"Surely the "Irish Troubles" were Republicans against Unionists?"
As I said - it was a war against an Ireland which was partitioned on religious grounds - what on earth do you think the Orange Lodges and the "Papish Antichrists" are all about?
The United Irishmen were nationalists trying to throw out the Brits; when the Empire couldn't hang on any longer, they partitioned the country making sure that the Protestants dominated the Six Counties
Originally, the plan was to partition the nine counties of Ulster, but, as the would have given the Catolics a majority, they dropped the three awkward ones
Go read a book
Bokum Harem is a fanatical break--off from the Muslim religion.
You' like Keith, have chosen to ignore the atrocities carried out by Christians - they have proved both ready and willing to kill in the name of their beliefs, just as yout friend, Anders Bering was (do I have that wrong - he is a Christian, s is Radovan Karadzic, Jim Jones, Timothy McVeigh
It is religion as a whole that is the problem, not any particular religion.
Jim Carroll