On December 25, 2015 a suicide bomber struck an Ahmadiyyah mosque in the Bangladeshi town of Rajshahi, wounding a dozen worshipers
Category: Perspectives
Hindu extremism and violence are on the ascendant in India: why is nothing being done about it?
On December 24, 2000 terrorists believed to be part of Jemaah Islamiyah bombed several churches in Jakarta and throughout Indonesia, killing 14 people and wounding scores.
On December 23, 2016 an Afriqiyah Airlines flight was hijacked by two men wanting to bring back the Qadhafi regime in Libya.
On December 22, 2014 a man ran over ten pedestrians at a Christmas market in the French city of Nantes, before attempting to stab himself to death.
On December 21, 1975 six terrorists led by Carlos the Jackal took hostages at OPEC HQ in Vienna after killing three people.
On December 20, 2014 an ISIS-inspired convert stabbed three French police officers in Tours before he in turn was shot and killed.
On December 19, 1974 the IRA detonated a 100-pound car bomb exploded in a parked car outside Selfridge’s in downtown London, wounding nine people.
On December 18, 2016 an RPG most likely fired by Al Shabaab struck a minibus in Somalia’s southwestern Lower Shabelle region, killing six people.
The disturbing practice of calling opposition groups and politicians terrorists is not only unhelpful but conducive to the undermining of democracy.