The Conflict Between The Middle East And Christianity

The Middle East is home to the creation of so many different cultures and religions. It is the home to the most prominent monotheistic faiths of this lifetime. Those faiths are Christianity, essentially Catholicism, and Islam. They do not only share a similar origin, but share the same ancestors and stories of prophets and people. There is a connection between the profound values of truth, love, and mercy that Catholics and Muslims hold dear. Although there are a great many commonalities between Catholicism and Islam, it is important to note the key foundations that make both religions special.

There were many conflicts that lead to religious wars in the Middle East or the Holy Land. History gives no valid claim to any piece of land; someone else was always there earlier. This gives reason that the Arabs and Israelis are not fighting about religion due to the fact that they are not trying to promote their faith. Many religions peoplehood are rooted in the Holy Land, such as Judaism and Christianity.

Their have been terrorists and terrorist organizations before, but, ISIS has been the most focused of terror groups in a long time. ISIS is one of the most dangerous terror organizations in the world, founded in the islamic state of Iraq. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi founded ISIS in 1999. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a soldier in another terrorist group named Al Qaeda. In 2004 al-Zarqawi established al Qaeda in Iraq. Al Qaeda had a lot or armies focus on them for a while, but ever since, ISIS came in wreaking havoc, blowing up public and religious sites, decapitating victims, crucifying people and doing public executions. All the attention was taken off of Al Qaeda for a while. He was soon killed in an airstrike attack in 2006. The current leader of ISIS, Al

Ever since the Islamic religion was founded, Christians and Muslims have been at odds. Due to major differences in these two religions’ beliefs, Christians, in particular, have not been very accepting and tolerant to the newest addition to the Abrahamic religions; Islam. This rings true especially when it comes to the Holy City of Jerusalem, which is considered sacred in both religions. Originally, Jerusalem was under the control of the Christians who frequently performed pilgrimages to Jesus’s tomb but, ever since 638 CE, which is approximately 450 years before the First Crusade Muslims have had control over these sacred grounds. Christians believed that they should have control over the Holy Land, not the Muslims, which they viewed as

Imagine being unable to pray or attend church without the risk of being murdered. Living in constant fear that your whole way of life will be swept right from under you. Would you be willing to risk your life for your religion? Middle Eastern Christians are not persecuted because they are criminals, but because of what they believe. They simply want the freedom of faith and religion that Americans experience every day. Each day, Christians in the Middle East are slaughtered, tortured, raped, kidnapped, beheaded, and forced to flee the birthplace of Christianity. If these indignities continue, Christianity in the Middle East could disappear. The persecution of Christians in the Middle East is not new. In fact, it traces back to the Roman Empire

As readers of the testament look to understand what the Bible asks of us to do to be righteous, there must remain an awareness of what at one time influenced the writing and interpretation of the Bible. Both the Roman Empire and the Persian Empire altered the perception of God as well as Jesus. Many ask how Christianity has transformed humanity, but truly mankind has altered what it means to be Christian. Therefore, are we truly followers of God, or followers of a created faith? This question still stands with great importance today. Through countless decades, the Bible continuously supports every form of human existence: war and peace, happiness and sadness, togetherness and solitude. In some instances, the struggle is between synergy and

Today, one of the biggest issues facing the United States as well as the rest of the world is the Sunni-militant group which goes by the name of “ISIS,” or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It has been the topic for major discussion for the past three years, with many leaders of major countries and nations trying to figure out how to defeat them. ISIS is a powerful force and has been for several years and many countries including the United States are trying to figure out how to stop them.

ISIS is a mysterious but well publicized group of people, that mainly covers the Middle East with force. The Islamic State is unknown and yet to be discovered by the United States government. People across Europe are joining ISIS, many are regular citizens around the world, but some become psychopaths and cause ISIS to control places with supreme radical tactics. The group is becoming more powerful and modernized as time goes on. This is leading up to a world wide crisis based on what ISIS really is and what they want. Throughout the article What ISIS Really Wants, Graeme Woods shows that ISIS is a very dominant/threatening group, and wants to be known.

Towards the end of the eleventh century in Western Europe and Eurasia, a range of social, economical and religious influences collectively influenced the sequence of religious wars which we know as the Crusades. Although the series of holy wars against Islam is typically portrayed as the fault of overzealous popes and belligerent kings; the truth behind the clash between Christianity and Islam is far more elaborate. The direct repercussions following two centuries of prolonged warfare afflicted Christendom with the loss of several millions of lives and immense financial expenditure. On the contrary, the Crusades stimulated the fundamental expansion and the ultimate downfalls of nations in both the Western and Eastern fields.

