From 1989 to 1995, " [ ] ninety-six violent civil conflicts have occurred, but ninety-one of them did not result in humanitarian interventions" (Carey 8). .
All the cultures of the world do not each have their own country, therefore one could understand that there would almost certainly be conflict between them, and probably more often than not. According to B.A. Robinson, an author for a popular website where the focus is placed on religious persecution and related issues, the causes of persecution or conflicts are usually because of racial, ethnical, religious, economic and also other differences. Conflicts and religious intolerance occurs among people within the same or in different countries and of similar or dissimilar religions ( 4). Robinson states that other occurrences of persecution and conflict are currently evident in Bosnia, where the Roman Catholics, Serbian Orthodox Church and the Muslims have conflict among one another. In India, Aboriginals, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, and other minority faiths are in conflict with each other. In Indonesia, Christians and Muslims clash and in the Middle East, Christians and Jews are being persecuted by Muslims and in Northern Ireland the Protestants and Roman Catholics quarrel. In Sri Lanka, Christians and Muslims are being murdered and in Sudan, Christians are being violently pursued by the majority Muslim population. There is also conflict in Tibet between the Communists and the Buddhists (Robinson 3). The Author also uses a quote from the London Observer that "Most global conflict can be blamed on a basic imbalance: mankind is made up of 5000 ethnic groups with only 190 countries to live in" (1). This can most likely be seen as the main cause for religious persecution today.
Religious persecution causes immense suffering and even death in a lot of cases and it affects the people and countries involved financially, psychologically, and politically, but many are willing to suffer for their faith.
