Mark Juergensmeyer discovers the religion has been used by the politician to get the support from their people. He gives several examples from Iraq to India where the extreme believers fight for their faith. The battle in Iraq in the eyes of American is the fight to support the democracy in Iraq. On the other hand, the Middle East has a different opinion: they believe that American tries to prevent the spreading of Islam there. They have a strong faith that God is in their side if they keep fighting in the long run American can not win, for someday Islam will prevail. Juergensmeyer is surprised to hear that because religion causes a terror instead of peace and happiness.
The acts that we, American, believe as a terrorist acts such as the Federal building bombing and World Trade Center repeal to be as a wake up event to show us that the government is the enemy. They are trying to tell us that the government has been killing million of people in the world, such as Hiroshima and Nagazaki bombing during World War II. The bomber is trying to tell us and to convince us in the hard that we are at war at this moment. They will not responsible for the bombing because they believe they do God's will.
Juergensmeyer concludes the terror in the world happens because of religion. Each has a different belief, thus put his or her faith in the line for every terror that appears. When he saw the ground zero, where people from all background and believe were praying with candles and flowers for the victims, he convinces it was our faith that caused all the terrors in this world and the same faith that turn the world into shrine.
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