Theme d

• Conflict

  A disagreement between two sides
• Conscientious Objectors


  A person who refuses to fight in wars due to their personal beliefs against violence
• Forgiveness


  Showing mercy to someone who has wronged you
• Holy War


  A war that is accepted within a religion i.e. in Islam it must be started by a religious leader
• Justice


  Process of making things fair again
• Just War Theory


  A set of rules that determines when Christians are allowed to fight in a war i.e. if you only attack military targets
• Lesser Jihad


  The struggle of an Islamic community that may lead to a Holy War
• Malala Yousafzai


  A person who is working for peace after being shot by the Taliban for wanting to be educated
• Pacifism


  The belief that all wars and any form of violence is wrong
• Peace


  An absence of conflict that leads to harmony
• Protest


  Voicing a disagreement against something
• Quakers


  A Christian denomination that has pacifism as a key belief
• Reconciliation


  Restoring of a broken relationship i.e. when to warring sides become friendly again
• Retaliation


  To payback for a harmful action
• Terrorism


  The desire to cause fear in order to bring about political change, often involves the killing of innocent people
• Violence


  Using physical force to deliberately harm someone
• War


  An armed conflict between different sides
• Weapons of Mass Destruction

  Weapons that kill and harm on a large scale. Types include nuclear, chemical and biological weapons
• Islam: '"The person who struggles so that Allah's word is supreme is the one serving Allah's cause" Hadith'
• Christianity: '"An eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot..." Exodus 21:24 (OT)'
• Christianity: '"Prepare for war!" Joel 3:9 (OT)'
• Christianity: '"He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves." Matthew 21:12 (NT)'
• Islam: '"Paradise is for ... those who curb their anger and forgive their fellow man" Qur'an 3:134'
• Islam: '"Whoever kills a person... it is as though he has killed the whole of mankind" Qur'an 5:32'
• Christianity: '"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." Matthew 5:9 (NT)'
• Christianity: '"…But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also" Matthew 5:39 (NT)'
• Christianity: '"You shall not murder" Exodus 20:13 (OT)'
• Islam: '"If a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from God" Qur'an 42:40'
• Christianity: '"Your body is a temple and God's spirit lies within" 1 Corinthians 6:19 (NT)'
• Christianity: '"If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need, how can the love of God be in him? " 1 John 3:17 (NT)'
• Islam: '"Do not contribute to your destruction with your own hands, but do good, for God loves those who do good" Qur'an 2:195'
• Islam: '"The Earth is green and beautiful and Allah has appointed you his stewards over it" Hadith'
• Christianity: '"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink..." Matthew 25:35 (NT)'
• Christianity: '"Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" Matthew 25:40 (NT)'
• Christianity: '"Let's not love with words or thoughts but with actions" 1 John 3:18 (NT)'
• Islam: '"Whoever saved a life, it would be as if they saved the life of all mankind" Qur'an 5:32'
• Christianity: '"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you" Matthew 5:44 (NT)'
• Christianity: '"May the Lord convert the hearts of those who sow fear, violence and terror" Pope Francis'
• Islam: '"And fight in the way of Allah against those who fight with you, but do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits" Qur'an 2:190'
• Islam: '"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself" Hadith'