There have been too many acts of terrorism in the name of religion since the late 1990s, when then United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright released a report saying that more than half of the 30 most dangerous terrorist groups in the world then were religion-based.
The violent situation does not seem to have abated over the last two decades, going by the regular reports of violent acts carried out by perpetrators in the name of their religion.
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