socilogy of religon

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need some help on this one. here is my assignment for this week. please leave me some of your comments. it will be greatly appreciated. here is the topic Religion is a powerful social institution. Interestingly, religion is often used both to justify war and as a basis for waging war. For example, the Crusades were wars undertaken by christians in the eleventh, tweltfth, and thirteenth centuries to try to take back the Holy Land and other fromerly christians territories held by the Muslims for hundreds of years. In recent years, religion has been used as the rationale for numerous acts of terror, including the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York. Fundamentalism has often been a response to the spread of "liberalism" which is seen to threaten non-material cultural beliefs. Religious fundamaentalists adhere to a rigid orthodoxy that is non-pluralistic and relies on what are considered literal translations of holy texts. The effects of religious fundamentalism on politics can be found. This week choose an example of religious fundamentalsim from a first world or third world country. Choose a specific religion. Choose an issue that particular religion has focused on and discuss it effects on the local or nationl politics. Consider whether the fundamentalism has fostered change or prevented change.