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Muslim community, and few say they think violence against civilians can be justified in pursuit of religious, political or social causes. . ..…
Muslim community, and few say they think violence against civilians can be justified in pursuit of religious, political or social causes. . ..…
Central African Republic has been in crisis since late 2012, when Muslim Seleka rebels ousted the government of François Bozizé and committed widespread abuses against civilians. In mid-2013, groups of Christians and animists, known as the militia, in turn carried out large scale..…
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Officials could not distinguish who among the dead were armed attackers or civilians caught in the crossfire between the Muslim self-defense groups and the anti-balaka or whether any civilians were deliberately targeted. ... This latest round of violence in Bangui is not the first..…
In mid-2013, Christian militia called the anti-balaka organized to fight against Seleka and carried out large scale reprisal attacks against Muslim civilians Bangui and western parts of the country. ..…
As in 2007, very few Muslim Americans – just 1% – say that suicide bombing and other forms of violence against civilian targets are often justified to defend Islam from its enemies; an additional 7% say suicide bombings are sometimes justified in these circumstances. ... In the other..…
The civilians were identified as Samad, Jamshed, Daraz, Iqbal, Noor Nawaz and Yousaf. . . References: Washington Post, Dawn, Muslim News, AP, Express Tribune, Geo TV, CNN, The News, Long War Journal, Dawn, SATP, BBC, New York Times, Xinhua, Reuters . . ..…
To some outside observers, this is volatile religious fault line — the site, for example, of al-Qaeda's first terrorist strike, the bombing of U.S embassies Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, and more recently of ethnic and sectarian bloodshed Nigeria, where hundreds of Muslims and Christians have been killed.. ..…