[Monty22]

Nothing new, nothing surprising.

However, mention it, and you may be risking your life.

[Sparta]

Here are the ones I know of.

Columbia(Commies are involved though)
Algeria
Macedonia
Sri Lanka(No Muslims)
Kashmir
Afghanistan
Israel
Sudan
Iraq
Somalia
Ethiopean-Eitrean border war
Nigeria
Ivory Coast

I can't think of any others right now.

[Straight Vermonter]

World—World Statistics—Worldwide Conflicts and Wars

Significant Armed Conflicts, 2002

Main warring parties	Year began1
Middle East
Iran vs. Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO)	1979
Iraq vs. Desert Storm Coalition (U.S. & U.K.)	1991
Iraqi government (Sunni) vs. Shi'a (Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq)	1991
Iraq vs. Kurds	1961
Israel vs. Palestinian Authority/Hamas/Hezbollah/Palestinian separatists	1948
Asia
Afghanistan: U.S., U.K., Northern Alliance, and Coalition Forces vs. al-Qaeda	2001
India vs. Kashmiri separatist groups/Pakistan	1948
India vs. Assam insurgents (various)	1979
Indonesia vs. Aceh separatists	1969
Indonesia vs. Irian Jaya separatists	1969
Philippines vs. Mindanaoan separatists (MILF/ASG)	1971
Africa
Algeria vs. Armed Islamic Group (GIA)	1991
Burundi: Tutsi vs. Hutu	1988
Democratic Republic of Congo and allies vs. Rwanda, Uganda, and indigenous rebels2	1997
Liberia vs. LURD rebels	2000
Somalia vs. rival clans	1991
Sudan vs. Sudanese People's Liberation Army2	1983
Uganda vs. Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)	1986
Europe
Russia vs. Chechen separatists	1994
Latin America
Colombia vs. National Liberation Army (ELN)	1978
Colombia vs. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)	1978
Colombia vs. Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)	1990

As of August 2002.

1. Where multiple parties and long-standing but sporadic conflict are concerned, date of first combat deaths is given.

2. Cease-fire agreements signed in 2002; violence may resume.

Source: Center for Defense Information, www.cdi.org and Project Ploughshares, www.ploughshares.ca .

Military Budgets of Selected Countries, 2001

Worldwide Conflicts and Wars

Recently Suspended Armed Conflicts

[Dog Gone]

I don't think there's any doubt that muslims are involved in most, they're certainly not involved in Northern Ireland, nor the FARC insurgency in Columbia. The Basques in Spain aren't muslim.

[DonQ]

But Boy George keeps telling us that Islam is a religion of peace!

[gorebegone]

Don't forget to add the Miss World Contest.

[Andy from Beaverton]

Here are the countries with a Muslim majority.  In practically everyone, the government is oppressing non-Muslims.

 

	Name	Population	% of Muslims
1	Afghanistan	18M	99%
2	Albania	2.3M	75%
3	Algeria	22M	98%
4	Bahrain	.220M	99%
5	Bangladesh	100M	85%
6	Cameroon	6.2M	55%
7	Central African Republic	2M	55%
8	Chad	4M	85%
9	Dahomey	3M	60%
10	Egypt	51M	93%
11	Ethiopia	27M	65%
12	Gambia	.4M	85%
13	Guinea	4.3M	95%
14	Guinea-Bissau	.81M	70%
15	Indonesia	161M	95%
16	Iran	48M	98%
17	Iraq	14.5M	95%
18	Ivory Coast	5M	55%
19	Jordan	3M	95%
20	Kuwait	1M	98%
21	Lebanon	3M	57%
22	Libya	3M	100%
23	Malaysia	14.5M	52%
24	Maldive Islands	12M	100%
25	Mali	6M	90%
26	Mauritania	2M	100%
27	Morocco	24M	99%
28	Niger	4.5M	91%
29	Nigeria	100M	75%
30	Oman	.75M	100%
31	Pakistan	90M	97%
32	Qatar	.18M	100%
33	Saudi Arabia	10.5M	100
34	Senegal	7M	95%
35	Sierra Leone	3M	65%
36	Somalia	5M	100%
37	South Yemen	1.5M	95%
38	Sudan	22M	85%
39	Syria	11M	87%
40	Tanzania	15M	65%
41	Togo	2.1M	55%
42	Tunisia	7M	95%
43	Turkey	66M	99%
44	U.A.E	.32M	100%
45	Upper Volta	6M	56%
46	North Yemen	6M	99%

 

Here are the countries with a Muslim minority.  In practically everyone, the Muslims are spreading fear and hate and killing of non-Muslims..

