The World is Less Violent, but Religious Violence Continues...

Or that's the case being made anyway. Does it prove that increasing secularism diminishes violence while religion remains an obvious cause of its continuance?

Studies demonstrate the world is becoming less violent, and that human warfare is on the decline. There is one aspect of the human existence, however, that continues to ignite humans to commit violence and atrocities against fellow humans. A major new study published by the Pew Research Center shows that religious hostilities reached a 6-year high in 2012.-Humanity Is Becoming Increasingly Less Violent, with One Exception -- Religious Violence