Muslim Palestinian and I have never heard that most Palestinians are atheists. I know palestinians are so protective and they care a lot about religion and culture. For me, I can't say I am atheist because I believe in G-d and I pray to him and I avoid sins as much as I can but I am not so religious. I mean I rarely read the Quran and I don't belive Hadith and I often critisize what muslims do and a few points in Islam (Like Hijab for example, I don't believe it is Islamic).
So, it could be that those Palestinians you heard about are like me but I don't they are atheists. I know that most of the Israelis who live in Israel are atheists so maybe you are mixing the two nations.
Peace
2007-11-07 21:07:31 · answer #2 · answered by Mimi 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would say that the mojority is Muslim. I visited Palestine and i saw mostly muslims the west bank is pretty much all muslim. As for the conflict i for somereason thought it was between land not religion becasue isnt the conflict over the "holy" land. That the Muslims, jews and chirstians all share. The three religions all have ties to palestine there is the dome of the rock for muslims, the wesern wall for jews and i dont know what there is for christians.
2007-11-07 20:42:36 · answer #3 · answered by carmen d 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Majority are Muslim but a sizeable number are Christians.
It's not a religious conflict. It's a conflict about rightful landowners being displaced by Europeans setting up a fake nation for Zionists.
2007-11-07 20:37:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
Is not religious. Is about the Palestinians getting back the land that was taken from them.
As to them being mostly atheist, I doubt this. I think most are Muslim and Christian. Some are also Druze and Jewish.
2007-11-07 20:41:23 · answer #5 · answered by gortamor 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
"Majority are Muslim but a sizeable number are Christians.
It's not a religious conflict. It's a conflict about rightful landowners being displaced by Europeans setting up a fake nation for Zionists." -CorrosionFactor
2007-11-07 20:47:04 · answer #6 · answered by alkdjf 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I highly doubt Lila Khalid equals "palestinians".
Palestinians are muslim and christian, with muslims far outnumbering christians. Obviously there may also be atheists and other beliefs in their society.
Is this a real question?
2007-11-07 20:39:14 · answer #7 · answered by James Bond 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
it's not a religious conflict at all. the religious aspect is only a rhetorical sideshow that is not that significant. no one but extremist religious zealots take it seriously. it's all about territorial displacement.
most of the palestinaians are sunni muslims
2007-11-07 20:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by gherd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THe larges relgious group amoung Palestinians are the Muslims
then there is a Christian minotry which is shrinking...
2007-11-07 20:58:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
most educated people are atheists when they actually honestly face their beliefs. Palestinians are mostly muslims.
2007-11-07 20:43:09 · answer #10 · answered by uz 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