What in the name of Religion

Religion is quite a good institution and the good of it is that it really does not make a difference whom you believe.
The other good side of it is that you are generally BORN with a religion and you usually die in the same faith.
What you do in between is your own personal matter.
It is also getting one of the burning and tormenting non-problems of our age.
I do not know who invented it as a new, burdensome problem.
Are you a catholic or a muslim?
I personally think I do not care, I think I can be both and neither: I am myself.
Some even think that the fight between West Countries and the Middle East is nothing else than a “clash of religions” or a “clash of cultures”.
I think there is something else behind it.
As if somebody could think that the Vatican rules Italy.
The rich and the powerful run Italy. Using the Religion too.
Just like in the Middle East.
All the ruling elite and various agitating groups want is to gain more political and economic control and power.
Just like the US wants and in a smaller scale Europe wants.(or wanted, which is the same).
The game is the oil’s price and availability.
The game is keeping our life style at the lowest possible cost.
No “clash of cultures” but the same interests and a “clash to get them”.
Using whatever tools are at their disposal (as everybody does). Whether it is religion, (muslim brotherhood in some cases, sectarianism in others), tribalism, nationalism, racism, etc. in the case of ideology or outright repression, jails, torture, executions, car bombs, arms purchases.