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On 26 November 2024, a Chabad synagogue in St Kilda, Melbourne was vandalised with pro-Palestinian and antisemitic graffiti. [7] The targeted synagogue in the December 2024 attack was the Orthodox Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne, located in Ripponlea, Victoria. It was built in 1965, designed by Ernest Fooks, [8] and opened on 19 September ...
On 9 October 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted an airstrike on a Melkite church in the village of Derdghaya, in Southern Lebanon, as part of the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. [1] The airstrike killed at least eight people inside the church. The IDF also hit the house of a priest and the parish offices. [2]
On 15 April 2024, at approximately 7:15 pm local time, a knife attack took place at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.During a live-streamed sermon, the attacker walked up to the pulpit, first stabbing bishop Mari Emmanuel, resulting in permanent vision loss in Emmanuel's right eye, before stabbing a priest and injuring another churchgoer. [2]
Many organizations and people condemning the attack including the former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, said on a post on X: "I strongly condemn the attack on the Imam Zaman Mosque, I consider this terrorist act against all religious and human standards.", [12] the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, [13] the Iranian ...
The Islamic State has had a history of anti-Shia sentiment, including considerable violence against Shi'ites during the Syrian Civil War and the 2013–2017 conflict between Iraq and the Islamic State. [2] However, they had never claimed responsibility for an attack in Oman prior to the shooting. [1]
On 3 January 2024, Turkish authorities arrested 25 suspected members of Islamic State across the country on suspicion of plotting attacks on churches and synagogues. The attack on 28 January was the group's first attack on a religious target in Turkey, having previously been responsible for other attacks such as the Istanbul nightclub shooting in 2017 and the 2015 Ankara bombings.
Following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024, alleged attacks began on some of the homes, businesses, and places of worship of the Hindu community in Bangladesh. [1] According to analysts, most of these attacks were not communal but a mix of political retributions or general criminal offences amid a law and order crisis in the ...
2024 Mucojo attack: Militants stormed a military position of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces. [18] Islamic State – Mozambique Province: Insurgency in Cabo Delgado: 16 February Mass shooting 2 (+1) 4 Kiryat Malakhi, Israel 2024 Kiryat Malakhi attack: A Palestinian man shot at people waiting at a bus stop. The attacker was killed by a ...