Secular activist who criticised Islamism hacked to death in Bangladesh
Source: The Guardian
A Bangladeshi law student who criticised Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered, police said on Thursday, the latest in a series of killings of secular activists and bloggers in the country.
Nazimuddin Samad, 28, had been on a hit list of 84 atheist bloggers that a group of radical Islamists drew up and sent to Bangladesh’s interior ministry.
“At least four assailants hacked Nazimuddin Samad’s head with a machete on Wednesday night. As he fell down, one of them shot him with a pistol from close range. He died on the spot,” deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan police Syed Nurul Islam told AFP.
“It is a case of targeted killing. But no group has claimed responsibility,” Islam said, adding police were investigating whether Samad was murdered for his writing.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/07/secular-activist-who-criticised-islamism-hacked-to-death-in-bangladesh
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Recursion
(56,582 posts)
Democat
(11,617 posts)Or to say that the Tea Party is worse.
Coventina
(27,057 posts)The Tea Party would totally hack people to bits, if they only had the machetes to do it with.....
There, you can stop waiting!
Democat
(11,617 posts)Appreciated.
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)and I'm fed up with political correctness.
what percentage of the terrorists in the world are muslims?
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)
Old Vet
(2,001 posts)
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)as a percentage?
Chan790
(20,176 posts)which is impressive as Christians only outnumber Muslims by about 8% of total global population. (TGP)
2.2B Christians (31% of TGP) versus 1.6B Muslims (23% of TGP) but terrorist acts committed by Christians (both in the name of religion and not in the name of religion) outpace those by Muslims (both in the name of religion and not in the name of religion) by a margin of about 2:1.
Of course, it gets a lot less coverage when Christians commit atrocities in the name of religion than when Muslims commit atrocities in the name of religion, in part because of target-asymmetry (many targets of Muslim political and religious violence in the name of religion are Westernized major cities and targets whereas most Christian political and religious violence in the name of religion is by members of the global poor against other members of the global poor.) and in part because of media distortion...when some extreme-RW end-timer attacks a movie theater or the US Capitol, or ambushes LEOs...it's rarely reported as religiously-motivated violence as opposed to attribution to some other cause.
ProfessorGAC
(64,852 posts)Those seem like numbers that would be awfully easy to manipulate to make a point.
Exactly what qualifying events are you using when you describe this so called "christian terrorism" that's double the amount of incidents spurned on explicitly by Islamic theology? I have yet to read of any movie theater shooter screaming "praise jesus" when they opens fire.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)For that matter, Christian terrorists tend to target Planned Parenthood clinics, doctors that perform abortions, gay nightclubs, LGBTQ people in general, progressive lawmakers...not movie theaters.
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)Chan790
(20,176 posts)less than has been caused by Puerto Rican separatists. Really.
It's also less than those caused by Jewish extremists, Armenian extremists, eco-terrorists, animal-rights activists, Cuban exiles, Communists, and Venezuelan revolutionaries. That's just the US though.
Violent Islamists are however outpacing white supremacists, US segregationists, gun-nuts and RW terrorists, though those numbers are in dispute because the FBI goes out of it's way to attribute any other cause...if you're a neo-Nazi open-carry environmentalist, you're being classified as "environmental." For that matter, Ted Kaczynski's and Tim McVeigh's respective violent acts are classified as eco-terrorism and Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Gabby Giffords as "Other" and attributed to mental illness. Of the three, Unabomber was a Luddite anarchist (which would put his motivational beliefs at both extremes of the political spectrum) and the other two we're explicitly engaging in conservative-motivated political violence. That's not even touching on Rudolph and Dear.
Outside the US though, the numbers are stark. Christian political violence in Africa alone has killed, abducted or disappeared (and probably killed) more people than Al Qaeda or Daesh globally since 1/2014. More than 500,000 (...and the world pays no attention) A large part of that is of course Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army. It's only the US and Europe where the ratio of Christian and Muslim violence even appears to be close in ratio. When we look at South Asia, we find that it's roughly on-par in that region with Hindu political violence.
It's the bias of your Western perspective and the result of shitty media reporting that you think Muslim extremism is that much more prevalent than other causes of terrorism. It does not however have any basis in fact.
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)2003[edit]
Israel January 5, 2003 – Tel Aviv central bus station massacre. 23 dead 100+ injured.
Saudi Arabia February 20, 2003 – An American employee of BAE Systems was shot to death in his car in Riyadh.[24][25][26]
Pakistan February 28, 2003 – A gunman opens fire on the U.S. consulate in Karachi. 2 police officers killed, 5 police officers and 1 civilian injured.
Israel March 5, 2003 – Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing. 17 dead 53 wounded.
Israel April 30, 2003 – Mike's Place suicide bombing. 3 dead 50+ injured.
Saudi Arabia May 1, 2003 – A man dressed in a Royal Saudi Navy uniform penetrated an American base, killing one American, before escaping unscathed.[27]
Saudi Arabia May 12, 2003 – Several heavily-armed gunmen open fire and detonate vehicle bombs outside three housing compounds in Riyadh occupied by Westerners, killing 27 people (12 attackers also were killed). More than 160 people were wounded.
Russia May 12, 2003 – The 2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing. 59 killed 200 injured.
Morocco May 16, 2003 – A series of suicide bombings in Casablanca killed 45 people and injured over 100 others.
Israel May 18, 2003 – 2003 French Hill suicide bombings. 7 dead 20 injured.
Israel May 19, 2003 – Afula mall bombing. 3 dead 70 injured.
Israel June 11, 2003 – Davidka Square bus bombing. 17 dead ~100 injured.
Indonesia August 5, 2003 – 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing in Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, Indonesia; suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the JW Marriott Jakarta lobby, killing 12 and injuring 150.
Israel August 19, 2003 – Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing. 24 dead 130+ injured.
India August 25, 2003 – Twin car bombings killed 54, and injured 244 people in Mumbai.
Israel September 9, 2003 – Tzrifin bus stop attack. 9 dead 15 injured.
Israel September 9, 2003 – Café Hillel bombing. 7 dead 50+ injured.
Israel October 4, 2003 – The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing was a suicide bombing in the beachfront "Maxim" restaurant in Haifa, Israel. 21 people were killed in the attack and 51 were injured. Among the victims were two families and four children, including a two-month-old baby.
Saudi Arabia November 8, 2003 – A suicide truck bomb detonated outside a housing compound in Laban Valley, west of Riyadh, killing 17 and wounding 122.
Turkey November 15–20, 2003 – 2003 Istanbul bombings, killed 57 people and wounded 700.
