On this day in 2015 a branch of Islamic State (ISIS) beheaded 21 Christians in Libya. The terrorist group released a video of the horrific crime.
Tag: When Religion Kills
On this day in 2016, Mohamed Barry went into the Nazareth Restaurant & Deli and proceeded to stab four people with a machete.
On this day in 2006, a mob firebombed the building housing the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus in protest over the Danish ‘cartoon affair’.
On this day in 2017, Alexandre Bissonnette walked into a mosque in Quebec City on a Sunday evening and shot dead six worshipers, wounding several more.
If we want to be consistent with how we see and deal with terrorism, we need to look at the violence tolerated within fringe Christian sects.
On this day in 1985, Islamist terrorists placed 11 bombs on the 8th century Borobudur Buddhist temple in Central Java, the oldest structure in the world.
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Many people take religion seriously but is it ok to take violent action against someone who makes fun of your faith?
Are Islamist terrorists the only ones to use religion to justify violence?
Sometimes terrorist groups just seem bizarre: who evokes the name of an Old Testament priest to justify killing?
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Today in Terrorism: 12 November
In 2015, 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded in two suicide bomb blasts claimed by ISIS in Beirut’s southern suburbs.