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Jewish extremists suspected of torching mosque near Bethlehem

By Michele Chabin — February 25, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) Wednesday's attack occurred on the 21st anniversary of the shooting spree by Baruch Goldstein that left 29 Muslim worshippers dead.

ATF offers $20,000 for tips on church arson after Ferguson riots

By Lilly Fowler — January 30, 2015
ST. LOUIS (RNS) Flood Christian Church is set off from the main protest area in Ferguson, and no adjacent buildings were damaged. Michael Brown's father is a member of the church.

Mosque arsonist Randolph Linn sentenced to 20 years

By David Yonke — April 17, 2013
TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) An Indiana truck driver was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.4 million for setting fire to a Toledo-area mosque, a crime that the judge likened to Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings as “assaults on the American spirit.”

Judge rejects bid to withdraw guilty plea in mosque arson

By David Yonke — March 22, 2013
TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) A federal judge said an Indiana man was fully competent when he pleaded guilty to federal arson charges related to a Sept. 30 fire at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo.

Truck driver pleads guilty to setting Ohio mosque on fire

By David Yonke — December 21, 2012
TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) An Indiana man who said he gets all his information about Islam from talk radio and Fox News has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a mosque in September, but local Muslims voiced concern there may be more people like him out there. By David Yonke.
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