African Religion Conflicts

Andrew F.

What is my research topic? What are some research keywords?

• My research topic is the religions in Africa and the conflicts between them.
• Some of the keywords I used for research are Religion, Africa, and Conflict.

 What does religious conflict in Africa mean? What is the definition of religious conflict in Africa?

• There is the Islamic religion, the Christian religion, the voodoo religion, and many more specific to there countries.
• Some religions think there way is the only right way and it could be wrong.
• So some people get in fights over what's best.
• Well in the US there are also still religious conflict, but its not as bad.
• If there is a way to stop religious conflict it is still unknown.

How is religious conflict in Africa important to Africa?

• Religion holds things together.
• There are so many religions its hard for some things to stay together.
• Not everything has one religion so will many groups of people the can be a war like a World War bat only in one country.
• If there was a war it would be horrible and no one would "stand on top."
• I don't think it is important . . . or is it if there wasn't religious conflict what would Africa fight to fix? ok ok hunger and other stuff like human rights and slavery.

Why is religious conflict a problem or current issue in Africa?

• In big cities there are large shootouts between Muslims and Christians, and many people that are in the crossfire get shot and killed.
• The worst was in February of 2000.
• In February of 2000 gangs of about 100 people each ran in to a large city in the Sahara armed with fully automated weapons.
• The gangs where made-up of Muslims and Christians.
• More than 250 people where killed in the cross fire, and half of each gang where killed also.

How does religious conflict in Africa affect the people who live there?

• With all the religions and the fire-fights between them.
• Its hard to know what's right and wrong.
• Because there is allot of wrongness in people kill each other.
• If people kill they are doing wrong so none of the religions are the correct.
• People get caught in cross fire and more then the amount intended (and its wrong to intend killing) so people live in fear.

What does the rest of the world (not Africa) think about religious conflict in Africa? what is the global reaction?

• Most people don't think about it.
• But the leaders of countries all probably think about it and cant do anything about it.
• They can try but it wont always work we learned that because that's what's happening in Iraq.
• The thing that can be done would be not to let people help kill each other if we just get the troops out of Iraq the same thing would happen in it.
• It would smooth its self out sooner or later.

What can be done to fix the problem of religious conflict in Africa? What is being done to correct it?

• I don't know what could be done in Iraq we are trying to get the people who get in fights, and its not working.
• If we do that again it with just be another large war that with take forever to end like in Iraq.
• Nothing is being done to fix it that I know of.
• But lets just hope that its not going to be the same as Iraq.
• Nothing can be done to help the problem except its self.

What is my personal opinion on the religious conflict in Africa? How do I react to it?

• I know that the problems just can't just go away it will take time.
• It can't be easy with so many problems.
• It won't just make everyone all peaceful if we do one thing to try to fix it.
• My personal thought is that nothing can change what is happening in Africa.
• Africa is the hardest country to live in by far.

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This educational webpage was created by: Andrew F.

Made on: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 08:03 AM

Mrs. Jaubert-Smith's Social Studies Class

Forbes Middle School, Georgetown, Texas