Police: bombing in northern Iraq
— “A series of bomb attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims and worshippers struck Iraq on Friday, killing at least 27 people and seriously damaging a mosque, police and medical officials said”
— “The official says the bomb exploded Friday at about 1 p.m. north of Mosul and dozens have been injured.”
— “It is the latest bombing in a series of attacks Friday to target Shiites. In Baghdad, three bombs killed seven people and injured dozens.”
Category: Violence Against Houses of Worship
Iraq: Five Shiite Mosques Bombed by Suspected Sunni Extremists
(Iraq) Wave of blasts near mosques kills 29 in Iraq
— “A string of bombings targeted Shiite worshippers in the Baghdad area during Friday prayers, killing at least 29 people in an apparently coordinated attack against followers of an anti-U.S. cleric who were blamed for some of Iraq’s worst sectarian violence.”
— “The blasts shattered a recent calm and underscored warnings that suspected Sunni insurgents would step up efforts to stoke sectarian violence”
UK: “Proud racist” Neil MacGregor undergoes psychiatric tests to evaluate fitness for trial in mosque bomb threat
(UK) Psychiatric Tests for mosque bomb threat man – Neil MacGregor
— “The court heard that the e-mail read: I’m a proud racist and National Front member.'”
Miami: Muslims fear more vandalism at mosque
Miami: Muslims fear more vandalism at mosque
— “Islamic School of Miami”
— Vandals smash windows of West Kendall mosque
— Miami: Juveniles Arrested In Vandalized Mosque Case
— “The alleged vandals — 17-year-old Juan Carlos Gonzalez and 17-year-old Michael Derek Lobo — targeted the Islamic School of Miami”
Pakistan – ICC Report: “Muslim Mob Burns Down 100 Christian Homes in Pakistan”
(Pakistan) ICC Report: “Muslim Mob Burns Down 100 Christian Homes in Pakistan”
— ICC reports: “This morning 100 Christian houses and churches were set on fire by local Muslims in the city of Kasur South, east of Lahore, Pakistan”
— “The riots were incited by broadcasts from local mosques”
— “This incident is similar to a February 1997 attack when thousands of Christian houses and churches were burned and hundreds of Christians were injured”
— “So far 9 burned women and 4 children have been transferred to Lahore for further medical treatment”
— “All of them have been injured by throwing acid on them”
Pakistan Daily Times: Christian families in Kasur hide from angry mobs
— “At least 110 Christian families, almost 700 people, were forced on Tuesday night to flee Bahmniwala, a village in Kasur, after angry mobs attacked and threatened to burn their houses for allegedly committing blasphemy”
— “The families sought safety in the fields surrounding their village, even as local mosques urged the Muslims to unite and ‘teach a lesson’ to the Christians, residents told Daily Times”
— “The Christians who returned to their homes found they had no electricity or drinking water the entire day”
UK: Man who threatened to bomb mosque suffering from mental illness, court hears
Man who threatened to bomb mosque suffering from mental illness, court hears
— Daily Record (Scotland) reports:
— “A MAN who threatened to blow up a mosque had been left ‘angry and anxious’ after watching a videoclip of a beheading, a court heard today.”
— “Neil MacGregor, 36, was confused about Islam after a friend sent him the clip, his lawyer told Glasgow Sheriff Court.”
— “At an earlier hearing, MacGregor admitted telephoning and emailing Strathclyde Police and threatening to blow up Glasgow’s Central Mosque.”
— “MacGregor, from Melbourne, Derbyshire, also pleaded guilty to uttering racial remarks and committing a racially-aggravated breach of the peace.”
Miami Mosque Attacked by Gunfire
In Miami’s Southwest Dade area, CBS reported about gunfire attacks on a new mosque under construction. No one was injured.
CBS 4: “Islamic School Is Riddled With Bullets In SW Dade”
— CBS 4 reports “Vandals sprayed bullets into the side of a new mosque under construction in Southwest Miami-Dade. This is not the first time the Islamic School of Miami has been targeted but members say this is the most violent attack yet”
— gunshots in unoccupied building under construction
— CBS 4: “You can see multiple bullets that went through this wall and windows of the Islamic School of Miami, located in The Hammocks.”
