Muslims and Christians.Indonesian violence continues between Muslims and Christians, the latest outbreak being blamed on the arrival of hundreds of Jihad jihad: see Islam. jihad In Islam, the central doctrine that calls on believers to combat the enemies of their religion. According to the Qur'an and the Hadith, jihad is a duty that may be fulfilled in four ways: by the heart, the tongue, the hand, fighters belonging to a paramilitary par·a·mil·i·tar·y adj. Of, relating to, or being a group of civilians organized in a military fashion, especially to operate in place of or assist regular army troops. n. pl. Muslim group .... The Missionaries of Charity Missionaries Of Charity Missionaries of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious order established in 1950, which consists of over 4,500 nuns and is active in 133 countries. Members of the order designate their affiliation using the order's initials, "MC. of Calcutta are being targeted by at least two Muslim terrorist groups who say that the nuns are receiving economic aid from the U.S. to convert Muslims to Christianity .... At the Quetta airport, near the Afghanistan border in Pakistan, a Catholic security guard was shot dead. He was the only Christian working at the airport and there are speculations that his death is closely connected to the killings of 16 Christians in Bahawalpus, the dead man's home town .... Two days later, another Catholic was shot to death in Peshawar, capital of the northwest frontier province near the Afghan border. Married, with two small children, Waheed Paul was last seen by his wife on the morning of November 9, as he went in the gates to his office .... Iraq's Christians, mainly Chaldean Catholics from the Assyrian C hristian minority, are facing a backlash in the wake of America's attacks on Afghanistan. They are no longer wearing crucifixes, they are being verbally taunted, and those eligible are not receiving food rations .... In the Philippines, followers followers see dairy herd. of Muslim leader Nur Misuari Nur Misuari is a revolutionary leader of the BangsaMoro people. His full name is Nurallaji Misuari. He completed his education through academic scholarships. During his days at the University of the Philippines he was a student activist. have taken 160 people hostage and are using them as human shields human shield Forensic medicine A person used to protect a kidnapper, terrorist, or combatant from gunfire in combat, a Philippine army officer said yesterday. He said the rebels are using the hostages, most of whom are Christians, to thwart a military operation to drive them from a government complex in the south .... In the Republic of Georgia, a group of armed Muslims from Chechyna kidnapped Kidnapped caught in the intrigues of Scottish factions, David Balfour and Alan Breck are shipwrecked, escape from the king’s soldiers, and undergo great dangers. [Br. Lit.: R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped] See : Adventurousness six Orthodox monks and demanded a ransom of $1 million, police in Tbilisi reported .... Arson attempts against Catholic churches in Malaysia might be a reaction to the U.S.led attacks on Afghanistan, unofficial Church sources reported. Molotov cocktails were thrown at the door of St. Philip's Catholic Church in Segamat, in the state of Johore, and burnt the door of the church. |
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