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| | Northern Ireland conflict not religious, but based on fear, Catholic Irish primate says - Catholic Online |
 | | The situation in Northern Ireland, as with all conflict throughout the world “the result of a complex mixture of history and politics, of culture and identity, of tensions over land and resources, of fear of those who are different and ultimately, of the need for each of us to belong,” he stressed. |
 | | The conflict in Northern Ireland is not at base one of religious traditions battling one another, he said. |
 | | “As the experience of Northern Ireland suggests, once the first act of violence is perpetrated, whether in defense or in aggression, the original reason for the use of violence is quickly lost sight of in the deadly cycle of violence, hatred, revenge and misunderstanding which almost inevitably follows,” he said. |
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