http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/desai160207 Comments for "Wars of "religion", Manali Desai " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/desai160207 <p> It has become fashionable to refer to the global cultural and political struggles of the present as wars of <a href="http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20041201-090801-2582r.htm" class="orange"><strong>religion</strong></a>. The trend extends beyond the post-9/11 obsession with Islamic fundamentalism, although interest in Islam is critical to this new sensibility. <a href="http://www.madrid11.net/article/ukmuslims070207" class="orange"><strong>Multiculturalism</strong></a> in the UK, with its policy of separate but equal religious communities, is also responsible for elevating the political import of faith. Similarly, the sectarian strife between Shia and Sunni in Iraq is framed frequently as a timeless and <a href="http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w060306&amp;s=peretz030906" class="orange"><strong>eternal conflict</strong></a>. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/desai160207" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/desai160207">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/desai160207#comment Creative Commons normal history insurgency Manali Desai religion terrorism Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:15:01 +0000 KVB Tharoor 18036 at http://www.opendemocracy.net