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Originally Posted by GGG
Separatist terrorism in Europe has been significant over the last 100 years or so. Or you can look at Air India. Now you can argue if these are politically motivated or politically and religiously motivated but I think most of these are driven by persecution of a minority and the minority group striking back regardless of whether or not religion is involved. Canada has had more deaths from separatist terrorism then religiously inspired terrorism.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...ism-in-france/
The above article is interesting in that Religiously driven terrorism is relatively new compared to other forces driving terrorism.
Religiosity and Standard of Living generally are inversely correlated. I know many like to argue that religion is the Causal force but I would strongly argue that poverty and lack of hope in the current life drives an acceptance of Religion which is essentially someone to blame for the problems of now and promises of hope for better lives in the future(this life or next) |
I'd argue it's more of a downward spiral with religion and poverty than a one causes the other phenomenon. People may turn to religion due to poverty, but when your religion forbids women from working or actively discourages you from learning about science, you're going to end up poor.