 

Country Name	Muslims	% of total population
Angola	1.5M	25%
Argentina	.5M	2%
Australia	.13M	1%
Bhutan	.05M	5%
Botswana	.03M	5%
Brazil	.21M	.2%
Bulgaria	1.3M	14%
Burma	3M	10%
Burundi	.7M	20%
Cambodia	.07M	1%
Canada	.1M	.5%
China	100M	11%
Congo	.15M	15%
Cyprus	.21M	33%
Equatorial Guinea	.07M	25%
Fiji	.06M	11%
France	2M	3.80%
Germany	1.5M	2.40%
Ghana	3M	30%
Gibraltar	.003M	10%
Greece	.27M	3%
Hong Kong	.004M	1%
Guyana	.01M	15%
India	100M	12%
Italy	.55M	1%
Japan	.01M	1.00%
Kenya	4M	29.50%
Liberia	.5M	30%
Lesotho	.12M	10%
Malagasy Republic	1.4M	20%
Malawi	1.7M	35%
Malta	.045M	14%
Mauritius	.14M	19.50%
Mozambique	2.2M	29%
Namibia	.034M	5%
Nepal	.5M	4%
Netherlands	.2M	1.50%
Panama	.05M	4%
Philippines	5M	12%
Portuguese Timor	.012M	20%
Reunion	.09M	20%
Rumania	.2M	20%
Zimbabwe	1M	15%
South Africa	.5M	2%
Sri Lanka	1.2M	9%
Surinam	.1M	25%
Swaziland	.046M	10%
Thailand	6M	14%
Trinidad & Tobago	.127M	12%
Uganda	4M	36%
U.K	1.5M	2.70%
U.S.S.R (Russia)	60M	20%
U.S.A	3.2M	1.50%
Yugoslavia	5M	20%
Zaire	2.4M	10%
Zambia	.7M	15%

I may be wrong, but I doubt it. The religion of peace is very consistent.

[MCH]

All totally consistent with my theory that while most of the significant wars of the 20th century were idealogical confrontations of communism/socialism vs. democracy/free markets, the major conflicts of the 21st century will be theologically based Muslim vs. Non-Muslim confrontations.

[Sonny M]

To the best of my knowledge, and according to the U.N., muslims are involved in more then half of all the geo-political conflicts that are active in the world right now, also did I read that right. China has over a 100 million muslims????? That can't be right?

[polemikos]

Current List of Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations

GROUP	CAUSE	LOCATION	DESIGNATOR
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)	Islamist	Lebanon	U.S.
Abu Sayyaf Group	Islamist	Philippines	U.S.
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades	Islamist	Palestine	U.S.
AntiFascist Resistance Groups First of October (GRAPO)	Narxist	Spain	E.U.
Armed Islamic Group (GIA)	Islamist	Algeria	U.S.
Asbat al-Ansar	Islamist	Algeria	U.S.
Aska Tasuna	Basque/Marxist/Islamist	Spain	E.U.
Aum Shinrikyo	Cult	Japan	U.S., E.U.
Babbar Khalsa	Sikh Independence	India	E.U.
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)	Basque/Marxist/Islamist	Spain	U.S., E.U.
Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group)	Islamist	Egypt	U.S., E.U.
HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement)	Islamist	Palestine	U.S., E.U.
Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)	Islamist	Pakistan	U.S.
Hizballah (Party of God)	Islamist	Lebanon	U.S.
International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)	Sikh Independence	India	E.U.
Irish Republican Army - Continuity (CIRA)	Independence	No. Ireland	E.U.
Irish Republican Army - Real	Independence	No. Ireland	U.S., E.U.
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)	Islamist	Uzbekistan	U.S.
Jaish e-Mohammed (JEM)	Islamist	Kashmir	U.S.
al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad)	Islamist	Egypt	U.S.
Kahane Chai (Kach)	Jewish	Israel	U.S.
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)	Marxist	Turkey	U.S., E.U.
Lashkar e-Tayyiba, (Army of the Righteous) (LET)	Islamist	Kashmir	U.S., E.U.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)	Independence	Sri Lanka	U.S.
Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)	Independence	No. Ireland	E.U.
Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)	Marxist	Iran	U.S., E.U.
National Liberation Army (ELN)	Marxist	Columbia	U.S.
Orange Volunteers (OV)	Anti-IRA	No. Ireland	E.U.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)	Islamist	Palestine	U.S., E.U.
Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)	Islamist	Palestine	U.S.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)	Islamist	Palestine	U.S., E.U.
PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)	Islamist	Palestine	U.S.
al-Qa’ida	Islamist	Afghnistan	U.S., E.U.
Red Hand Defenders (RHD)	Anti-IRA	No. Ireland	E.U.
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)	Marxist	Columbia	U.S.
Revolutionary Nuclei (formerly ELA)	Marxist	Greece	U.S., E.U.
Revolutionary Organization 17 November	Marxist	Columbia	U.S., E.U.
Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army/Front (DHKP/C)	Marxist	Turkey	U.S., E.U.
Salafist Group	Islamist	Lebanon	U.S.
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)	Marxist	Peru	U.S., E.U.
Ulster Defense Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters	Anti-IRA	No. Ireland	E.U.
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)	Drugs	Columbia	U.S., E.U.

21 of 42 total are Islamist = 50%
10 of 42 total are Marxist = 24%


US = U.S. State Dept. (as of October 5, 2001)

EU = European Union Terrorist List (as of May 3, 2002) - http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/ - http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/organ/oorgan.htm

[Cindy]

GOOGLE Search Term "ARMED CONFLICTS"
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[Cindy]

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: "ATTACK ON AMERICA!"
http://www.truthusa.com/911.html