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| Aug. 14 |
Iraq |
Shiite pilgrims killed suicide blast
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| Mar.6 |
 Jerusalem |
Gunman opens fire in Jewish seminary  Palestinian gunman infiltrated Mercaz Harav in West Jerusalem in the Kiryat Moshe quarter and opened fire. He was shot dead by an Israeli army...
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| Feb.24 |
Iraq |
Bombers, gunmen attack Shiite pilgrimage
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| Jan.1 |
 Kenya |
Mob burns Kenyans cowering in church  Map of Eldoret Kenya A mob set fire to a church where Kenyans were seeking refuge from post-election violence, searing many and leaving others as heaps of ash
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| Dec.24 |
Kashmir |
Mosque besieged
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| Aug. 14 |
 Iraq |
Shiite pilgrims killed suicide blast The woman's attack took place in the Iskandariya district south of Baghdad. Pilgrims traveled to a festival
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| Jun.16 |
Pakistan |
Bombs rips through mosque
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| Apr.12 |
Iran |
Bomb explodes at mosque
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| Mar.6 |
Jerusalem |
Gunman opens fire in Jewish seminary | Palestinian gunman infiltrated Mercaz Harav in West Jerusalem in the Kiryat Moshe quarter and opened fire. He was shot dead by an Israeli army officer. The gunman was carrying an AK-47 and a pistol and had time to swap weapons during the massacre. Hamas calle... | |
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| Feb.24 |
Iraq |
 Bombers, gunmen attack Shiite pilgrimage A suicide bomber killed at least 40 pilgrims and wounded 60 others as the pilgrims are to commemorate one of the holiest days
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| Jan.1 |
Kenya |
Mob burns Kenyans cowering in church Map of Eldoret Kenya A mob set fire to a church where Kenyans were seeking refuge from post-election violence, searing many and leaving others as heaps of ash
| The mob set fire to the church in Eldoret where many people from President Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe were sheltering. An estimated 250 people have died following the controversial re-election
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| Dec.24 |
 Kashmir |
Mosque besieged A standoff in village of Palnu is continuing with three militants holding a pair of hostages. Indian security forces are outside the mosque
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| Oct.30 |
Gujarat |
Hindus jailed over riots
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| Oct.21 |
Southern Italy |
Pope decries 'religious' violence
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| Sep.15 |
Iraq |
Bounty set over Prophet cartoon
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Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban
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| Jun.12 |
Sunni Triangle |
Blast hits key Shia shrine Map of Samarra Iraq| The 3 minarets of the al-Askari, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, have been damaged by an explosion in Samarra. The bombing destroyed two towers at the mosque. The same holy site was attacked in February 2006. The... | |
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| Jun.7 |
Kenya |
Police shoot sect suspects
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| Jun.6 |
 Vatican |
 Scare as man tries to board popemobile Police have detained a man who tried to jump into the open-air vehicle carrying Benedict XVI to his weekly address in St. Peter's Square.
