The real conflict in the world today is not between religion but between oppressor and oppressed, between those who have and those who have not. Ask yourself why is there so much unrest and bloodshed in places where religion is not a factor i.e. Korea, South Africa, Central and South America?

For the same reason there is so much fighting among siblings. The big question is what shall we ever do about it.

Maybe because they're all so bloody narrow minded?

Politicians divide to conquer. If belief in one god unites people, there are many other ways to divide them.

I think it has nothing to do with religion. For example, let's consider Crusades. Some people believe that these were religious campaigns, while according to a lot of sources, they were just "religiously SANCTIONED military campaigns". According to Wikipedia, "The immediate cause of the First Crusade was the Byzantine emperor Alexios I's appeal to Pope Urban II for mercenaries to help him resist Muslim advances into territory of the Byzantine Empire." Of course, there are similar acts on Muslims' and Jews' side, just I wanted to give an example. As was said earlier, mankind is always in search of power and sometimes it is easier to blame religion in our own faults.