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This is a list of wars and conflicts in Asia, particularly East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Russia.For a list of conflicts in Southwest Asia, Asia Pacific. see List of conflicts in the Near East for historical conflicts and List of conflicts in the Middle East, List of conflicts in Australia (related Asia Pacific) for contemporary conflicts.
Religious fragmentation in the Holy Roman Empire on the eve of the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War in 1618. The term "religious war" was used to describe, controversially at the time, what are now known as the European wars of religion, and especially the then-ongoing Seven Years' War, from at least the mid 18th century.
Judaic–polytheist conflict Inter-Eastern religious conflict (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto) Islamic–polytheist Arab conflict Islamic–Zoroastrian conflict Inter-Islamic conflict (Sunni–Shia) Islamic–Eastern religious conflict (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism) Christian–Islamic conflict
Only six countries are predominantly Christian: Asian Russia which predominantly adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church; Cyprus, which is predominantly Orthodox; the Philippines, which is the third-largest Roman Catholic nation in the world; [32] Timor Leste, which is the most overwhelming Christian (99.6%) and Roman Catholic nation in Asia (97 ...
The term includes conflicts, riots and other forms of violence between communities of different religious faith or ethnic origins. [ 2 ] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime includes any conflict and form of violence between communities of different religious groups, different sects or tribes of same religious group, clans, ethnic origins ...
The Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya people by the military of Myanmar.The genocide has consisted of two phases [3] [4] to date: the first was a military crackdown that occurred from October 2016 to January 2017, and the second has been occurring since August 2017. [5]
A WIN/Gallup International poll found that among the nations they questioned Thailand is the most religious country in the world, while China is the least.
The Rohingya conflict is an ongoing conflict in the northern part of Rakhine State, Myanmar (formerly known as Arakan, Burma), [37] characterised by sectarian violence between the Rohingya Muslim and Rakhine Buddhist communities, a military crackdown on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar's security forces, [38] [39] [40] and militant attacks by Rohingya insurgents in Buthidaung, Maungdaw, and ...