In the Balkan Peninsula, in the early 1990s, war and chaos raged again. However, this war, unlike the two previous Balkan wars fought against the occupiers, was a civil war. The member states of the once great and glorified Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) have turned against each other. In 1991, Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence, which triggered the breakup of Yugoslavia (Pavkovic 136). Many causes led to this result, among them the death of Josip Broz Tito, the great Yugoslav leader and the fall of socialism after the Cold War, both of which resulted in the growing discontent of the Yugoslav people with the system of his country. Another important factor to focus on is religion and its diversity within the Federation. The three largest states – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia – had their own respective religions – Islam, Catholic Christianity and Orthodox Christianity, which often merged with their national and cultural identities. These are the three states most involved and most affected in the rupture process. The idea that this was not a coincidence and that these religious differences were one of the main factors that led to the outbreak of war between these states and kept it going will be the focus of this essay. The essay will demonstrate that although the war was primarily political in nature, the religious diversity in the Balkans fully merged with nationalism and sectarianism to create one of the greatest sources of hatred between the affected nations and a therefore contributed significantly to the escalation of the war. conflicts and war in this region in the early 1990s. Additionally, the essay will establish a link between media and religion and attempt to address the Balkan Wars: ten years after the breakup of Yugoslavia. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Web. April 2, 2014. Pavković, Aleksandar. The fragmentation of Yugoslav nationalism and the war in the Balkans. New York: Saint-Martin, 2000. Web. April 2, 2014. Powers, Gerard F. “Religion, Conflict, and Prospects for Peace in Bosnia, Croatia, and Yugoslavia.” Journal of International Affairs 50.1 (1996): 221-252. Ramet, Sabrina P. Balkan Babel: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to the Fall of Milošević. Boulder, CO: Westview, 2002. Web. April 2, 2014. Vrcan, Srdjan. “The war in former Yugoslavia and religion.” Religion, State and Society: The Keston Journal 22.4 (1994): 367-378. If this had not been the case, the consequences of this war could have been much less horrific and devastating for civilians in the region...