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The new wars of religion | Economist.com

Posted by Margaret on Friday, Nov 23, 2007

Making the case for the separation of religion and the state in The Economist (1/11/07):

A RELIGIOUS fanatic feels persecuted, goes overseas to fight for his God and then returns home to attempt a bloody act of terrorism. Next week as Britons celebrate the capture of Guy Fawkes, a Catholic jihadist, under the Houses of Parliament in 1605, they might reflect how dismally modern the Gunpowder Plot and Europe’s wars of religion now seem.

Faith and politics | The new wars of religion | Economist.com.

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