Comment Re:Allah != Jehovah (Score 2, Insightful) 674
Your right about the history. Actually at Purdue University, they have a class called the Philosophy of Western Religions that cover the roots of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They are also often called the Abrahamic Faiths, becuase they believe in the God of Abraham. Linguistically Allah actually mean "The God". As in the one and only God.
But your point about the hostality is wrong. Actually throughout most of history, the presecuted Jewish people found safety with the Muslims. One example being the Jews who left Spain during the Spanish Inquisition, fleed to Muslim run areas. The "conflict" started after one of the world wars, where the then province of "Palestine" in the Ottoman empire was given to Brittian as a Mandate (similar to a colony). They intern had promised that they would make it a "Homeland" for the Jewish people. Tons of Jewish people from Europe migrated there, too many people, not enough jobs, that led to civil unrest, the Brits left the mess, and the Jewish people declared it a sovern country. Then every Arab country around them attacked and subsequenty lost.
So yeah, religion isn't really at the core of the conflict. Its politics. Yes people may use religion to rally people to do immoral acts on both sides, but haven't tyrents always used religion for their evil purposes?
But your point about the hostality is wrong. Actually throughout most of history, the presecuted Jewish people found safety with the Muslims. One example being the Jews who left Spain during the Spanish Inquisition, fleed to Muslim run areas. The "conflict" started after one of the world wars, where the then province of "Palestine" in the Ottoman empire was given to Brittian as a Mandate (similar to a colony). They intern had promised that they would make it a "Homeland" for the Jewish people. Tons of Jewish people from Europe migrated there, too many people, not enough jobs, that led to civil unrest, the Brits left the mess, and the Jewish people declared it a sovern country. Then every Arab country around them attacked and subsequenty lost.
So yeah, religion isn't really at the core of the conflict. Its politics. Yes people may use religion to rally people to do immoral acts on both sides, but haven't tyrents always used religion for their evil purposes?
