We are equally upset over the failures of international diplomacy and threats of military intervention, neither of which is restoring peace in the former Yugoslavia. In the former Yugoslavia as well as in other places, international inaction and disengagement from the issues, especially at early stages when nonviolent intervention can be most effective, are clearly a betrayal of suffering humans.
Inaction also betrays our standards of good and evil and our proclamations regarding human rights.
Interreligious Conflict Wars like the ones in Bosnia-Herzegovinia have numerous subtle and interrelated causes and factors, including tribal or racial, economic, and political. Like most other human interactions, conflicts are holistic in that they engage many interconnected aspects of individuals and societies. It is therefore not accurate to suggest, as some do, that in this modern era the religions are a primary source of conflict, that they are dividing people and causing wars. Despite the contributions of religions to conflict, the most persistent voice for nonviolence also comes from the religions. Many other traditions also have peacemaking and pacifist inclinations.