If religions teach peace, then that peace must be more than inner group harmony.
Real peace means:
1. peace within the community,
2. peace towards others,
3. peace for everyone.
A claim to peace that applies only to one’s own group is no peace at all.
Anyone who preaches peace must also live it toward those who believe differently — otherwise they contradict their own teaching.
A group's identity arises from internal commonalities and external perceptions of the enemy. This is why a collective cannot structurally establish genuine peace.
An individual, on the other hand, interacts with others without this automatic boundary mechanism. Peace is a decision made by one person toward another. As soon as you place it in the hands of a collective, peace becomes a tool of power and harmony a pretext for conflict.