2004[edit]
Indonesia January 10, 2004 – 2004 Palopo cafe bombing An IED underneath a table, killing 4 and wounding 3.
Israel January 14, 2004 – 2004 Erez Crossing bombing. killed 4 injured 10.
Israel January 29, 2004 – Gaza Street bus bombing. killed 11 injured 50+.
Russia February 6, 2004 – The February 2004 Moscow Metro bombing. 41 killed up to 120 injured.
Israel February 22, 2004 – Liberty Bell Park bus bombing. killed 8 injured 60.
Philippines February 27, 2004 – The sinking of SuperFerry 14 by Abu Sayyaf terrorists results in the deaths of 116 people.
Turkey March 9, 2004 – March 9, 2004 attack on Istanbul restaurant Two Islamic militants open fire and detonate pipe bombs, killing one and wounding 5 others. One attacker was killed and the other was seriously injured.
Spain March 11, 2004 – Madrid train bombings, killed 191 people and wounded 1,800.[28][29]
Israel March 14, 2004 – 2004 Ashdod Port bombings. 10 dead 16 wounded.
Saudi Arabia April 21, 2004 – A car bomb explodes outside a building originally used by the Saudi police, killing 5 and wounding 148.[30]
Saudi Arabia May 1, 2004 – 2004 Yanbu attack At least four militants stormed the offices of Texas-based ABB Lummus in Yanbu' al Bahr, Saudi Arabia, killing 7.
Saudi Arabia May 29–30, 2004 – 2004 Khobar massacre Four Al Qaeda-linked militants attacked two oil industry installations and a residential compound in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, killing 22 and injuring 25.
Saudi Arabia June 6, 2004 – BBC journalist Simon Cumbers and correspondent Frank Gardner were attacked by Al Qaeda sympathizers while filming an Al Qaeda safehouse in Al-Suwaidi, Riyadh. Cumbers was killed, while Gardner was seriously injured.
Saudi Arabia June 8, 2004 – An American employee of Vinnell Corp. was killed in Riyadh.[31][32][33][34]
Saudi Arabia June 13, 2004 – In Riyadh, American Paul Marshall Johnson was kidnapped at a fake police checkpoint. He was later beheaded on June 18.
Iraq July 28, 2004 – The 2004 Baqubah bombing on police volunteers killing 68 injuring dozens.
Iraq August 1, 2004 – The 2004 Iraq churches attacks killing at least 12 people and wounding 71+.
Saudi Arabia August 3, 2004 – An Irish national was shot and killed in Riyadh.[35]
Bangladesh August 21, 2004 – The 2004 Dhaka grenade attack was carried out by members of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami against an anti-terrorism rally, killing 24 and injuring over 300.
Russia August 31, 2004 – The August 2004 Moscow Metro bombing. 10 killed 50 injured.
Israel August 31, 2004 – Beersheba bus bombings. 16 killed 100+ injured.
Russia September 1–3, 2004 – Beslan school hostage crisis, approximately 344 civilians including 186 children killed.[36][37]
Indonesia Australia September 9, 2004 – 2004 Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia; suicide bomber exploded a one-ton car bomb, which was packed into a small Daihatsu delivery van, outside the Australian embassy at Kuningan District, South Jakarta killing 9 and injuring over 150.
Saudi Arabia September 15, 2004 – A British national working for the Marconi Company was shot to death in his car in Riyadh.[38]
Egypt October 7, 2004 – The 2004 Sinai bombings targeting tourist hotels in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killed 34 and wounded 171.
Netherlands November 2, 2004 – The murder of Theo van Gogh by Amsterdam-born jihadist Mohammed Bouyeri.[39]
Indonesia November 13, 2004 – 2004 Poso bus bombing An IED targeting a bus travelling to the majority Christian village of Silancak kills 6 and wounds 3.
Saudi Arabia December 6, 2004 – Five militants attacked the American consulate in Jeddah, killing 9 and wounding about 10. Three attackers were killed by Saudi security forces, who wounded and arrested the other two.[40]
2005[edit]
Israel January 13, 2005 – Karni border crossing attack. 6 killed 4 injured.
Lebanon February 14, 2005 – Assassination of Rafic Hariri The former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafic Hariri, was among 22 people killed when 1,000 kg of TNT exploded near his motorcade in Beirut.
Israel February 25, 2005 – Stage Club bombing. 5 killed 50+ injured.
Indonesia May 28, 2005 – The 2005 Tentena market bombings in Indonesia kill 22 and wound about 90.
India July 5, 2005 – Attack on the Hindu Ram temple in Ayodhya, India. 6 dead.
United Kingdom July 7, 2005 – Multiple bombings in London Underground. 53 killed by four suicide bombers. Nearly 700 injured.
Israel July 12, 2005 – 12 July 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing. 5 killed 90+ injured.
Egypt July 23, 2005 – Bomb attacks at Sharm el-Sheikh, an Egyptian resort city, at least 64 people killed.
Bangladesh August 17, 2005 – The 2005 Bangladesh bombings, carried out by Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, kill 2 civilians and wound 50 others.
Indonesia October 1, 2005 – 2005 Bali bombings in Jimbaran & Kuta, Bali, Indonesia; a series of bombings kills at least 20 and injures over 100.
Israel October 26, 2005 – Hadera Market bombing. 7 killed 55 injured.
India October 29, 2005 – 2005 Delhi bombings, India. Over 60 killed and over 180 injured in a series of three attacks in crowded markets and a bus.[41]
Indonesia October 30, 2005 – Muslim militants on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi behead three Christian girls.
Jordan November 9, 2005 – 2005 Amman bombings. a series of coordinated suicide attacks on hotels in Amman, Jordan. Over 60 killed and 115 injured.[42][43] Four attackers including a husband and wife team were involved.[44]
Israel December 5, 2005 – 5 December 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing. 5 dead 40+ injured.
Indonesia December 31, 2005 – A nail bomb explodes in a butcher's shop frequented by Christians in Palu, Indonesia, killing 8 and wounding 53.
2006[edit]
Pakistan March 2, 2006 – A suicide car bomb exploded outside the Marriott Hotel, about 20 yards away from the U.S. consulate in Karachi. 4 killed and 30 injured.
India March 7, 2006 – A series of bombings occurred across the Hindu holy city of Varanasi killing at least 28 people and injuring 101 others.
Israel May 30, 2006 – Kedumim bombing. 4 dead.
Israel April 17, 2006 – 2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing. 11 killed 70 injured.
Egypt April 24, 2006 – 2006 Dahab bombings. 23 killed ~80 injured.
India April 30, 2006 – 2006 Doda massacre: Thirty-five Hindus killed by terrorists in Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.
