{"id":118983,"date":"2014-01-26T14:44:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T09:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=118983"},"modified":"2014-01-29T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T10:08:00","slug":"extremist-religion-is-at-root-of-21st-century-wars-says-tony-blair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/extremist-religion-is-at-root-of-21st-century-wars-says-tony-blair\/","title":{"rendered":"Extremist Religion Is At Root Of 21st-Century Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Blair\u00a0has reignited debate about the west&#8217;s response to terrorism with a call on governments to recognise that religious extremism has become the biggest source of conflict around the world, the Guardian reports.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43081\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tony-Blair1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43081\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-43081\" alt=\"Tony Blair\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tony-Blair1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tony-Blair1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tony-Blair1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Blair<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Referring to wars and violent confrontations from Syria to Nigeria and the Philippines, Blair, writing in the\u00a0<em>Observer<\/em>, argues that &#8220;there is one thing self-evidently in common: the acts of terrorism are perpetrated by people motivated by an abuse of\u00a0religion. 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