Saturday, May 26, 2018

Hate In Religious Holiday Seasons

Note to self: check out the psychology of hate

Dec. 25, 2011
Bomb blasts targeting Christmas Day church services in two Nigerian cities have left at least 28 people dead, with three more attacks on other towns.
The Islamist group Boko Haram said it had attacked St Theresa's Church in Madalla, near the capital Abuja, killing 27 people.

Dec. 25, 2009
In the eastern Baghdad district of Sadr City, Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb blast killed six Shi'ite Muslim worshipers as they observed the solemn Ashura holiday.

Nov. 6, 2011
Three explosions occurred today, November 6, in a market in Baghdad, on the first day of Eid Al-Adha, a Muslim holiday commemorating Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, reports Reuters. As stated by the Baghdad police and the staff of Al-Kindi Hospital, the blasts left at least eight dead and 26 wounded in the city’s central market of Shurja.

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