Essay Details: You will write a 2,000 word essay on a case study of your own choice which explicitly focuses on a religious practice, movement, organisation, or a religious conflict. You can choose to...

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND CONFLICT
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Research Question    3
Aim and Focus of the Study (Significance)    3
Case Selected    3
Significance    4
Implications    4
The evidence available related to religion and conflict generated by it    5
Analysis of the Reason behind the Conflict    6
Conclusion    7
References    8
Introduction
Even at the twenty-first-century religion is one of the contentious issues that have kept eternal salvation in the stake, where it is assumed to be sim if one compromised. The relationship between conflict and religion is a complex process. The peace builders had been religiously motivated so that they can play an essential role in the address of the conflict in the different parts of the world. There are several aspects of religion that has portrayed a potential source for disputes. Every religion has its own dogma, and no one dares to question the religious beliefs (Owen & Frazer 2019). This rigidity in the name of the region has resulted in the development of inflexibility as well as intolerance for the other religion—religious extremist results in the escalation of the conflict. The current subject discusses the religious conflicts, which arose in Myanmar in the year 2012 and what were the different aspects of the disputes. Primarily the conflict concentrated on the legislative, election and religious tensions that had once engulfed Myanmar.
Research Question
What are the various factors that drive the conflicts with religions and the process by which this interplay in between the religion can be addressed?
Aim and Focus of the Study (Significance)
The primary purpose of the study involves determining the diverse approaches in driving the conflicts related ton religion instead of using the interfaith exchange in building a cultured and balanced team.
Case Selected
In the year 2012, Myanmar was observing some of the at least manifestation of pre-existing tensions within the religious communities. Especially conflict arose in between the communities Buddhist and Muslim minorities. According to Kipgen (2018), during this period of time, several Anti-Muslim discourses were shared by religious and political leaders. Anti-Muslim speeches were also found to be discussed by the private citizens that created a scene of a different environment. This further resulted in several outbreaks between the years 2012 to 2014. However, again, as stated by Ullmann (2017), the anti-Muslim sentiment already existed during the colonial period. Hence, it was not known for Myanmar the conflict, which they were going through during the year 2012. However, the conflict was initiated in the year 2012, when a Buddhist woman was raped in Rakhine State in the year 2012.
During this incident, there were some of the key factors that sparked disturbances between the Buddhist and the Muslim community. The results were the death of dozens of Buddhists and Muslim follower with thousand being displaced. Nevertheless, this riot was considered to be the backdrop of the developments that were occurring in the other regions of Lashio, Myitkyina, Kalaw and Mandalay. As observed by Ullmann (2017), there were several violent clashes that were found between the Buddhist and Muslim communities. The result of the conflict was that several families were forced out of their houses, destruction of the properties and death of people irresistible of their religion. Although, the religious conflicts in the Rakhine state played a catalytic role in the development of similar disputes in the other parts of the states in Myanmar. In one hand, the Muslims in Rakhine district identified them as Rohingya while the Muslims on the different parts of the country identified themselves as Bengali Muslims highlighting that there was a dispute in the identity as well as the origin of the Muslims. According to the researchers, there had been specific dynamics that existed in between the different intercommunal struggle that took place in Myanmar.
Significance
Implications
There is a rough overview supporting that the initiative that was taken to address Myanmar's interfaith tensions, which were being carried out in between the year 2015 to 2016. The main aim was to map the sensitivity of the conflict. It was observed that during this period of time, there were certain political transitions that created political spaces implying freedom of speech and expression. The social and the political transformation that was observed although product hope, according to Silvestri (2016), it also generated uncertainty as well as fear. This fear was of the future of Myanmar due to its...