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| May.18 |
Southern India |
13 die in mosque blast, violence
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| May.8 |
Southern Iraq |
Car blast near mosque kills 16
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| Apr.22 |
Northern Iraq |
Gunmen line up, execute 23 Kurd Gunmen stopped a bus filled with Christians and members of a religious sect and taking 23 of the passengers away to be shot
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| Apr.19 |
 Turkey |
Bible attack suspects detained Police detained 5 more people in connection with an attack on a Christian publishing house that killed 3 employees
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| Mar.11 |
Baghdad |
 Car bomb kills 31 pilgrims Shiites were killed a bomb exploded near a minibus that was bringing pilgrims home from the holy city of Karbala
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| Jan.30 |
Iraq |
Attacks on Shiite pilgrims kill 38 2 major attacks occurred in Diyala, a religiously mixed province northeast of the capital, at the climax of the Ashura festival
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| Jan.27 |
Pakistan |
11 killed in bombing near mosque
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Saddam Hussein hanged
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| Dec.9 |
Southern Iraq |
Blast shakes Shiite holy city A car bomb explosion rocked Karbala, killing at least five people and wounding another 44
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| Nov.24 |
Baghdad |
Shiites torch Sunni people, mosques Enraged Shiites burned people to death and denounced Sunni leaders and the U.S. after a bloody assault on Sadr City
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| Sep.18 |
Arab Countries |
Al Qaeda threat over pope speech
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| Aug.20 |
Baghdad |
20 pilgrims killed, hundreds wounded Gunmen opened fire on crowds of Shiite pilgrims. Hundreds of thousands of were heading to a shrine
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| Jul.18 |
Iraq |
Holy city bombing kills 45 A suicide car bomber detonated in a busy Kufa marketplace where day laborers gather
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| Jul.1 |
Osama bin Laden |
Bin Laden tells Sunnis to fight Shiites Osama bin Laden in a tape posted on the Web encourages Sunnis to retaliate against Shiites in Iraq
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| Jun.4 |
Canada |
Vandals strike at Toronto mosque |
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| Apr.14 |
Iraq |
Baquba mosque bombings kill 4 |
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Egypt |
Attacks on churches: 1 dead
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New Delhi |
Dozen hurt in mosque blasts |
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| Apr.11 |
 Karachi |
Bomb rips through prophet prayer service A suicide attacker is killing at least 41 people including the top leadership of a Sunni Muslim religious group
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| Apr.7 |
Baghdad |
80 killed in mosque attack 3 suicide bombers struck a mosque affiliated with a major Shiite political party. Another 136 were wounded
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| Mar.8 |
Ireland |
Priests hit by abuse claims |
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| Mar.5 |
Baghdad |
Gunmen kill 3 in mosque attack |
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Robbers take $44M to $88M in heist
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Baghdad |
Gunmen strike 27 mosques, kill imams
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| Feb.21 |
Sunni Triangle |
Blast damages Shia shrine A bomb attack has damaged one of the Muslim world's holiest shrines, sparking demonstrations outside
| Thousands have gathered at the al-Askari shrine in Samarra where 2 men blew up the famous golden dome.
The shrine is one of Samarra's 2 tombs for revered Shia imams.
Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani has called for a week of mourning.
Shias in Baghdad attacked at least 5 Sunni mosques in a reprisal, and disturbances reported in other cities.
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Cruise ship repels pirates
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| Sep.16 |
Iraq |
Suicide car bomber hits worshippers More than 20 Iraqis have been killed in a third day of increasing violence
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| Apr.22 |
Iraq |
9 die in Baghdad mosque bombing
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| Apr.21 |
Saudi Arabia |
Militants battle in holy Mecca
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| Feb.19 |
Iraq |
Violence mars Shia festival
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| Jan.21 |
Baghdad |
Car bomb kills 14 near mosque
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| Jan.17 |
Northern Iraq |
Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Mosul
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| Oct.15 |
Baghdad |
Blasts at churches
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| Aug.15 |
Iraq |
Najaf mosque under threat
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| Aug.1 |
Iraq |
 Bomb blasts rock churches Bombs have gone off near 4 churches in Baghdad and Mosul. At least 2 people are reported killed and more than 20 injured
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| Nov.15 |
Istanbul |
Synagogue blasts: 23 dead| As Jewish worshippers prayed during Sabbath, 2 vehicles laden with explosives blew up near a pair of synagogues | |
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| Apr.10 |
Iraq |
Clerics killed at Shiite shrine
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| Nov.11 |
Colombia |
Bishop Jimenez kidnapped
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French tanker explodes
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| Apr.27 |
Indonesia |
Muslim mob attacks village
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| Mar.16 |
Pakistan |
5 dead in church blast
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| Mar.1 |
Gujarat |
Key arrest as violence rages
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| Feb.28 |
Gujarat |
27 Muslims burned to death
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| Oct.14 |
Nigeria |
Riots engulf city
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| Sep.11 |
Nigeria |
Religious fighting killed 165
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17 U.S. sailors on Cole die in explosion
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| Mar.18 |
 Uganda |
Hundreds killed in doomsday cult Over 900 followers of the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God have so far been discovered in mass graves
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