Sam Ghandchi
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Thirty Years' War is often misunderstood
as the peak of religious wars and Medieval society itself. Nothing could be
further from the truth. Thirty Years' War which happened from 1618 to 1648 in
Central Europe actually marked the end of Middle Ages and religion based wars in
Europe.
In fact, the major religion based wars in
Europe such as the Crusades began five centuries before the time of Thirty
Years' War and continued during the Middle Ages. Whereas Thirty Years' War, even
though started with religious strife of Catholics and Protestants to dominate
Europe, but it soon became a European civil war, and having no real winners,
ended up in religious tolerance and rise of modernization.
Thirty Years' War was a sign that modern
society cannot be managed by any political religion seeking dominance and the
foundations of secular states started to be formed, not by the irreligious
individuals but by religious people themselves.
One wonders about a similar
phenomena in the last three decades in the Middle East. Could we hope that the
current religious wars in the Middle East can help us to arrive at a beyond war
understanding and religious tolerance not only in the Middle East but worldwide
(1).
Sam Ghandchi, Editor/Publisher
IRANSCOPE
July 1, 2014
Footnotes:
1. Beyond War
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