Every place has it's share of violence in its history, present and most likely its future. If you look at India's history, the main axis of genocide has been religious. When Islam was rising and spread from the Arabian dessert to the Indian sub-continent, it's speed and ferocity led to terrible loss of Hindu and Buddhist lives. Buddhism never really recovered in India after this onslaught. Today, the Hindu right wing party, points to the deeds of the foreign Muslim invaders to disenfranchise the Muslim citizens of India. Please take a look at this terrible list. Maybe you will find one for your own country.
[en.wikipedia.org]
That people so often murder one another over bullshit beliefs is dumbfounding. It's as ugly as it gets; they gain nothing but nightmares and sometimes retribution.
Why the need to point out places such as India and Arabia?
Look at the rest of the world as well, the U.S. has had and done far more than its fair share of promoting violence both on its home soil and abroad, Britain, Europe, Asia, South and Central Americas, Africa even Australia are so squeaky clean as the want us to believe.
As the old saying goes, "People who live in glasshouses SHOULD NEVER throw stones."
The fallback position of those who wish to avoid discussing the topic.
I am from India
Could you please clarify what you mean by "such places"?
@Spongebob I'm an Aussie born, bred and raised in Australia ( my blood heritage contains many and numerous peoples including Indigenous Australians, Sri-Lankan, Cherokee and Navajo American Indigenous peoples, etc, etc, btw) but by no means a biased , one-eyed person, hence my comment as to WHY you should ONLY point out 2 countries.
The U.S. set about wiping out the Indigenous Native Peoples from the very get - go did it not?
The British set about trying to obliterate the native cultures in EVERY land they invaded, Australia included, NO Western Nation/s etc, are blameless just as are the peoples of India, Arabia, etc, etc, would you not agree.
@Triphid no, I do not subscribe to the view that all cultures are equally culpable in genocides. I do not think history justifies such a claim, but I am willing to learn if you have such evidence. For example, there are no records of Hindu kings invading the middle east and murdering the civilians. Of course this doesn't imply that Hinduism is better than Islam. However, the history shows that in Islam vs Hinduism or any indic religion, Islam wins at having massacred more. So, while it is okay to claim that all religions are equally capable of committing genocide, it is wrong to claim that all of them have done so equally in the past. I think this is unnecessary false equivalence
@Spongebob Historically speaking, Islam is still yet a baby when compared to the atrocities committed by Christianity.
Islam in its self is but about 600 years younger than Christianity and in that preceding 600 years + before the invention of Islam Christianity wiped out thousands upon thousands as it forced itself upon the know world of the times.
Hindu Kings did not invade the Middle East you imply, that may be so, BUT they fought amongst themselves did they not?
They subjugated others around them did they not?
As recently as the Struggle for Independence, did not Hindus battle with and kill Muslims and vice versa?
Does it not still occur from time to time even to this day?
Was not the Great Gandhi murdered by a Hindu?
Is not India still at odds, so to speak, with Islamic Pakistan?
Shall we mention the Stand-off situation between India and China or should we simply ignore that?
@Triphid yes, India Pakistan situation is due to religion. India China is different, it's mainly geopolitical. Gandhi was killed by a fanatic, but he was a casteist. I don't consider him great, but he was definitely a political leader. The link I provided lists out the Hindu Muslim violence you are referring to. Hindu kings did subjugate others, no question there. I have not yet come across genocide of civilians on the basis of hindu beliefs. There are lots of denominations such as Vaishnavas, Shaivas, Ganapateyas, and followers of Devi etc. There was political tension between these sects, but I do not know of any genocide committed on that basis. The biggest evil in Hinduism is caste and not fanatic murderous zeal
All religions are bullshit, I don't give a fuck if they kill each other, the less of these brain dead bastards the better for the world.
If religion weren't the cause for the violence, then it would be race, or class, or gender, or sexuality, etc. It has very little to do with religion and more to do with group think & tribalism as an innate trait of our species. We will always persecute the minority. Just look to our own country for evidence of this.
I prefer Ricky's viewpoint.
Consider yourself previleged if you can safely ignore religious violence