This is one of those posts where you write ahead of time in case you have a lot going on in your personal life and don’t have the energy to think or do anything. Let’s get to the point shall we?
For our purposes, let’s look at the specific points of history of the 3 major religions. When did we see extremism in all three religions? (at least from what I know about history):
– Christianity- during the Medieval period.
– Judaism- after WWII.
– Islam- pockets were found such as formation of Saudi Arabia and Iranian revolution.
To get to the source of religious extremism, we need to find out what happened beforehand:
– Christianity- fall of the Roman Empire, and it split into western Roman Empire, and Byzantine Empire
– Judaism- Holocaust
– Islam- generally speaking, the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
What do these three events have…