Peace and Conflict - References

Question 1

Exodus 21

Answer 1

An eye for an eye

Question 2

Leviticus 19:18

Answer 2

Love your neighbour as yourself

Question 3

Matthew 5

Answer 3

Sermon on the Mount. “Blessed are the peacemakers”, “Turn the other cheek”, “Love your enemies”

Question 4

Matthew 7

Answer 4

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Jesus’ Golden Rule

Question 5

Luke 10

Answer 5

Parable of the Good Samaritan - being good to a foreigner

Question 6

Surah 16

Answer 6

If you have to respond, make your attack proportionate, but it is best to stand fast.

Question 7

Surah 17

Answer 7

Do not take life, which God has made sacred.

Question 8

Just War theory

Answer 8

Just cause, last resort, just means.

Question 9

Gulf War 1990

Answer 9

• Baghdad bunker bombing - 400 dead
• Total 30,000 Iraqi military dead
• 3,664 civilians short term -> 100,000 long-term
• Led to Al-Qaeda and 9/11?

Question 10

Martin Luther King

Answer 10

Hate can never drive out hate, only love can do that.

Question 11

Malcolm X

Answer 11

Sometimes you’ve got to pick the gun up to put the gun down. The ballot or the bullet.

Question 12

WMD c.s.

Answer 12

Mutually Assured Destruction; Trident; H+N - 250,000 dead vs ? in invasion.

Question 13

Crusades

Answer 13

Pope Urban II aiming for control of all Christendom

Question 14

Quakers

Answer 14

Conscientious objectors, set up volunteer Friend’s Ambulance service.

Question 15

Pope Francis

Answer 15

Inviting leaders of Israel and Hamas to pray together in the Vatican.

Question 16

Malala

Answer 16

Campaigning for universal education for girls.

Question 17

Christian Aid

Answer 17

Short-term: shelter and water. Long-term: rebuilding schools etc in partnership with locals.