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Stuebner, Renata – United States Institute of Peace, 2009
Despite 15 years of sporadic efforts, religion today in Bosnia and Herzegovina is more of a hindrance than a help to promoting peaceful coexistence among the region's various ethnic and religious groups. Polarization and extremism make religions other than one's own even more distant, strange and threatening. Physical interaction that existed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Factors, Religious Conflict, Religious Organizations
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Hanif, Muhammad – Social Education, 1994
Asserts that Islam is one of the world's fastest growing religions and an increasingly important political force in the world. Provides background information on Sunni and Shiite Islam, highlighting their historical, religious, and ideological differences. (CFR)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education