Algeria’s flag is a half-green, half-white flag with a red crescent moon and red star of Islam in the middle. The result was Islam splitting into two opposing sects — Sunnis and Shiites. Green, white, and red flags feature two of the most represented flag colors (red and white). So, they teamed with patriotic civic groups like the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) to sell American flags to their subscribers, which numbered half a million nationwide. American University Studies: Theology and Religion. An adherent of a tribal religion is aware of his dependency… I’m going to use Christianity as my example, not because it’s representative of religion in general, but because there’s a lot of research on Christians, and because many readers will likely be familiar with it. Take the United States’ flag, for example, where the 13 horizontal bands represent the original colonies and the 50 stars stand for each state. The Iranian flag features three horizontal bands of green, white and red. The Madagascar flag has a vertical white stripe next to two horizontal bands in red and green. The two indigenous tribes had fought for resources like water in the poverty-stricken area for decades after the Hutus overthrew the ruling Tutsis.

Some Catholics and Protestants view the other as apostates, but the bloody conflicts between the two camps are mostly consigned to history. Also significant are the mosques of Damascus (706), where the site of the former Roman temple and fourth-century Byzantine church dedicated to Saint John the Baptist was transformed into the congregational mosque of the Umayyad capital, and of Jerusalem (709-15). In terms of secular architecture, Umayyad desert palaces such as Mshatta, Qasr ‘Amra (Jordan), ‘Anjar (Lebanon), Khirbat al-Mafjar (Palestine), and Qasr al-Hayr East and West (Syria) (all ca. 700-750), are a testimony to the wealth of their patrons and the creativity of Umayyad architects. His church organist, Lewis Redner, added the music so that the children’s choir could sing the song. They did not stop at helping the priests in church activities; but extended their hands in assistance to newly arrived migrants who seek jobs, giving them leads to employment, providing spiritual guidance, sharing words of encouragement. One parishioner who had been in the church for years, then told them that the florist, a non-Catholic, had undergone personal and business difficulties sometime ago.

In his book, “Nationalism From the Left: The Bulgarian Communist Party During the Second World War and the Early Post-war Years,” lecturer and researcher Yannis Sygkelos says the flag is a nod to the contemporary. Civil war pits members of the same faith, the same nationality, and, in some of the worst cases, the same family against one another. While not every flag with this mix of colors has the same meaning, this is what green, white and red typically stand for in the in flags around the world. And there’s no evidence that the Crittenden boys ever fought one another in the same battle. It seems unthinkable in the 21st century that states could secede — let alone that Americans would fight one another in battle. Brown, Kent Masterson. “The Civil War in Kentucky: The battle for the bluegrass state.” Da Capo Press. But somehow a civil war smacks of something darker, almost cannibalistic. The brothers didn’t die in the Civil War. In 1990, long-held hatred between the African nation of Rwanda’s Tutsi and Hutu populations resulted in civil war. The ornamental pattern is a symbol of the centuries-old culture of the nation and its spiritual wealth,” according to the President of the Republic of Belarus’ website. “The ornamental pattern in the National Flag stands for bread, harvest and procreation; celebrates diligence and prowess which are the cornerstones of people’s good fortune.

When a nation’s people wage war, the results are tragic and cannot be discounted. It is important for people carrying out the pilgrimage to be focussed on the reasons why they are travelling, which is why booking through an experienced agent can provide comfort and peace of mind. It can work the other way, too. It can also mean surrender. Combining amethyst with other crystals can create a synergistic effect, enhancing the healing properties and benefits of each stone. The passage in 1 John 4:7-21 speaks of God’s loving nature. Book V: a refutation of the doctrine of fate and an explanation of the Christian doctrine of free will and its consistency with God’s omniscience. Doris notes that this is a deus ex machina, while Hepatitis begins questioning God’s existence. Congregationalists settled Suffolk County on Long Island, while French Huguenots founded the city of New Rochelle in Westchester County. While the U.S. has suffered the strife of a civil war only once, other countries have seen their citizens engage in ongoing battles over religious and political divisions. One issue which seems to cause some consternation between atheists and theists involves disagreement over how to spell the word “god”-should it be capitalized or not?