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Exploring Religious Conflict

It has been said that the United States is "India governed by Sweden"? that is, a religious country with a very secular tradition of government. Thus, it is perhaps little surprise that government, more than society, finds it awkward to address religious motivations, especially for violence. Yet September 11th drove home that the nation, and its intelligence, can no longer fail to address such issues directly. To that end, the RAND Corporation organized a board of religious experts. Those experts met with intelligence analysts in three carefully prepared day-long workshops. The goal was to provide analysts with background and frames of reference by assessing religious motivations in international politics, what may cause violence with religious roots and how states have sought to take advantage of or contain religious violence. This report summarizes and extends those workshops. The project was funded by the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence, but neither the task force's analyses nor the contents of this report are based on intelligence reporting. The report thus does not represent official views but, rather, those of the task force participants. In addition to analysts, it should be of interest to policy-makers and to interested citizens who find killing in the name of religion all but unfathomable.

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  • "It has been said that the United States is "India governed by Sweden"? that is, a religious country with a very secular tradition of government. Thus, it is perhaps little surprise that government, more than society, finds it awkward to address religious motivations, especially for violence. Yet September 11th drove home that the nation, and its intelligence, can no longer fail to address such issues directly. To that end, the RAND Corporation organized a board of religious experts. Those experts met with intelligence analysts in three carefully prepared day-long workshops. The goal was to provide analysts with background and frames of reference by assessing religious motivations in international politics, what may cause violence with religious roots and how states have sought to take advantage of or contain religious violence. This report summarizes and extends those workshops. The project was funded by the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence, but neither the task force's analyses nor the contents of this report are based on intelligence reporting. The report thus does not represent official views but, rather, those of the task force participants. In addition to analysts, it should be of interest to policy-makers and to interested citizens who find killing in the name of religion all but unfathomable."@en
  • "Reports the result of a workshop that brought together intelligence analysts and experts on religion with the goal of providing background and a frame of reference for assessing religious motivations in international politics and discovering what causes religiously rooted violence and how states have sought to take advantage of or contain religious violence -- with emphasis on radical Islam."@en
  • "Reports the results of a workshop that brought together intelligence analysts and experts on religion with the goal of providing background and a framework of reference for assessing religious motivations in international politics and discovering what causes religiously rooted violence and how states have sought to take advantage of or contain religious violence -- with emphasis on radical Islam."@en
  • "September 11th drove home the fact that the United States and its intelligence community must directly address the issue of religious motivations for violence. This document reports the result of a three day workshop organized by the RAND Corporation to bring together intelligence analysts and experts on religion with the goal of providing background and a frame of reference for assessing religious motivations in international politics and discovering what may cause religiously rooted violence-with emphasis on radical Islam. The group considered three phenomena: (1) "cosmic war"--A concept referring to the metaphysical battle between the forces of Good and Evil that enlivens the religious imagination and compels violent action; (2) radical fundamentalist violence and states that use it for political gain; and (3) new religious movements (NRMs), often referred to as cults, and why some may turn violent. The group concluded that the watchword for policy might well be to try to guide Islamic NRMs toward the social mainstream of the Muslim world, daunting though that task may appear at present."@en
  • "September 11th drove home the fact that the United States and its intelligence community must directly address the issue of religious motivations for violence. This document reports the result of a three day workshop organized by the RAND Corporation to bring together intelligence analysts and experts on religion with the goal of providing background and a frame of reference for assessing religious motivations in international politics and discovering what may cause religiously rooted violence-with emphasis on radical Islam. The group considered three phenomena: (1) "cosmic war"-a concept referring to the metaphysical battle between the forces of Good and Evil that enlivens the religious imagination and compels violent action; (2) radical fundamentalist violence and states that use it for political gain; and (3) new religious movements (NRMs), often referred to as cults, and why some may turn violent. The group concluded that the watchword for policy might well be to try to guide Islamic NRMs toward the social mainstream of the Muslim world, daunting though that task may appear at present."

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