Different religions are entering political challenges, not in the name of God, but in the name of power. Historians agree that wars do not often happen for religious reasons. The first religious war dates back to 1095, when the knights answered the call of Pope Urban II to save Christians in the Holy Lands. It was the beginning of a Crusader campaign. A thousand years later Islam is still persecuted in France. So was the Orthodox church in the Soviet Union, whilst the Nazis and Communists persecuted all religions.