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Patheos (blog)
April 19, 2018
A trio of white Christian terrorists that called themselves “The Crusaders” have been convicted of plotting to bomb a mosque in Kansas. The three Christian terrorists were found guilty earlier this week in a 2016 domestic terrorism plot to bomb a Kansas apartment complex that is home to mostly SomaliÃâà...
Daily Sabah
April 18, 2018
As a result, Western countries focus primarily on enlisting in structures like Daesh, showing only a minuscule interest in enlisting in the PKK terrorist organization and its armed People's Protection Units (YPG) and Christian militias. This approach was reflected in U.N. Resolutions 2170 and 2178 and theÃâà...
EW.com
April 17, 2018
Gibson, considered the person who coined the term “cyberspace,” had previously mentioned he found inspiration for the book in a news headline about a Christian militia, the film Winter's Bone, and HBO's Deadwood. “I wanted the equivalent of the city slickers, from a very different world, turning up inÃâà...
BBC News
April 11, 2018
CAR was plunged into turmoil in 2013 when Muslim rebels from the Seleka umbrella group seized power in the majority-Christian country. A band of mostly Christian militias, called the anti-balaka, rose up to counter the Seleka. A new government elected in 2016 has failed to bring peace to the mineral-richÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
April 10, 2018
Fighters from the Syriac Military Council — a Christian militia closely allied with Syrian Kurd fighters — even uncovered what they claimed was an Islamic State drone factory in July 2017. Our fighter @macergifford briefing from the battlefield & regarding the ISIS ammunition and drones seized by SDF forcesÃâà...
eNCA
April 1, 2018
The armed groups operating in the PK5 area have taken advantage of the weakness of the state since the end of a sectarian conflict pitting mainly Muslim rebels against nominally Christian militias. Saturday's attack was the first on UN peacekeepers in the area since violence resumed in PK5 in 2017.
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
March 27, 2018
Today's vicious turf wars stem from the nationwide outbreak of armed conflict in 2013, when the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power and primarily Christian militias known as anti-Balaka fought back. The violence ebbed with the deployment of international troops, but the crisis has intensifiedÃâà...
Sojourners
March 24, 2018
Do we form Christian militias and attack? That's not what Jesus taught, that's not what Paul taught. Evil can only be overcome with good, and it is confounding to the unbeliever how you love your enemy ... This movie models that, and Paul modeled it, and it is a very timely message for a world that is dealingÃâà...
Patheos (blog)
March 24, 2018
At the time of their arrest, acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall told reporters that the accused men were members of a small Christian militia group called “The Crusaders.” The Associated Press reports that the men were also associated with a militia group calling itself the Kansas Security Force. The threeÃâà...
Newsweek
March 22, 2018
Christian militia fighters transport four alleged members of ISIS that were found inside a tunnel in Mosul, on December 20, 2016. JM LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images. Human Rights Watch estimated a similar number of detainees and prisoners—20,000—in November 2017, and warned that overzealous use ofÃâà...
Amherststudent
March 21, 2018
(This Christian militia leader demanded the expulsion of Palestinians from Lebanon, claiming they were robbing the country and making it destitute.) Suddenly, Tony becomes enraged. In his anger, he exclaims, “I wish Ariel Sharon had wiped you all out.” Yasser loses his cool and punches Tony, breakingÃâà...
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
March 16, 2018
This triggered the formation of Christian militias who took revenge on Muslim communities and started a wave of sectarian violence. The loose rebel alliance has splintered into different militias fighting over CAR's rich deposits of diamonds and gold. Over the past year the number of displaced civilians hasÃâà...
Inter Press Service
March 15, 2018
Christian militias known as the anti-Balaka fought back. Sexual violence against men and women has been committed by all parties to the conflict in CAR. The conflict left thousands dead and more than a million displaced inside and outside the country. Violence continues today with 14 armed groupsÃâà...
Rudaw
March 12, 2018
Rayan al-Kldani, head of the Christian militia group of Babylon, agrees that they are unwanted in Iraq. "This crime has only one message. Frightening our people and forcing them to leave the country," he said on Friday. Fr. Qasha called on the federal government to “work to protect all Christians and allÃâà...
