India and Pakistan are edging toward war. Israel is making plans to capture and hold the Palestinian territory of Gaza indefinitely. The two conflicts have a common denominator. India blames a recent attack in Kashmir on Pakistani militants. The war in Gaza was sparked by an attack on Israel by Hamas militants.

The art of coexistence, today’s editorial on Syria observes, starts with humble desires to empower one another. It takes learning together. Iraq’s highest Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, puts it this way: “A serious effort should be made to realize justice in different societies based on human dignity. As required by the divine will in this matter, these measures can ultimately limit the conditions for the spread of extremist thoughts.”