India July 11, 2006 – 2006 Mumbai train bombings: Seven bomb blasts over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai. 209 killed and over 700 injured.[45]
Yemen September 15, 2006 – The September 15 2006 Yemen attacks were two attempted bombings of oil facilities in Yemen. 5 dead (4 attackers).
2007[edit]
Israel January 29, 2007 – Eilat bakery bombing. 3 killed.
Turkey April 18, 2007 – The Zirve Publishing House massacre. Three employees of the Bible publishing house were attacked, tortured and murdered by five Muslim assailants.
India May 13, 2007 – Jaipur bombings. 80 dead 216 injured.
United Kingdom June 30, 2007 – 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack, 5 injured.
Philippines July 10, 2007 — July 11, 2007 – 2007 Basilan beheading incident by Moro Islamic Liberation Front 14 dead 9 wounded.
Iraq August 14, 2007 – Qahtaniya bombings. Four suicide vehicle bombings in two predominantly Yazidi towns in northern Iraq. 796 killed, 1,562 wounded.[46]
2008[edit]
Israel February 4, 2008 – 2008 Dimona suicide bombing. 1 killed 9 injured.
India July 26, 2008 – 2008 Ahmedabad bombings. 56 dead, over 200 injured.[47][48]
India September 13, 2008 – Bombing series in Delhi, India. Pakistani extremist groups plant bombs at several places including India Gate, out of which the ones at Karol Bagh, Connaught Place and Greater Kailash explode leaving around 30 people dead and 130 injured, followed by another attack two weeks later at the congested Mehrauli area, leaving 3 people dead.
Pakistan September 20, 2008 – Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing: A dump truck filled with explosives detonated outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, killing at least 54, including 2 American servicemen.
India September 27, 2008 – 27 September 2008 Delhi blast: An explosion in Mehrauli's Electronic market called Sarai, killed 3 and injured 23 others.
Iraq October 2008 – January 2009 – 2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul. 40+ dead.
India November 26, 2008 – Muslim extremists kill at least 166 people and wound numerous others in a series of coordinated attacks on India's financial capital, Mumbai. The government of India blamed Pakistan based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and stated that the terrorists killed/caught were citizens of Pakistan, a claim which the Pakistani government first refused but then accepted when given proof. Ajmal Kasab, one of the terrorists, was caught alive.[49][50]
2009[edit]
United States June 1, 2009 – 2009 Little Rock recruiting office shooting by Abdulhakim Muhajid Muhammad. 1 killed and 1 injured
Somalia June 18, 2009 – 2009 Beledweyne bombing by Al-Shabaab. 35 dead.
Indonesia July 17, 2009 – 2009 Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels bombing in Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, Indonesia; suicide bombers hit the Marriott and 5 minutes later the Ritz-Carlton. 9 killed and 53 injured
United States November 5, 2009 – Fort Hood shooting, at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas. 13 dead, 33 injured.
2010s[edit]
2010[edit]
Egypt January 7, 2010 – The Nag Hammadi massacre was a massacre of Coptic Christians carried out in the Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi. 11 killed 11 injured.
Pakistan February 3, 2010 – February 2010 Lower Dir bombing. 8 dead 70 injured.
Iraq March 3, 2010 – The 2010 Baqubah bombings were a series of three bombings that killed at least 33 people and injured 55 others.
Russia March 29, 2010 – Moscow Metro bombings. 40 dead, 102 injured. Caucasus Emirate claimed responsibility[51]
Iraq May 10, 2010 – The 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks were a series of bomb and shooting attacks that occurred in Iraq. 100+ dead 350+ injured.
Pakistan May 28, 2010 – Attacks on Ahmadi Mosques Lahore, Pakistan. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed attacks on two mosques simultaneously belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, killing 86 and injuring many others.[52]
Uganda July 11, 2010 – The July 2010 Kampala attacks were suicide bombings carried out against crowds watching a screening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final match. 74 dead 70 injured.
Iran July 15, 2010 – The 2010 Zahedan bombings were two suicide bombings, that targeted Shia worshippers in Iran, including members of the Revolutionary Guards. 27+ dead 270+ injured.
Iraq August 17, 2010 – 17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings. 69+ dead 169 injured.
Iraq August 25, 2010 – 25 August 2010 Iraq bombings. 53+ dead 270+ injured.
Iraq October 31, 2010 – 2010 Baghdad church massacre. At least 51 dead 78 injured.
Pakistan November 5, 2010 – 2010 Darra Adam Khel mosque bombing. At least 66 people, including children, were killed, 80 others were wounded.
India December 7, 2010 – 2010 Varanasi bombing, India. 2 dead, 37 injured.
Sweden December 10, 2010 – 2010 Stockholm bombing, Sweden. killing the bomber and injuring two people.
Pakistan December 25, 2010 – A female suicide bomber blows herself up in the middle of a crowd at a United Nations food center in the Bajaur region.[53]
2011[edit]
Egypt January 1, 2011 – The 2011 Alexandria bombing. 23 dead 97 injured.
Iraq January 18–20, 2011 – The January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks. 137+ killed 230 injured.
Russia January 24, 2011 – Domodedovo International Airport bombing. 37 killed, 173 wounded[54]
Iraq January 27, 2011 – 27 January 2011 Baghdad bombing killing 48 wounding 78.
Iraq February 12, 2011 – 2011 Samarra bombing. 48 dead 80 injured.
GermanyUnited States March 2, 2011 – 2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting, Frankfurt, Germany. 2 dead, 2 injured.
Pakistan March 8, 2011 – 2011 Faisalabad bombing. 25+ dead 127+ injured.
Iraq March 29, 2011 – The 2011 Tikrit assault was an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq that took place in the city of Tikrit, Iraq. 65 dead 100 injured.
Iraq May 5, 2011 – 2011 Al Hillah bombing. 24 dead 72 injured.
Egypt May 7, 2011 – The 2011 Imbaba church attacks were a series of attacks against Coptic Christian churches. 15 dead 232 injured.
China July 18, 2011 – 2011 Hotan attack, Hotan, China. A group of 18 young Uyghur men who opposed the local government's campaign against the full-face Islamic veil perpetrated a series of coordinated bomb and knife attacks and occupied a police station on Nuerbage Street, killing two security guards and taking eight hostages. The attackers yelled religious slogans, including ones associated with Jihadism, 4 killed, 4 wounded.
China July 30, 2011 – A series of knife and bomb attacks occurred in Kashgar, China. Uyghur men hijacked a truck, killed its driver and drove into a crowd of pedestrians. They then got out of the vehicle and attacked pedestrians with knives. On July 31, a chain of two explosions started a fire in a restaurant, 15 killed, 42 wounded.
