Conflict Quote by John Shattuck

The biggest religious wars and persecutions in history occur when religions, each claiming their own absolute truths, come into conflict.

— Susan Jacoby

“Incompatible religious doctrines have Balkanised our world and these divisions have become a continuous source of bloodshed. Indeed, religion is as much a living…

— Sam Harris

Some of the worst violence in the world today between estranged religious and ethnic groups happens not on the battlefields. It happens smack in…

— Miroslav Volf

The big issue of our time is trying to deal with extremism based on a perversion of religion and how you get peaceful coexistence…

— Tony Blair

While the religious divisions in our world are self-evident, many people still imagine that religious conflict is always caused by a lack of education,…

— Sam Harris

We will see that the greatest problem confronting civilization is not merely religious extremism: rather, it is the larger set of cultural and intellectual…

— Sam Harris

I see in the rising crescendo of ethnic tensions, civilization clashes and the use of religious justification for acts of terror, a clear and…

— Jonathan Sacks

Lack of understanding of interrelatedness has caused numerous divisions and conflicts that are the cause of many major challenges in the world such as…

— Lobsang Tenzin

“Some of the world’s violent conflicts are mainly economic, territorial or tribal. But many seem to come, at least in part, from conflicts between…

— Jonathan Glover

Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty.

— James Wolfensohn

Mr. Speaker, I am deeply concerned that many regions of this world are suffering from the effects of armed conflicts with religious aspects. I…

— Alcee Hastings

“The solution to global conflicts cannot be found in arms buildups that are meant to serve as deterrents. Neither can it be found in…

— Vicente Hao Chin