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Arsonist sets fire to Florida Jewish center, but police do not believe it was a hate crime
By Terry Spencer — March 19, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Hannaford is a homeless man “who appears to suffer from mental illness” and the fire is not believed to be a hate crime, the police statement said.
Arson investigation after fire destroys historic LA church
By Associated Press — September 12, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities are investigating a potential arson after a fire broke out early Sunday morning at the historic Victory Baptist Church in Los Angeles.
Thailand’s restive south hit by wave of arson and bombings
By Sumeth Panpetch — August 17, 2022
HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) — Muslim residents have long charged they are treated like second-class citizens in Thailand, and separatist movements have been periodically active for decades. Heavy-handed crackdowns have fueled the discontent.
Massachusetts man charged with attempted arson at Jewish nursing home
By Associated Press — April 16, 2020
(AP) — Officers found a full gas canister that had a Christian religious pamphlet burned out in the nozzle at the entrance of Ruth's House in Longmeadow on April 2.
Fires at Jehovah’s Witness halls in Washington state puzzle authorities
By Tracy Simmons — December 11, 2018
(RNS) — Blazes that were purposely set have damaged or destroyed five of the Olympia area's kingdom halls in the past nine months.
Trump condemned anti-Semitism. What about Islamophobia?
By Lauren Markoe — February 23, 2017
(RNS) 'We actually have to convince the administration that bigotry against Muslims is wrong,' said Dalia Mogahed, a Muslim researcher and activist.
Man arrested after Washington state Islamic Center fire
By Yonat Shimron — January 15, 2017
(Reuters) Isaac Wayne Wilson, 37, was arrested Saturday (Jan. 14) after he was discovered in a parking lot near the Islamic Center of Eastside, where a fire broke out in the middle of the night.
Members vow to rebuild fire-damaged mosque where Pulse shooter worshipped
By RNS staff — September 13, 2016
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — Whoever set fire to a portion of the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce has “terrorized our community,” a spokesman said, but the mosque will be reused as soon as possible. The blaze at the facility — where Orlando Pulse nightclub mass shooter Omar Mateen used to worship — started at 12:40 […]
Pakistan Christian TV station is back, after suspicious fire
By Tanveer Ali — December 17, 2015
LAHORE, Pakistan (RNS) The station’s equipment was lost in the fire, but the owner says he has borrowed equipment to continue broadcasting concerts, prayers and church services during the busy Christmas season.
Suspect charged with setting two in the string of seven St. Louis area church fires
By Christine Byers — October 31, 2015
ST. LOUIS — Although the locations of the fires in predominantly African-American neighborhoods gave rise to speculation that the motive might be race-related, the suspect is black.
Seventh church set fire in string of St. Louis arsons
By Kim Bell — October 22, 2015
ST. LOUIS — The Shrine of St. Joseph on the outskirts of downtown is not a black church. It was a predominantly white and Roman Catholic church, dating back to 1843.
St. Louis police investigate possible racial motive in string of fires at black churches
By Christine Byers — October 21, 2015
ST. LOUIS — Investigators have yet to confirm that race was the motive. If race or religion proves to be the reason, police will seek to have the incidents prosecuted as hate crimes.
Israeli Jewish brothers jailed for Jewish-Muslim school arson
By Reuters — July 22, 2015
Authorities said the men torched the Hand in Hand school, one that was seen as a symbol of co-existence in Jerusalem.
After fires, killings, black churches debate the best ways to protect themselves
By Adelle M. Banks — July 2, 2015
(RNS) Black church leaders debate: to arm, or not to arm?
Christian pilgrimage site in Israel, the Church of Loaves and Fishes, gutted by fire
By Reuters — June 19, 2015
The church in Galilee stands where Christians believe is where Jesus performed the Miracle of the Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes,
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