India September 7, 2011 – 2011 Delhi bombing took place in the Indian capital Delhi. 17 dead 76 injured.
Somalia October 4, 2011 – 2011 Mogadishu bombing. 100 dead 110+ injured.
Iraq October 7–13, 2011 – October 2011 Baghdad bombings. 64 dead 190 injured.
Bosnia and Herzegovina October 28, 2011 – A Wahhabi Islamist attacked the US embassy in Sarajevo with a firearm. He wounded a police officer before being shot and injured by police.[55]
Iraq December 22, 2011 – The 22 December 2011 Baghdad bombings were a series of coordinated attacks. 60+ dead. 160+ injured.
Nigeria December 25, 2011 – Christmas Day bombings were bomb blasts and shootings at churches in Madalla, Jos, Gadaka, and Damaturu. Over 41 people are reported dead.[56]
China December 28, 2011 - 15 Uyghur youths kidnap two goat shepherds en route to Pakistan for jihadist training. 8 dead 5 injured
2012[edit]
Iraq January 5, 2012 – Iraqi bombings, Baghdad and Nasiriyah, Iraq by Islamic State of Iraq. 73 dead, 149 injured.
Thailand February 14, 2012 – A series of explosions occurred in Bangkok, Thailand, 5 wounded.
Iraq February 23, 2012 – Iraqi attacks, Baghdad, Iraq by Islamic State of Iraq. 83 dead, 250+ injured.
Iraq March 20, 2012 – Iraqi attacks, Baghdad and at least 9 other cities, Iraq. 52 dead, ~ 250 injured.
France March 20, 2012 – Toulouse and Montauban shootings in France. 7 dead, 5 injured.
Russia May 3, 2012 – Makhachkala attack. 14 dead, including 2 suicide bombers, 130 wounded[57]
Yemen May 21, 2012 – 2012 Sana'a bombing against Yemeni Army soldiers practicing for the annual Unity Day military parade. 101+ dead 220+ injured.
Iraq June 13, 2012 – The 13 June 2012 Iraq attacks were a series of simultaneous bombings and shootings occurred in Iraq. At least 93 people were killed and over 300 wounded.
China June 29, 2012 - Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 is diverted after an attempted hijacking which led to a fight with the 6 Uyghur men subsequently being restrained. 2 dead 14 injured
Bulgaria July 18, 2012 – 2012 Burgas bus bombing. 7 dead, including the suicide bomber and 32 injured at Burgas Airport, Burgas, Bulgaria.
Iraq July 23, 2012 – 23 July 2012 Iraq attacks. 116 dead 229 injured.
Iraq August 16, 2012 – 16 August 2012 Iraq attacks. 128 dead 417 injured.
Iraq September 9, 2012 – 9 September 2012 Iraq attacks. 108+ dead 371+ injured.
LibyaUnited States September 11, 2012 – 2012 Benghazi attack on the U.S. Consulate. 4 dead, 11 injured.
2013[edit]
Pakistan January 10, 2013 – January 2013 Pakistan bombings. 130 dead 270 injured.
Algeria January 16, 2013 – In Amenas hostage crisis. 67+ dead.
Pakistan February 16, 2013 – February 2013 Quetta bombing. At least 110 people were killed and 200 injured after a bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town.
India February 21, 2013 – 2013 Hyderabad blasts, two bomb blasts killed 16 people and injured 119.
Iraq March 19, 2013 – 19 March 2013 Iraq attacks 98+ dead 240+ injured.
United States April 15, 2013 – Boston Marathon bombings. Two brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnev, planted two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The blast killed 3 and injured 183 others.[58]
Turkey May 11, 2013 – Reyhanlı bombings, killed 52 people and wounded 140.
United Kingdom May 22, 2013 – Two men with cleavers kill British soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich.[59][60]
NigerFrance May 23, 2013 – Battle of Agadez and Arlit. Two coordinated attacks perpetrated by Islamists affiliates targeted the two Niger towns of Agadez and Arlit. 26 dead, 30+ wounded.
France May 23, 2013 – 2013 La Défense attack. An Islamic extremist wielding a knife attacked and wounded a French soldier in the Paris suburb of La Défense. 1 wounded.
Iraq May 27, 2013 – 27 May 2013 Baghdad bombings. 71 dead 224 injured.
Pakistan June 15, 2013 – June 2013 Quetta attacks by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. 26 dead 20+ injured.
Pakistan June 22, 2013 – 2013 Nanga Parbat tourist shooting. 11 dead 2 injured.
India July 7, 2013 – A series of ten bombs explode in and around the Mahabodhi Temple complex, in Bodh Gaya, India. 5 wounded.
AfghanistanUnited States September 13, 2013 – 2013 attack on U.S. consulate in Herat. 2 dead 20 injured.
Kenya September 21, 2013 – Westgate shopping mall attack, 67 killed, 175 wounded.[61][62][63]
Pakistan September 22, 2013 – Peshawar church attack, 80–83 killed, 250 wounded.
Nigeria September 29, 2013 – Gujba college massacre. 44 students killed by Boko Haram
China October 28, 2013 – A 4x4 vehicle crashed into a crowd and burst into flames in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, 5 killed, 38 wounded.
Yemen December 5, 2013 – At the 2013 Sana'a attack at least 56 people died and 162 were wounded.
2014[edit]
Pakistan January 19, 2014 – 2014 Bannu bombing by Taliban. 26 dead 38 injured.
Nigeria February 14, 2014 – Borno Massacre at least 200 killed by Boko Haram[64]
China March 1, 2014 – A group of 8 individuals attacked civilians at Kunming Railway Station, 28 dead, 143 wounded.
Nigeria April 14, 2014 – The April 2014 Abuja bombing by Boko Haram. 88+ dead 200+ injured.
China April 30, 2014 – Two assailants attacked passengers and detonated explosives at the Ürümqi railway station, 3 dead, 79 wounded.
Nigeria May 20, 2014 – Jos bombings at least 118 killed and over 56 injured[65]
China May 22, 2014 – Two SUVs which carried 5 assailants were driven into a street market in Ürümqi and up to a dozen explosives were thrown at shoppers through the windows of the SUVs. The cars then crashed into shoppers and collided into each other and exploded, 39 dead, 90+ wounded.
Belgium May 24, 2014 – Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting. Gunman opened fire at the Jewish Museum in Brussels killing 4 people.
