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uplift19 said:I would say just as much as the "race" of the Tutsi or Hutu. Or even better, just as much as Islam being an Arabic word has to do with the religion.
There are some who argue that ALL "organized" religion simply seeks to control people. Do you agree with that notion?
Yes I do believe that organized religion seeks to control people for the most part. In my opinion, religion should serve only one main purpose......to be a people's unique celebration of the greater UNIVERSAL Truth. However, that's not what it is....it's become instead people's manipulation and interpretation of "God's" "word" (often by FORCE as is in this case) so that they can live with privilege at the expense of others.
Although Black/African people have many issues with which we need to deal, I would certainly not compare the Rwandan situation with that of Arabic oppression of African people...especially since I understand that much of the Rwandan tragedy had been covertly and overtly spurned on some decades prior by European (yet other outsiders) manipulation and sabotage of 'tribal' relations.