Religious difference, not ideology, will fuel this century's epic battles | Tony Blair | Comment is free | The Observer:
The last weeks have seen a ghastly roll call of terror attacks in the obvious places: Syria, Libya, Iraq and Lebanon, as well as Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia and Pakistan. Also suffering are places where we have only in recent years seen such violence: Nigeria, and in many parts of central Africa, in Russia and across central Asia, and in Burma, Thailand and the Philippines. We can either see all of these acts of killing as separate – produced by various political contexts – or we can start to see the clear common theme and start to produce a genuine global strategy to deal with it
Technology – so much
the harbinger of opportunity – can also be used to disseminate lessons
of hate and division. Photograph: Getty Images
