#  Violence and Peace 

 



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  [### Conflict in Myanmar

 ](/religion-context/case-studies/violence-peace/conflict-myanmar)An examination of incidents of Islamophobia in this majority Buddhist nation.



 

   ![A group of monks protest marching in Myanmar](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/rpl/files/cs_violencepeace_buddhism_card.jpg?itok=Bj7Q_iKb) 

 

 

 

  [### Destruction of the Ayodhya Mosque

 ](/religion-context/case-studies/violence-peace/destruction-ayodhya-mosque)Many Indian Hindus live in peace with their neighbors, but some have perpetrated violence against minorities.



 

   ![Rama and Sita carvings at a temple in Ayodhya](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/rpl/files/cs_violencepeace_hinduism_card.jpg?itok=hHUY28F4) 

 

 

 

  [### Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

 ](/religion-context/violence-and-peace/egypts-muslim-brotherhood)A historical look at the Muslim Brotherhood and its influential role in Egypt.



 

   ![Egyptian protest in 2013](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/rpl/files/cs_violencepeace_islam_card.jpg?itok=Ec8Hf3X-) 

 

 

 

  [### Jews and Nuclear Weapons

 ](/religion-context/violence-and-peace/jews-and-nuclear-weapons)The vast majority of Jews agree that nuclear weapons should be a last resort, but many Jews, especially in Israel, have religiously justified them.



 

   ![Israeli missle defense rocket launch](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/rpl/files/cs_violencepeace_judaism_card.jpg?itok=KLBkyQbD) 

 

 

 

  [### North Korean Refugee Conversion

 ](/religion-context/case-studies/violence-peace/north-korean-refugee-conversion)North Korean conversion narratives provide insight into how dynamics of social and national inclusion operate within South Korea.



 

   ![수영로교회 Suyeong Road Church, Busan, Image by Scarlet Sappho](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/rpl/files/suyeongrogyohoe_suyeong_road_church_busan_image_by_scarlet_sappho.jpg?itok=nwKD_807) 

 

 

 

  [### Residential Schools of Canada

 ](/religion-context/case-studies/violence-peace/residential-schools-canada)This racist system subjected 150,000 indigenous people to decades of spiritual and physical abuse.



 

   ![black and white photo of students at a residential school in Canada](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/rpl/files/cs_violencepeace_christianity_card.jpg?itok=pR0LIDjv) 

 

 

 

  [### Witch Camps in Ghana

 ](/religion-context/case-studies/violence-peace/witch-camps-ghana)Legislation and community coalitions form to protect women accused of witchcraft in Ghana.



 

   ![Videographer with camera looking down at parliament session](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-04/GhanaParlaiment.png?itok=L3SaqBO4)