2. What does Maalouf believe is the danger in making people choose one part of their identity over

another?

Violence and other inhumanities.

Explanation: Maalouf explain s the reason for individuals to see themselves as an a whole with respect to identity and the dangers that arises when people compartmentalize their identity.

he explains that when people divide their identity in terms of religion, ethnicity, origin,m etc , violence  and other acts of in-humanism tend to play out between groups since they limit their identity to one facet of their being and will form allegiance with such identity leading to crimes and violence, but if people see themselves as a combination of a different identities, crimes, violence, war and other inhumanities can be reduced.  

world war i began in 1914, after the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. during the conflict, germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire (the central powers) fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan and the united states (the allied powers). to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, world war i saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. by the time the war was over and the allied powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

explanation:

the two things that develop a strong social foundation are: a. separation of church and states e. education received attention separation of church and states separate the illogical  argument that came from religious beliefs to a fact based belief. while education will make us remember the past to avoid the repeat of our mistakes.