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Mexican bishops to put photos of dead priests in churches
By Associated Press — July 5, 2022
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The call for special celebrations throughout July came after two Jesuit priests and a tour guide were slain June 20.
Wave of killings triggers memories of dark past in Kashmir
By Aijaz Hussain — October 20, 2021
Police blamed rebel group The Resistance Front, or TRF, for the killings. The region’s top police officer Dilbag Singh described the attacks as a “conspiracy to create terror and communal rift.”
Unrelenting killing of Coptic Christians intensifies debate over martyrdom
By guest — October 13, 2017
CAIRO (RNS) — 'We need to stop viewing this harassment toward us with pride and saying terrorism gives us a chance to play the same role our ancestors did like in those Sunday school stories about the torture of martyrs,' said Bassem Al-Janoubie, an Egyptian Coptic Christian.
UN report details ‘searing’ accounts of killings and rapes in South Sudan
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 11, 2016
(RNS) Churches and mosques are at the center of the violence, which includes the deaths of 60 cattle herders who suffocated to death while detained in a container at an abandoned Catholic church compound.
Kenyan city of Mombasa tense after mosque closures
By Fredrick Nzwili — November 21, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) In the first such move in Kenya’s history, the government announced the closure of four mosques in the coastal city of Mombasa, which has been wracked by religious-based violence.
Christian leaders urge dialogue with Nigeria’s violent Boko Haram
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 19, 2014
(RNS) While attacks on Christians ignite violent reprisals in the Central African Republic, Christian leaders in Nigeria continue to insist on a path of dialogue and nonviolence with Boko Haram, the Islamic militant group.
Sunni-Shiite violence soars in Pakistan
By Naveed Ahmad — February 3, 2014
(RNS) Tit-for-tat target killings between Sunnis and Shiites have escalated this past year, with Taliban forces repeatedly targeting Shiite processions and places of worship and Iran-backed Shiite groups retaliating.
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