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Strategies & Market Trends : ajtj's Post-Lobotomy Market Charts and Thoughts
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To: ajtj99 who wrote (35977)9/7/2021 12:48:27 AM
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Yes, and it is more extreme than that. India and the Middle East have had a history of using religion as a political and ethnic weapon. This goes back thousands of years.

As a rule, the official state religion has historically been the religion of the King. And the king was both the head of the state and the head of the religion.

So far not so different from many other parts of the world. But what did you do if you wanted to overthrow the king? The simplest way was to change your religion and to try to convert others. If the head of the religion is to also be the head of the state but you have a different religion, then you are bluntly saying that he is not your king. People did not just convert to a religion because they philosophically believed in it. More often than not they did it to oppose (or support) one leader over another.

So you are very much correct that religion in that part of the world is like a party membership. And some parties are very exclusive and regional, so they also carry a strong ethnic and cultural tones. The Jews can attest to that readily.

I have always thought that the religious divisions in the Middle East are much like our political party divides in the USA.
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