vandalism
Police charge 23-year-old with hate crime at historically Black Maryland church
By Adelle M. Banks — June 30, 2023
(RNS) — The police department also announced other arrests in a string of 'recent hate crimes involving vandalism to places of worship.'
Maryland church, with $100,000 in vandalism damage, continues in faith
By Adelle M. Banks — June 27, 2023
(RNS) — On June 8, the red-carpeted sanctuary of the historically Black church was turned into a debris-filled space.
American tourist wanting to see the pope attacks art in Vatican Museums
By Claire Giangravé — October 5, 2022
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — According to local reports, an American tourist hurled two Roman busts to the ground after being denied an audience with the pope.
Second attack on Gandhi statue will be investigated as a hate crime, NYPD says
By Richa Karmarkar — August 19, 2022
NEW YORK (RNS) — In the second incident of vandalism in less than two weeks, a Gandhi statue outside of Shri Tulsi Mandir was toppled and defaced in what police are now investigating as a targeted hate crime.
Queens community condemns attack on Gandhi statue as anti-Hindu vandalism
By Richa Karmarkar — August 9, 2022
NEW YORK (RNS) — Leaders from the diverse Richmond Hill community in New York’s Queens borough came together on Tuesday to condemn an act of vandalism against a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside of the Shri Tulsi Mandir Hindu temple.
Despite attacks, Christian pregnancy centers poised to expand as Roe falls
By Kathryn Post — June 28, 2022
(RNS) — At least a dozen pregnancy centers across the U.S. have been vandalized or set ablaze since the leak of the Dobbs decision draft.
In San Fernando Valley, people of faith march together to signal solidarity
By Alejandra Molina — October 24, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The Interfaith Solidarity Network in the San Fernando Valley is holding its third annual unity march on Sunday (Oct. 27), just weeks after a Northridge synagogue was struck with vandalism.
Jewish cemetery vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti in Massachusetts
By Aysha Khan — March 20, 2019
BOSTON (RNS) — At least 30 gravestones were desecrated with swastikas and anti-Semitic messages at the Hebrew Cemetery in Fall River, Mass., over the weekend.
After attack on Hindu community, Kentucky shows the way forward
By Jay Kansara — February 8, 2019
(RNS) — Indian and Hindu Kentuckians work with leaders across faith and cultural backgrounds to show a united front in the face of hate crime against Hindu temple in Louisville, Ky.
Saint’s statue defaced amid Confederate monuments debate
By Kimberly Winston — August 21, 2017
(RNS) A statue of the Rev. Junipero Serra, canonized by Pope Francis but denounced by some Native Americans, was vandalized in Los Angeles.
All 100 senators press Trump administration to help communities fight anti-Semitism
By RNS staff — March 8, 2017
WASHINGTON — The letter was spearheaded by four senators: Bill Nelson, D-Fla.; Gary Peters, D-Mich.; Rob Portman, R-Ohio; and Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
Mount Carmel Cemetery: Stones toppled, stones righted
By guest — February 28, 2017
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) I saw with my own eyes evidence of the darkness of hatred that can enfold us, and I saw with my own eyes the sparks of light and love that shine even more brightly when darkness is thickest.
Muslim groups raise funds to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery
By Ashley Lisenby — February 22, 2017
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — 'We want the Jewish community to know that the Muslim community stands with you in solidarity as anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and hate in general is on the rise in our nation,' Imam Djilali Kacem said.
Israel arrests two Jewish teens for Jerusalem monastery vandalism
By Reuters — January 20, 2016
Police said the teenagers wrote curses such as "Christians go to hell" in Hebrew script on doors and walls of the Dormition Abbey in the Old City.
Hebrew graffiti at Jerusalem monastery threatens Christians
By Reuters — January 17, 2016
JERUSALEM (Reuters) The attack on a Christian holy site, possibly by Jewish ultra-nationalists, seems to up the ante from previous incidents. "This time it amounts to a real call to murder Christians," said a church spokesman.
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