“The emergence of terrorism in a new form has sent tremors of anxiety around the globe. ISIS, the self-proclaimed Islamic state and caliphate, has redefined the meaning of terror by combining relentless barbarism with military skill, religious bigotry, unprecedented affluence and the shrewd use of video and social media” (FulFord, 2014). If you do not join them, you are against them and they will use any measure necessary even beyond our thinking to strike fear into anyone that chooses to oppose them and their ideology. They will go to any extreme to accomplish their goal even if it means to take you and the rest of the world out one area at a time. They are estimated to have at least 31,000 fighters (DePetris, 2014). One of the major things that stands out for IS is that they are able to not only capture large territories, but to maintain those territories and establish Islamic caliphate. Not only did they do this, but also they accomplished this in the very heart of the Arabic world. This is something no other terrorist organization has been able to accomplish. They did this through several massive killings of over 200 plus people at one time, beheadings and executions (DePetris, 2014). This by far appears to be the most dangerous group of terrorist in the world

Most Americans do not know what ISIS is. However, those who do know , know how dangerous these people are becoming. The Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham also known as ISIS, an Al Qaeda affiliation is not only alive but spreading and spreading fast. The group started out in Iraq as the world known Al Qaeda before rebranding themselves. Though both jihadi groups strived to establish an independent Islamic state in the region of Iraq , ISIS believes in a much more brutal regimine. Threating to take over both Iraq and Syria, killing and beheading both their own and American/British foreigners in the name of their faith. The United States should refrain and stop all involvement in fighting ISIS.

ISIS is one of the most feared terrorist organizations in today's media. The islamic state of iraq and syria (ISIS) is a brutal muslim terror organization . ISIS is based out of syria, and has spread to multiple middle-eastern countries.ISIS is using social media to gain publicity from the media and to recruit members across the world with effects such as anger, fear, and admiration.

One of the main problems among the people in the early history was civilians’ limited access to information about other nations. This lack of knowledge caused people to look blindly to their leaders as their only source of information. During the crusaders, the political conflict between the Islamic state and the European Christians caused the truth regarding Christians’ and Muslims’ identities to be distorted. Scholars had an overwhelming power of shaping people’s perception of the outside world, which helped spreading Muslims and Christian’s stereotypes. In Muslims on Christians, Usama ibn Munqidh described the European Christians, also known as the Franks, from his own perspective, which suggested that Christians are animals. He justified his opinion by telling his experiences with the franks. On the other side, European Christian scholars also criticized Muslims. In A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea, William of Tyre described Muslims as the descendants of Satan, who spread their teachings using violence. William supported his perspective by providing some historical background of Muslims. Comparing the two sources can allow the reader to visualize the Muslim and Christian relationship during the crusaders also known as the “holy wars”. While reading the two sources, it is important to realize that the political conflict between Muslims and Christians influenced their opinions, but did this conflict make each source a reliable one for factual evidences? If these

Terrorism has caused fear throughout the world, and countries are trying to protect themselves as to tighten security as many countries have increased air plane security. Security as tightened but there is still controversy, but overall it affects the safety in a good positive way. The future if terrorism lies on the countries participation in eliminating it, as the United States has effectively diminished terrorism after they disbanded part of Al Qaeda. However, ISIS is still a problem, and it causes the political apathy from the current issues of terrorism. ISIS pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda seven years ago, but due to the death of Osama Bin Laden, ISIS has become the new most popular and most wanted terrorist organization. This persecution will cause harm, and directly change the outcome of peace. Not only is terrorism physical, but there is global cyber warfare, and terrorist attacks. Currently, a Denmark man swore allegiance on Facebook to ISIS which resulted in the death of 2 people killed in Denmark, and people have just recently arrested the person who swore to ISIS. Terrorism is on a national global scale because of the attacks is threatening not just only one country but all countries are in fear of the attacks being directed towards

Conflicts, clashes, misunderstandings, and misconceptions represent an image of ignorance, sometimes, or a sign of prejudice. When it comes to religions, the situation escalates to be a real serious issue. Islam, and since its existence, has faced many struggles with many people who think of it as an outrageous religion that pushes people to kill, treat unfairly, and think criminally. However, Islam by name is a message of peace. The word Islam was taken from the word Salam, which simply means peace in Arabic. Additionally, the ideal of this religion is to worship one god –Allah– and believe that Mohammad is his messenger. Many of the legalizations of Islam call for concord and peace and fight a common wickedness; nevertheless, there are still some many people who are not aware of what the real meaning of this religion is and how it is rooted in Judaism and Christianity. Therefore, it is a religion that belongs to the same tree of the other divine religions mentioned before. Anyhow, since Islam and Christianity or Islam and Judaism are divine religions, why did they both exist? Why was not there only one religion? Well, a question like that cannot be answered with a simple answer. It is a matter of some many historical incidents that created that division in these religions. Overall, Islam and Christianity are very similar and compatible in many different ways although they have major differences.