Religion - A pretext for conflict? Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Tony Blair, David Rosen, n, Mina Oraibi, Thabo Cecil Makgoba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYs6Mm9BTaM




...Blair’s message to Davos was that governments around the globe must commit to ensuring young people are educated towards religious tolerance and respect, and against religious intolerance.

But there was no avoiding the legacy of his military action. Fellow panelist Hamza Yusuf Hanson, the Islamic scholar, explained that government legitimacy is a crucial issue driving religious instability. Something George W Bush failed to grasp. “In the first Iraqi war, [President] Bush was loath to go into Iraq because he was fearful of creating a political vacuum, he explained.

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