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Letter from Irbil: ‘As sisters, we are worried about the legacy of our land’
By guest — November 1, 2016
(RNS) 'On the one hand, we are grateful that our towns are eventually being recaptured. On the other hand, it is heartbreaking to see the damage that ISIS had caused,' write the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena.
Bomb in Thai shrine kills 16, wounds 81
By Reuters — August 17, 2015
BANGKOK (Reuters) While initial suspicion might fall on Muslim separatists in the south, Thailand has been riven for a decade by an intense and sometimes violent struggle for power between political factions in Bangkok.
Pope Francis on the anniversary of the bomb: ‘A lasting warning to humanity’
By Rosie Scammell — August 9, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Speaking to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Francis recalled the “horror and repulsion” aroused by the twin bombings of Nagasaki on Aug. 9 1945, and Hiroshima, three days earlier.
Some Nigerians call for banning the hijab to prevent female suicide bombers
By Fredrick Nzwili — August 7, 2014
(RNS) Last week, four women believed to be members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram carried attacks in Kano, a city in Northern Nigeria.
Bombs explode Zanzibar calm as religious tensions flare
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 26, 2014
(RNS) The semiautonomous archipelago off the coast of Tanzania is mostly Muslim, and assailants have targeted churches, burning some and killing or severely injuring Christian clerics.
Buddhist monk blames Muslims for Myanmar bombing
By Richard S. Ehrlich — July 25, 2013
(RNS) Myanmar's radical Buddhist monk said a bomb that exploded near him, wounding five devotees, came after a death threat by a "Muslim religious leader" who wanted to silence his campaign to prevent Buddhist women marrying Muslim men.
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