The Role of Intra-Religious Conflicts in Intrastate Wars
Many civil wars are fought between members of different religious communities. It seems plausible to focus on these communities’ interrelations to identify the causal factors responsible for the escalating effects that religion can have in such conflicts.A closer look, however, reveals that processe...
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| Language: | English |
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Konstanz
Bibliothek d. Universität Konstanz
2015
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| In: | Enthalten in: Terrorism and Political Violence (ISSN 0954-6553. - eISSN 1556-1836) 27 (2015), 4. - S. 762-780 |
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| Summary: | Many civil wars are fought between members of different religious communities. It seems plausible to focus on these communities’ interrelations to identify the causal factors responsible for the escalating effects that religion can have in such conflicts.A closer look, however, reveals that processes within religious communities can be crucial in influencing the role religions play in intrastate wars. Within single communities, factions of religious elites compete for material and dogmatic supremacy. Such intra-religious conflicts can motivate religious elites to search for support from political allies to prevail over their religious rivals. In return, they legitimize their political patrons’ claims for political power and their violent campaigns against members of other religious communities. Thus, intra-religious conflicts can effectively contribute to the religious escalation of intrastate wars between different religious communities. This argument is exemplified with reference to conflicts in Thailand, The Philippines, and Iraq. |
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| ISSN: | ISSN 0954-6553. - eISSN 1556-1836 |
| Persistent identifiers: | URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-0-346797 |