To avoid conflicts and strife within countries, we believe in raising religious beliefs above politics, and keeping them beyond day to day disagreements based on changing interests, so that religious beliefs or ethnicity are not misused for political ends.

At present, only three African countries1 are engaged in major conflict, although a number of others are experiencing civil strife of a lower intensity, involving ethnic and religious violence.

A wrathful man stirreth up strife but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

A wrathful man stirreth up strife but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

On the other hand, the world has also witnessed the unfortunate saga created by disruptive and divisive forces in the form of war, civil strife, ethnic and religious intolerance, hatred, violence and, lately, the threatening menace of terrorism.

3. Notes with concern the continuation on the continent, of many situations characterized by various forms of civil strife, including those caused by ethnic, religious and economic factors, and the role of illegal exploitation of natural resources in fuelling conflicts in Africa

In an age of global strife and climate change,

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Liberia had been torn apart by civil strife for decades.

Civil strife and terrorism are undermining human and State security.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

A froward man soweth strife and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

A froward man soweth strife and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Sudanese strife has had a profound impact beyond the region as well.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Conflict and civil strife remain significant obstacles to development, especially in West Africa.

At a time when the Middle East is aflame with sectarian strife, the observance of the Christian holiday is a sad reminder that the region s distinctive religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity is rapidly disappearing. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Christians made up roughly 20 of the Arab world.

What are a country s obligations to refugees fleeing from persecution, poverty, or strife elsewhere?

How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours and our enemies laugh among themselves.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours and our enemies laugh among themselves.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

They often, therefore, aptly serve as bridge builders of understanding across rivers of strife.

In 1998, 14 African countries were in a state of armed conflict or strife.