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Whether it is a bomb going off in a market place, or the hijacking of an aircraft where innocent people are held at ransom to achieve political ends, we live in an age, where the manipulation and loss of innocent lives has become commonplace.

Religion is used as a tool by the governments the elites class for their own interests. Politicization of religion is it good or bad can be seen in history. Pakistan was formed by politicizing Islam. Not just Pakistan Nigeria Turkey India is other examples history has stated.
The concept of religion as viewed by philosophers has its roots embedded in politics which indicates that the politicization of religion is a common phenomenon. The renowned German philosopher Karl Heinrich Marx had the idea that every society has a group of power hungry people (rulers) who enforce harsh policies on the public in order to maintain their power and status. Now, in order to deviate the public from the miseries and distress (that the oppressors have enforced upon them by imposing cruel laws), the oppressors use religion as a tool to give illusionary happiness to the people. As Karl Marx said “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the masses”. So, according to Marx religion being “the opium of the masses” helps the oppressors (rulers) in suppressing the people by providing excuses and reasons for their cruel laws which keeps the society functioning.
The relation between religion and politics continues to be an important theme in political philosophy. One reason for the importance of this topic is that religions often make strong claims on people’s allegiance, and universal religions make these claims on all pe...

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Muslims ruled Spain for about 800 years. Throughout this time, and up until they were at last constrained out, the non-Muslims there were alive and thriving. Furthermore, Christian and Jewish minorities have made due in the Muslim terrains of the Middle East for a long time. Nations, for example, Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan all have huge Christian and/or Jewish populaces. This is not astounding to a Muslim, for his confidence restricts him from constraining others to see his perspective. Glorious Qur’an says:
“Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in God hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And God heareth and knoweth all things.” [Al-Qur’an 2:256]

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