Combat operations in Iraq were officially completed this week. In Washington, Israeli and Palestinian leaders met to resume peace negotiations. The two events indicate a reduction in instability in the Middle East but are far from representing the end of conflicts in the region, which became the scene of major international wars in recent decades, leading public opinion in the West to point to Islam as the source of violence.
Civil War in Lebanon, the Iran-Iraq War, First Intifada, the Gulf War, the Second Intifada, the Lebanon War (Israel vs. Hezbollah), the Gaza War, the war in Iraq and genocide in Darfur are examples of clashes that supposedly have Islam as a backdrop. Other conflicts involving Muslims in Central Asia also contribute to this phenomenon, namely the two wars in Afghanistan: the first against the Soviets, and the second, which has taken place over the past nine years, led by the United States against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
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