Religicide: Confronting the Roots of Anti-Religious Violence Bennett Georgette F.
A brave and timely proposal to name, investigate, and ultimately stop a new crime-the mass murder of millions of people for their faith.Religion-related violence is the fastest spreading type of…
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A brave and timely proposal to name, investigate, and ultimately stop a new crime-the mass murder of millions of people for their faith.Religion-related violence is the fastest spreading type of violence worldwide. Attacks on religious minorities follow a clear pattern and are preceded with early warning signs. Until now, such violence had no name, let alone a set of policies designed to identify and prevent it. A unique attempt to create a new moral and legal category alongside other forms of persecution and mass murder, Religicide explores the roots of atrocities such as the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, the Bosnian war, and other human rights catastrophes.The authors tap into their decades of activism, interreligious engagement, and people-to-people diplomacy to delve into a gripping examination of contemporary religicides: the Yazidis in Iraq, the
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