Islamic Radicals Threaten Suicide Bombings Against Gainesville Church
A Gainesville church plans to go ahead with the burning of the Muslim holy book on Sept. 11, despite threats of bombings and the lack of a permit. According to the Wall Street Journal, Terry Jones, pastor at the Dove World Outreach Center will call for Sept. 11 to be an "International Burn a Koran Day." However, the Gainesville fire department
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NY synagogues bomb plot trial to begin
NEW YORK — Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the plot every step of the way: a wire-wearing FBI informant named Shaheed Hussain. The government credits Hussain with rooting
Three arrested for Ukrainian church bombing
Kiev, August 9, Interfax – Three people suspected of organizing last month's deadly bombing of the St. Intercession Church in Zaporozhye, Ukraine have been arrested, Ukrainian Interior Minister Anatoly Mogilev said. Preliminary findings indicated that the bombing could have been motivated
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Police Arrest Several People Suspected Of Being Involved In Explosion In Sviato-Pokrovskyi Church In Zaporizhia
Officers of the Ministry of Interior Affairs have arrested several people on suspicion of their being involved in the explosion in Sviato-Pokrovskyi church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate in Zaporizhia in July 28. Interior Minister Anatolii Mohyliov announced this in Zaporizhia. He
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Ugandan churches to require ID cards
NAIROBI, Kenya – Ugandan church leaders are asking Christians to produce identity cards and agree to security checks before entering some churches after two terrorist attacks at World Cup viewing parties left more than 70 people dead. "We are taking these new measures to ensure that the worshippers
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Prosecutor: Bomb that exploded in Ukraine church was homemade
Kyiv, July 29 (Interfax) – The bomb that exploded inside the Intercession Cathedral in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, on Wednesday, killing a nun, was a homemade device, a local website said, citing the Zaporizhia region prosecutor. The device was a metal saucepan 18 centimeters in diameter filled with
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Nashville rabbi was target of failed firebombing
Abdul Hakim Muhammad returned to Nashville last year with a history of violence and the belief that he was a soldier of God. A convert to Islam, he was angry about the actions of American soldiers in the Middle East. He believed they had desecrated the Quran and wanted revenge. His target was a home
Explosion In Sviato-Pokrovskyi Church In Zaporizhia Wounds Nine Believers
(The news article has been updated with details) An explosion in Sviato-Pokrovskyi church in Zaporizhia on Small Market in Zaporizhia during the evening service has caused traumas to nine believers on Wednesday. Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the media and information department of
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Birmingham area missionaries survive Uganda bombing by al Shabaab rebels
A group of missionaries from Asbury United Methodist Church in north Shelby County were at a Ugandan restaurant Sunday night watching the soccer World Cup when a bomb ripped through the building, killing 13 people. A second bomb 50 minutes later at Kyadondo Rugby Club claimed more lives. The toll this
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Cairo synagogue attacker to face trial on Sept 18
A man who attacked a Jewish synagogue in downtown Cairo in February will go on trial on Sept. 18, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported on Sunday. Cairo Court of Appeal set Sept. 18 as the date of the first session in the trial of Gamal Hussein Ahmed, 49, who is facing charges of attacking
Swedish synagogue threatened
(JTA) — A firecracker exploded on the steps of the synagogue in Malmo, Sweden, a day after a bomb threat was taped to the building. The firecracker exploded at 3 a.m. last Friday, according to the Stockholm News. A bomb threat written on paper had been taped to the synagogue on the previous evening. It
Two Pakistan Churches Attacked by Islamists
SARGODHA, Pakistan (Compass Direct News) – Christian communities in two areas came under attack in Punjab Province earlier this month. In Sargodha, an unidentified motorcyclist on July 1 tossed a grenade in front of the gates of St. Filian’s Church of Pakistan, next to a small Christian-owned
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Pa. Church Prays For Members Hurt By Uganda Blast
SELINSGROVE, Pa. (AP) ― The gathering of Christian missionaries from Pennsylvania to watch the World Cup final at an outdoor restaurant in Uganda was to have been a highlight of a month of evangelizing and sightseeing in one of Africa's more Christian countries. In a flash of fire and shrapnel,
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Pennsylvania church group members among those wounded in terror attack
(CNN) — The death toll from a pair of bombings that struck a restaurant and a rugby ground in Uganda's capital is around 60, a police spokeswoman told CNN on Monday. Seventy-one more people were injured, said police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba. The blasts occurred Sunday night as patrons
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Suspicious package found at Fort Worth church
FORT WORTH — The Fort Worth bomb squad was called to an eastside church Sunday morning after a suspicious device was discovered. A worker opening the Mount Moriah Baptist Church found the package near the front door. He described it as several electronic devices — including a camera and
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