ChristianToday
March 12, 2018
"To call the anti-balaka a Christian militia, as is often done, is a mistake," said Maria Lozano, communications manager at Aid to the Church in Need International. "Our partners in the field told us several times that there is not much about them that is Christian. They carry fetishes and amulets for protection.
The Times
March 12, 2018
This triggered the formation of Christian militias who took revenge on Muslim communities and started a wave of sectarian violence. The loose rebel alliance has splintered into different militias fighting over CAR's rich deposits of diamonds and gold. Over the past year the number of displaced civilians hasÃâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
February 26, 2018
Arial Sharon, born Scheinermann, former prime Minister, was defence minister and held by the court to be personally responsible for the 1982 massacre of an estimated 2000 Muslim civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by a Christian militia under his control. He was forced to resign.
News24
February 23, 2018
Once a Muslim rebel bastion, PK5 is now home to several armed groups that have taken advantage of the weakness of the state since the end of a sectarian conflict pitting mainly Muslim rebels against nominally Christian militias. Speaking to AFP, one local resident said rebels loyal to a militia chief calledÃâà...
WTVA
February 17, 2018
On the night of February 7, a 500-strong force largely made up of the Russian contractors and a Christian militia loyal to the Syrian regime crossed the River Euphrates near Deir Ezzor, a Syrian city held by ISIS until the end of last year. The Russians were working for a paramilitary company called Wagner,Ãâà...
CNN
February 13, 2018
Most of the casualties, according to local sources, appear to have been members of a pro-regime Christian militia from the town of al Suqaylabiyah. Earlier this week, there was a mass funeral for about 30 members of the militia -- which often describes itself as the "ISIS hunters" -- in the town. Two sons of aÃâà...
BBC News
February 2, 2018
... the Central Zone over his Gabonese rival, Pierre Alain Mounguengui. His candidacy was approved in January. The CAR, a former French colony, was plunged into turmoil in 2013 when Muslim rebels from the Seleka group seized power in the majority Christian country. A band of mostly Christian militias,Ãâà...
bellingcat
November 4, 2017
The following list is an overview of the Christian militias that have been active over a longer period of time during the Syrian war and are not restricted to ..... around the monastery – thus before the actual founding of the Guardians of the Dawn themselves – it has developed into a Christian militia which hasÃâà...
The Pavlovic Today
August 16, 2017
The threat of ISIS and current crises in the region led to the emergence of several Christian militia groups in Syria and Iraq, but what are these groups exactly? The plight of Christians in the Middle East has been one made up of ongoing violence, displacement, and devastation. Many in the ChristianÃâà...
TRT World
August 4, 2017
Factions of the Christian militia known as the Sootoro are not independent forces, but in fact serve the agendas of the Syrian regime as well as those of the PKK terrorist organization. In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians gather at the scene where twin bombings struckÃâà...
TRT World
August 4, 2017
Factions of the Christian militia known as the Sootoro are not independent forces, but in fact serve the agendas of the Syrian regime as well as those of the PKK terrorist organization. In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians gather at the scene where twin bombings struckÃâà...
Religion News Service
May 16, 2017
BANGUI, Central African Republic (Reuters) Hundreds of civilians are seeking refuge inside a mosque in the Central African Republic's border town of Bangassou amid ongoing attacks by Christian militias that have killed up to 30 civilians, U.N. officials and aid workers said on Sunday (May 14). The attacksÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
May 14, 2017
Hundreds of civilians are seeking refuge inside a mosque in the Central African Republic's border town of Bangassou amid ongoing attacks by Christian militias that have killed up to 30 civilians, Unite Nations officials and aid workers said on Sunday. The attacks throughout the weekend on the town ofÃâà...
Rudaw
December 31, 1999
Dr. Hisham Shafiq al-Maskuni, 61, a native of Baghdad, his wife Shaza Malik, and his mother Khairiya Dawood were killed, according to Rayan al-Kldani, head of the Christian militia group of Babylon, known as the Christian Hashd. The attack was carried out by an unknown group of armed people, IraqiÃâà...
The Independent
December 31, 1999
Former sniper's lair is chilling reminder of Lebanon's civil war. After the war began in 1975, the building became a notorious hideout for Christian militia / Photography by Washington Post. Behind the crumbling facade of an old Beirut mansion, a 'memory museum' has been constructed. But in a country thatÃâà...
