Islamism

Kidnapped Filipino priest pleads for help in video
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- May 31, 2017
A kidnapped priest pleaded to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in a video, asking that he withdraw his army and cease fire on the southern city of Marawi, which was taken over by Islamist militants who have pledged their allegiance to ISIS.
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Vatican decries “genocidal scourge” of terrorism in the Middle East
- Pope Francis in Egypt, Vatican
- April 21, 2017
The chief Vatican diplomat to the United Nations said “there is no greater antidote to violence and hatred than dialogue and encounter” during a debate on the situation in the Middle East taking place at the UN Security Council. Archbishop Bernardito Auza also called on religious leaders to speak out against terrorism, especially when it’s done in the name of God.
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In Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen are new Islamist terror threat to Christians
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- January 3, 2017
Boko Haram is not the only organization persecuting Christians in Nigeria. In the past year a new source of Islamist terror has hit the country, the Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists (FHT). Terrorism has killed more than 12,000 Christians in Nigeria, destroying some 2,000 churches.
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Imam blasts extremists at Friday prayers in slain priest’s town
- Associated Press, Global Church
- July 30, 2016
A furious imam in Fr Jacques Hamel’s town launched a scathing attack on his killers at Friday prayers in the mosque of Sainte Etienne de Rouvray, which was built on land donated by a neighboring parish.
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Terror attacks confound French authorities with shifting tactics and targets
- Religion News Service
- July 28, 2016
By targeting a Catholic priest in his church, Tuesday’s attack struck at a symbol of traditional French life that even non-Catholics could identify with. The sophisticated strategy deployed by Islamic State on French targets is deeply dividing French government and society.
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Kidnapped Filipino priest pleads for help in video