China July 28, 2014 – Attack in southern Xinjiang left 37 civilians dead and another 13 injured. A gang armed with knives and axes attacked a police station and government offices in Elixku Township, and some moved onto Huangdi Township, attacking civilians and smashing vehicles as they passed.[66]
Syria August 2014 – ISIL fighters massacred some 700 people, mostly men, of the Shu'aytat tribe in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.[67]
Pakistan August 15, - 2014 Quetta Airbase attack, twelve militants dead.
Australia September 23, 2014 – 2014 Endeavour Hills stabbings. Numan Haider, an Afghan Australian stabbed two counter terrorism officers in Melbourne, Australia. He was then shot dead.[68]
Russia October 5, 2014 – 2014 Grozny bombing. 5 officers and the suicide bomber, were killed, while 12 others were wounded.[69]
Canada October 20, 2014 – 2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack. Lone attacker used his car to run over two Canadian soldiers. 1 killed, 1 injured
Canada October 22, 2014 – 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Lone attacker shot a soldier at a war memorial and attacked Parliament. 1 killed, 3 injured.[70]
Israel October 22, 2014 – A Hamas terrorist rammed his vehicle into a group of people waiting at a light rail station in Jerusalem. 2 killed 8 wounded.[71]
United States October 23, 2014 – Zale H. Thomson, also known as Zaim Farouq Abdul-Malik, attacked four New York policemen in the subway with a hatchet, severely injuring one in the back of the head and injuring another policeman in the arm before being shot to death by the remaining officers, who also shot a civilian.[72]
Israel November 5, 2014 – In the November 2014 Jerusalem vehicular attack a Hamas operative deliberately drove a van at high speed into a crowd of people. 4 killed 13 wounded.
Israel November 10, 2014 – An Israeli IDF soldier was stabbed to death by a Lone wolf jihadist.[73]
Israel November 18, 2014 – 2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack 5 dead. 7 injured.
Nigeria November 28, 2014 – Kano bombing. Around 120 people were killed and another 260 injured.[74][75][76][77]
United Arab Emirates December 1, 2014 – A burqa-clad woman stabs a 47-year-old American teacher to death in a mall restroom in Abu Dhabi. She later plants a bomb outside the home of an Egyptian-American doctor, which was safely dismantled.[78]
Russia December 4, 2014 – 2014 Grozny clashes. 26 total dead, including 14 policemen, 11 Jihadist from Caucasus Emirate, 1 civilian[79]
Philippines December 9, 2014 – In the 2014 Bukidnon bus bombing 11 people died and 43 were injured.
Australia December 15–16, 2014 – 2014 Sydney hostage crisis. A lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café at Martin Place in Sydney. Police treated the event as a terrorist attack at the time. It was however designated as a terrorist attack by the state government but Monis' motives have subsequently been debated. 3 dead 4 injured.
Pakistan December 16, 2014 – 2014 Peshawar school attack. Over 140 people dead, including at least 132 children.[80]
Yemen December 16, 2014 – 2014 Rada' bombings. Two suicide car bombers rammed their vehicles into a Shiite rebels' checkpoint killing 26, including 16 students.[81]
Nigeria December 18, 2014 – 2014 Gumsuri kidnappings. Boko Haram insurgents killed 32 men and kidnapped at least 185 women and children.[82]
Syria December 18, 2014 – Mass grave of 230 Tribesmen killed by ISIL found in Eastern Syria.[83]
France December 20, 2014 – 2014 Tours police station stabbing. A man yelling Allahu Akbar attacked a police office with a knife. He was killed and three police officers were injured.[84]
France December 21, 2014 – 2014 Dijon attack. A man yelling Allahu Akbar ran over 11 pedestrians with his vehicle. 11 injured
Nigeria December 22, 2014 – Boko Haram insurgents bombed a bus station in the city of Gombe, killing at least twenty people.[85]
Iraq December 2014 – ISIL militants execute 150 women Iraqi province of Al-Anbar, some of whom were pregnant at the time, who refuse to marry their fighters.[86]
Iraq December 24, 2014 – A suicide bomber killed 33 people and wounded 55 others in Madaen, about 25 km (15 miles) south of Baghdad.[87]
Somalia December 25, 2014 – Al-Shabaab attack in Mogadishu leaves 9 dead.[88]
Cameroon December 28, 2014 – Boko Haram attacks village in Cameroon leaving 30 dead.[89]
2015[edit]
Afghanistan January 5, 2015 – A car packed with explosives drove up to the headquarters of EUPOL Afghanistan, a European police-training organization, in Kabul and detonated. Taliban claimed responsibility. 1 killed 16 wounded.[90]
Iraq January 6, 2015 – Two suicide bombers attacked a mosque in the town of Al-Jubba while Iraqi soldiers were resting, killing 10 soldiers plus the two attackers. Clashes following the bombings left 13 security personnel dead and 21 wounded.[91]
France January 7–9, 2015 – A series of five attacks in and around Paris kill 17 people, plus three attackers, and leave 22 other people injured.
Nigeria January 8, 2015 – 2015 Baga massacre. Boko Haram attacks town of Baga in northern Nigeria killing at least 200 people. Another 2000 are unaccounted for.[92]
France January 9, 2015 - The Porte de Vincennes hostage crisis kills 4 and injures 9 people.
Lebanon January 10, 2015 – In the 2015 Jabal Mohsen suicide attacks 9 people died and 30+ were wounded.
Egypt January 29, 2015 – January 2015 Sinai attacks. 44 killed, several wounded.
Pakistan January 30, 2015 – Suicide bomber killed at least 55, injuring at least 59 in a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan.[93]
Pakistan February 13, 2015 – Heavily armed militants killed at least 19 people and wounded more than 40 after they stormed into a Shiite mosque during Friday Prayer in a suburb of Peshawar.[94]
Denmark February 14–15, 2015 – 2015 Copenhagen shootings. A gunman opened fire at the Krudttoenden café and later at the Great Synagogue in Copenhagen, killing two civilians and injuring five others.[95]
Nigeria March 7, 2015 – Five suicide bomb blasts leave 58 dead and 143 wounded in the 2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing.
Pakistan March 15, 2015 – Suicide bombers kill at least 15 people in attacks on two churches in Lahore.[96]
Tunisia March 18, 2015 – Bardo National Museum attack. Militants linked to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack the Bardo National Museum with guns, killing 21 people and injuring around 50.[97]
Yemen March 20, 2015 – 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings. 135 killed in bombings on several mosques by ISIL.[98]
Libya March 25, 2015 – ISIL affiliates, The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries in Libya carried out suicide bombings in the city of Benghazi. Twelve were killed and 25 wounded. Five additional dead during attacks with a local militia.[99]
Somalia March 27, 2015 – Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack. 20+ dead 28 wounded.
