How did Religion assume a violent role in the Middle East?

Abstract

I will start with a simple question: what makes a specific religion, at a certain period of time, highly promoting and conducive to peace, strengthening social stability, and consolidating citizenship? And what makes it at other times destructive and employed to inflame hatred and violence? Is it the attributes and characteristics of that specific religion that lead us into classifying some religions as evil religions tha threaten humanity and therefore must be exterminated, while praisin others as good religions? [...]