Yes of course religion and religious beliefs and religious intolerance are at the heart of it.
The main source of conflict in the middle east has always been and still is the conflict between the two religious denominations of Islam.
It goes all the way back to the year 632 when Muhammad died. The two denominations (sunni and shia) have always been in a never ending dispute over which was the legitimate successor to Muhammad.
And that dispute has been fought over ever since.
The center of the shia sect is in Iran. The center of the sunnis is in Saudi Arabia.
Sunnis are by far and away the largest of the two sects. Almost 90% of the world's Muslims are Sunni and a little over 10% are Shia.
The main source of conflict in the middle east has always been and still is the conflict between the two religious denominations of Islam.
It goes all the way back to the year 632 when Muhammad died. The two denominations (sunni and shia) have always been in a never ending dispute over which was the legitimate successor to Muhammad.
And that dispute has been fought over ever since.
The center of the shia sect is in Iran. The center of the sunnis is in Saudi Arabia.
Sunnis are by far and away the largest of the two sects. Almost 90% of the world's Muslims are Sunni and a little over 10% are Shia.