Kenya April 2, 2015 – 148 people—most of them Christian students—killed in Al-Shabaab's Garissa University College attack before Easter weekend Holidays.[100][101]
Saudi Arabia April 8, 2015 – In the city of Riyadh two policemen are shot dead. ISIL is blamed to be behind the attack.[102][103]
Somalia April 14, 2015 – Militants of Al-Shabaab attack a government building in Mogadishu in the 2015 Ministry of Higher Education attack. 17 dead 15 wounded.
Iraq April 17, 2015 – A series of bombings by the ISIL occurred through Baghdad. 40+ killed 59+ injured.[104]
Iraq April 17, 2015 – A car bomb exploded at the entrance of the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq. ISIL took credit for the attack. 3 killed 5 wounded.[105]
Afghanistan April 18, 2015 – A suicide bomb detonated in front of a bank in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. ISIL claims responsibility. 33 killed 100+ injured.[106]
France April 19, 2015 – A 32-year Frenchwoman is murdered by a gunman whose plot to attack a church is foiled shortly after.[107]
Somalia April 20, 2015 – A minivan of UN workers was bombed by Al-Shabaab in the Puntland region of Somalia. 9 dead 4 injured.[108]
Bosnia and Herzegovina April 27, 2015 – At the Zvornik police station terrorist attack in the city of Zvornik, Republika Srpska, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an armed member of a wahhabist movement opened fire on the police. In the shooting, a police officer was killed, two others were injured, and the attacker was killed by police.[109]
Iraq May 3, 2015 – Two car bombs were detonated ten minutes apart in Baghdad, Iraq. Nineteen were killed and an unknown number wounded. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attacks.[110]
United States May 3, 2015 – Two gunmen attacked the Curtis Culwell Center during a 'Draw Muhammad' cartoon art exhibit in Garland, Texas . 2 dead (perpetrators) 1 injured.[111][112][113][114][115]
Afghanistan May 3, 2015 – Taliban militants overran checkpoints in Warduj, killing 17 policemen.[116]
Afghanistan May 4, 2015 – A government bus was attacked by a suicide bomber in Kabul, killing one person and injuring 15 others.[117]
Iraq May 10, 2015 – Two car bombs were detonated ten minutes apart in Baghdad, Iraq and surrounding towns of Taji and Tarmiyah. ISIL claims responsibility. 14 were killed and wounding 30.[118]
Afghanistan May 10, 2015 – A bus carrying Afghan government employees was attacked in Kabul by a suicide bomber, killing 3 people and injuring 10. Taliban claimed responsibility.[119]
Pakistan May 13, 2015 – A bus carrying Shia Muslims was attacked by six armed gunman who rode up in motorcycles. Several Islamist groups claim responsibility. 45 dead 13 injured.[120]
Afghanistan May 14, 2015 – A hotel that was hosting a cultural event was attacked by Taliban fighters in Kabul leaving 14 dead including an American, an Italian, and 4 Indians.[121]
Afghanistan May 17, 2015 – A Taliban suicide attack near the entrance of Hamid Karzai International Airport targeting a European police training vehicle. 3 dead 18 injured.[122]
Afghanistan May 19, 2015 – A suicide car bombing detonated in the parking lot of a Justice Ministry building in the diplomatic section of Kabul, killing 4 people wounding 42.[123]
Libya May 21, 2015 – A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a military checkpoint outside of Misrata killing himself and two guards.[124]
Saudi Arabia May 22, 2015 – A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque during prayer in the al-Qadeeh village. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack. 21 dead +90 injured.[125]
Afghanistan May 25, 2015 – Taliban militants killed 19 policemen and six soldiers during a siege at a police compound in Nawzad District of Afghanistan.[126]
Kenya May 26, 2015 – Al-Shabaab militants attacked two police patrols which turned into a gun battle north of Garissa, 5 police officers were injured but they were able to kill both of the attackers.[127]
Iraq May 28, 2015 – Two car bombs were set off minutes apart targeting the Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel and the Babylon. 10 killed and 30 wounded.[128]
Saudi Arabia May 29, 2015 – A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque in Dammam detonating the bomb in the parking lot. 4 killed, unknown injured.[129]
Iraq June 1, 2015 – Three suicide bombers in humvees attacked an Iraqi police station in the Tharthar region in Northern Anbar Province. 41 dead, 63 wounded.[130]
Turkey June 5, 2015 – 2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings – Twin bombing of a Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) rally. 4 dead, over 100 injured.[131][132]
Iraq June 13, 2015 – Four suicide SUV car bombs went off in an Iraqi police station in the Hajjaj near Tikrit and Baiji. 11 dead, 27 injured.[133]
France June 26, 2015 – Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack – Beheading in a factory near Lyon, head marked with Arabic writing and Islamist flags. Gas canisters planted provoked a fire. 1 dead, 11 injured.[134]
Kuwait June 26, 2015 – 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing – 27 people killed in explosion at Shia Imam Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City, medical sources tell Al Jazeera. Claimed by ISIL
Tunisia June 26, 2015 – 2015 Sousse attack – Attack in Tunisia against two tourist hotels, over 28 people died.
Somalia June 26, 2015 – Battle of Leego (2015) Attack on AMISOM base in Somalia with a car bomb, assault rifles and RPGs, causing over 30 military deaths.
Nigeria June 26–30, 2015 - Boko Haram kills at least 200 people as they gun down and bomb villages, mosques, and other public space.[135]
Israel June 29, 2015 – 2015 Shuvat Rachel shooting shooting attack on civilian car, 1 death.
