Incoming Christians’ pig-farming practices provoked communal violence in Motril

Evidence

Sacred violence is that expressed for no reason other than to extend and protect the sacralized community. Such violence becomes itself as much the sacral condition as the community itself (in this context, the racially ordained nation-state). Often, the condition of sacralization overshadows the interests of community members, supposed spiritual wellbeing trumping other valued considerations. But conceived so nebulously and more or less indiscriminately, sooner or later such violence is likely to redound, kicking off reciprocal cycles of vengeant violence. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1834 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Medieval missionaries often converted preaching into deliberate provocation of violence — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 683; Sinhalese nationalist violence against Christians is opportunistic rather than primordial — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 245; Geographically intermixed groups within states erupt into repeated communal violence — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 698 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Sacralized violence against outsiders provokes reciprocal vengeful cycles that degrade culture #complicates (0.74) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1834