Jesus, Religions, and Just War

By Paul Copan

Who of us hasn't heard the claim that "religion leads to warfare?" We're familiar with sweeping military campaigns in the Middle East and North Africa in the name of Islam.

In the name of Christ, Crusaders marched to take land back that was previously under Christendom. In 16th and 17th century Europe (1550-1650), wars between Protestant and Catholic rulers brought much bloodshed.

There have been czarist pogroms against the Jews -- often with religious justification.

Mohandas K. Gandhi was killed by a militant Hindu in 1948; Sri Lanka's prime minister was assassinated by a Buddhist monk in 1959.1

In our day, we've seen Catholics and Protestants clashing in Northern Ireland. In India, we've seen Hindus and Muslims fighting one another.

Buddhists and Hindus have been fighting in Sri Lanka.

We've seen the Ayatollah Khomeini calling for the death of Salman Rushdie because of his Satanic Verses.

Does religion lead to violence and religious wars?

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