Nigeria July 5, 2015 - Two bombs explode at an elite restaurant and mosque, killing at least 15 people in Jos.[136]
Nigeria July 7, 2015 - A bomb explodes in a government office in Zaria, killing 20 people.[137]
Cameroon July 13, 2015 - 2 suicide bombers explode in a bar in the town of Fotokol and kill 13 people, including a soldier from Chad who was killed in the second explosion.[138]
United States July 16, 2015 - 2015 Chattanooga shootings
Nigeria July 17, 2015 - Two Nigerian towns are attacked by two suicide bombers, killing 62 people.[139]
Turkey July 20, 2015 – 2015 Suruç bombing Suicide bombing killed 33 people and injured 104 in Kurdish majority city of Suruç. ISIL claims responsibility.[140]
Nigeria July 22, 2015 - A series of explosions at two bus stations in Gombe kill about 40 people.[141]
Cameroon July 26, 2015 - A suicide bomber kills at least 14 people at a popular nightclub in Maruoa, just three days after 2 suicide bombers killed 20 people in the same town.[142]
India July 27, 2015 - 2015 Gurdaspur attack Three Islamic terrorists of Pakistani origin from Indian-administrated Kashmir disguised in army uniforms attacked the Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur District of Punjab, India. The attack resulted in the deaths of 3 policemen, 4 civilians and 15 others were injured. All 3 attackers were killed by the Indian security forces.[143]
Nigeria August 11, 2015 - 47 people are killed as explosions erupt at a crowded market in the town of Sabon Gari.[144]
Iraq August 13, 2015 – 2015 Baghdad market truck bombing A truck bomb in a Baghdad market killed more than 70 and injures 200.[145]
France August 21, 2015 – 2015 Thalys train attack Shooting and stabbing in train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris injures 5. The incident is believed by French police to be an Islamist terrorist attack.[146]
Nigeria August 28–30, 2015 - Boko Haram members massacre 79 people in 3 different Nigerian villages. 68 alone were killed in the village of Baanu.[147]
Nigeria September 10, 2015 - Explosion at a refugee camp for people fleeing Boko Haram kills at least 2.[148]
Iraq September 17, 2015 – Two suicide bombings in Baghdad killed 10 and injured 55. ISIL claims responsibility.[149]
Germany September 17, 2015 – Rafik Y, an Islamist of Iraqi descent attacked and injured a police officer with a knife in Berlin. 1 injured, 1 dead (perpetrator).[150]
Nigeria September 21, 2015 - At least 54 people were killed by multiple explosions in Nigeria.[151]
Yemen September 24, 2015 – A bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Sana'a killed 25 and injured dozens more during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Claimed by ISIL.[152]
BangladeshItaly September 29, 2015 – Three men on a motorbike shot and killed an Italian aid worker. The attack has been claimed by ISIL.[153]
Nigeria October 1, 2015 – Multiple suicide bombings by Boko Haram in North-East Nigeria killed 14 people (including the bombers) and injured 39.[154]
Israel October 1, 2015 – Gunmen opened fire on a car near Nablus on the northern West Bank, killing a man and woman. 4 of their 6 children were also in the car and witnessed the attack, but were uninjured. The attackers have been praised by Hamas.[155][156]
Australia October 2, 2015 – 2015 Parramatta shooting. A NSW Police Force civilian employee was shot dead outside NSW Police Force headquarters on Charles Street, Parramatta, Sydney by a 15-year old lone gunman. The gunman then engaged with NSW Police Special Constables in a shootout before being killed, 2 dead.[157]
BangladeshJapan October 3, 2015 – A Japanese man was shot and killed in a similar fashion to an Italian aid worker killed 4 days earlier. The attack has been claimed by ISIL.[158]
Iraq October 3, 2015 – In Baghdad, two suicide bombings in Shiite majority neighbourhoods kill at least 18 people and injure 61. Attack claimed by ISIL.[159]
Afghanistan October 5, 2015 – Two suicide bombings in Kabul targeted an Afghan intelligence centre. 3 people were injured in the attack, claimed by the Taliban.[160][161]
Somalia October 7, 2015 – Militants of Al-Shabaab ambushed and killed the nephew of Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. 2 dead.[162]
Turkey October 10, 2015 - In the 2015 Ankara bombings 102 people were killed and over 400 others injured. According to two high ranked sources in the Turkish security forces ISIL is most likely responsible.[163][164]
Chad October 10, 2015 – Multiple suicide bombings in Chad killed 33 people and injured 51. The attack is believed to be the work of Boko Haram.[165]
AfghanistanUnited Kingdom October 11, 2015 – A bomb attack in Kabul, targeting a British military convoy injured 7 Afghan civilians. The attack has been claimed by the Taliban.[166]
Nigeria October 22, 2015 – 20 people were killed in the northeast state of Borno, Nigeria in a Boko Haram attack.[167]
Nigeria October 23, 2015 – Two separate mosques were attacked by suicide bombers, killing 42 in Nigeria.[168]
Niger October 28, 2015 - Boko Haram militants attack a village in Niger, gunning down 13 people and allegedly burning down houses and cars during the rampage.[169]
EgyptRussia October 31, 2015 – Bomb on board a Russian jet brings it down in Sinai, bound for St Petersburg, killing 224 people.[170]
Lebanon November 12, 2015 – Twin suicide bombings kill 42 people in the capital city of Beirut.[171]
France November 13, 2015 – A series of terrorist attacks in Paris kill 137, and wound 368. They involved a series of coordinated attacks which consisted of mass shootings and suicide bombings. This incident was the most fatal event on French soil since World War II.[172]
Iraq November 13, 2015 - A Suicide bomber kills at least 21 at a Shia funeral.[173]
PhilippinesMalaysia November 17, 2015 – A Malaysian national is beheaded by Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines.[174]
Nigeria November 17, 2015 – A suicide attack at a market in Yola killed more than 30 people and hospitalised more than 80. The attack is thought to be the work of Boko Haram.[175]
Bosnia and Herzegovina November 18, 2015 – A lone wolf Islamist killed two soldiers and injured civilians in Sarajevo. 3 dead 5 wounded.[176]
Nigeria November 18, 2015 – Two explosions rock a phone market in Kano killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 100. Boko Haram is suspected to be behind it.[177]
Mali November 20, 2015 – Bamako hotel attack. Gunmen yelling "Allahu Akbar" storm a hotel in Bamako, Mali. At least 19 killed, and more than 160 were taken hostage.
