Identify a true statement about religious violence.

a. Religious violence often tends to place differing emphases on the symbolic aspects of violence.
b. Religious violence committed by groups must be analyzed in isolation without any cultural context.
c. Religiously motivated violence includes only those events in which a follower of a religion is the perpetrator.
d. Religious violence is a relatively new phenomenon.


a. Religious violence often tends to place differing emphases on the symbolic aspects of violence.

Analysis:
a. Correct. Religious violence often tends to place differing emphases on the symbolic aspects of violence.
b, c & d. Incorrect. Violence is the intentional use of physical force to injure or kill people, to damage or destroy their property, or both.

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