Iraq November 20, 2015 – A Suicide bomber detonates inside a Shiite mosque killing 10 people, other bombings in the area killed another 5 people.[178]
Cameroon November 21, 2015 – Suicide bombers affiliated with Boko Haram kill at least 10 in northern Cameroon.[179]
Nigeria November 22, 2015 – 8 people among women and children demise when a female suicide bomber is reduced to pulp.[180]
Tunisia November 24, 2015 – At least 12 people were killed in a bus bombing in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. ISIL claimed responsibility for this attack that targeted a bus transporting members of the Presidential Guard.[181]
Egypt November 24, 2015 – In the November 2015 Sinai attack which occurred a day after the second round of parliamentary elections closed, militants attack a hotel housing election judges in the provincial capital of al-Arish in Egypt's North Sinai. 7 dead, 10+ wounded[182]
Niger November 25, 2015 – Boko Haram invades a village and shoots indiscriminately residents and also fire rockets, killing 18.[183]
Nigeria November 27, 2015 – 21 killed in Boko Haram suicide attack on a Shia procession in Nigeria[184]
Egypt November 28, 2015 – Islamist gunmen killed four security personnel in an attack at a police checkpoint in Saqqara. 4 dead[185]
Mali November 28, 2015 – Militants fired rockets on a MINUSMA peacekeeping forces base in northern Mali. Ansar Dine claimed responsibility. 3 dead, 20 wounded.[186]
United States December 2, 2015 – In the 2015 San Bernardino attack, two people, one of whom posted on Facebook an "oath of allegiance" to the leader of ISIL, shot and killed 14 people and injured 21 others in a killing spree that the FBI was investigating as "act of terrorism".[187][188]
Chad December 5, 2015 – Four female suicide bombers from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram attacked the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad, killing at least 15 people and injuring 130.[189]
Yemen December 6, 2015 – The governor of the southern port city of Aden in Yemen, Jaafar Mohammed Saad, was killed in a car bomb attack. The assassination was claimed by ISIL.[190]
Afghanistan December 8, 2015 – In the 2015 Kandahar Airport attacks several Taliban members attacked the Kandahar Airport and surrounding area. 70+ killed, 35 injured.[191][192]
Egypt December 8, 2015 – An explosive device by Islamists targeting a military convoy went off in Rafah. 4 dead 4 injured.[193]
Iraq December 9, 2015 – A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at in the doorway of a Shiite mosque. 11+ dead 20 injured.[194]
AfghanistanSpain December 11, 2015 – In the 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul, Taliban militants detonated a car bomb and stormed a guesthouse near the Spanish embassy. 6 dead, several injured.[195]
Syria December 11, 2015 – In the Tell Tamer bombings three truck bombs by ISIL killed up to 60 people and injured more than 80 in the town of Tell Tamer.[196]
Syria December 12, 2015 – Islamists detonated a car bomb near an hospital in central Homs. 16 killed, 54 injured.[197]
Iraq December 12, 2015 – A millitant detonated his explosives in a truck at an Iraqi position near the Saudi border. 6 dead, 14 injured.[198]
Nigeria December 13, 2015 – Boko Haram Islamists, at least some using machetes, attacked residents of the villages of Warwara, Mangari, and Bura-Shika. 30 killed and 20 injured[199]
Afghanistan December 21, 2015 – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed six and wounded three in Kabul, Afghanistan near Bagram Airfield.[200]
Nigeria December 26, 2015 – Boko Haram gunmen raided Kimba village in northern Nigeria, opening fire on residents and torching their homes. 14+ killed.[201][202]
Afghanistan December 28, 2015 – A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least one person and wounded 33 in an attack on a road near a school close to Kabul International Airport.[203]
Nigeria December 28, 2015 – Fourteen Islamist female suicide bombers aged 12–18 attempted to simultaneously attack the city of Maiduguri. Seven of the bombers were shot dead by Nigerian forces while three menaged to escape and detonate themselves in Baderi general area and near a Mosque, killing 26 people and wounding another 85.[204]
Pakistan December 29, 2015 – A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the front entrance of a regional branch of the National Database and Registration Authority in the northwestern city of Mardan, Pakistan. The blast killed 26 people and more than 50 were wounded.[205]
Russia December 29, 2015 – A gunman opened fire on a group of local residents who were visiting a viewing platform at the fortress in Derbent, Dagestan, southern Russia, killing one and injuring 11. ISIL claims responsibility.[206]
2016[edit]
Afghanistan January 1, 2016 – A Taliban suicide bomber detonated himself in a French restaurant called 'Le Jardin' in Kabul. 2 dead 15 injured.[207]
India January 2, 2016 – In the 2016 Pathankot attack suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed militants attacked an Indian air base killing 7 security force members. Several injured.[208]
Iraq January 3, 2016 – Five Islamist suicide bombers attack an Iraqi military base. 15 dead and 22 injured.[209]
Afghanistan January 4, 2016 – A Militant drove a truck packed with explosives to the armored gates of a compound for civilian contractors near Kabul's airport before detonating. 30 people injured, including children.[210]
Libya January 7, 2016 – In the Zliten truck bombing Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb at the police training camp al-Jahfal in the coastal town of Zliten, Libya. 50+ dead 100+ wounded.[211]
France January 7, 2016 – In the January 2016 Paris police station attack an Islamist from Morocco wearing a fake explosive belt attacked police officers with a meat cleaver. He was shot dead.[212]
Libya January 7, 2016 – A car bombing at a checkpoint in the Libyan oil port of Ras Lanuf left seven people dead and 11 wounded.[213]
Egypt January 8, 2016 – In the 2016 Hurghada attack two militants armed with a melee weapon and a signal flare stormed the Bella Vista Hotel. 3 injured.[214]
France January 11, 2016 – A 15-year old Turkish ISIL supporter attacked a teacher from a Jewish school in Marseille with a machete. 1 injured.[215]
Iraq January 11, 2016 - ISIL gunmen detonate suicide vests in a shopping mall, killing at least 20 and wounding more than 40 people.[216]
Turkey January 12, 2016 - In the 2016 Istanbul bombing an ISIL suicide bomber kills 10 tourists and injures 15 more in the historical centre of Istanbul.[217]
Indonesia January 14, 2016 - In the 2016 Jakarta attacks 4 assailants kill 2 and injure 24 in a terrorist attack in Jakarta. The attack was orchestrated and financed from ISIL in Syria.[218]
Somalia January 15, 2016 – In the El Adde attack, Al-Shabaab terrorists attack a African Union Kenyan army base in El-Adde. 63+ killed, several injured.[219]
Burkina Faso January 15, 2016 – In the 2016 Ouagadougou attack Islamist gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in the heart of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. 20+ killed. 15+ injured.[220]
Pakistan January 21, 2016 – At least 22 killed in attack on Bacha Khan University, Pakistan. The Taliban claim responsibility for the attack.[221]
Somalia January 22, 2016 – Al-Shabab attack on beachside restaurant leaves 20 dead.[222]
Cameroon January 25, 2016 – Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have blown themselves up in a market in Cameroon, killing at least 25 people and injuring 62 others.[223]
Nigeria January 30, 2016 – Boko Haram gunmen raided a Nigerian village, at least 65 people were killed and 136 others injured.[224]
Ivory Coast March 13, 2016 – In the 2016 Grand-Bassam shootings Al Qaeda gunmen stormed 3 hotels in the beach resort city of Grand-Bassam in the Ivory Coast, leaving 18 people dead.[225]
Iraq March 20, 2016 – In Anbar, Iraq, ISIL suicide bombers kill at least 24 at municipal building[226]
Belgium March 22, 2016 – 2016 Brussels bombings includes two suicide bombings in Brussels Airport and one bombing in Brussels Metro that resulted in 35 deaths and more than 300 wounded.[227]
Yemen March 25, 2016 – Three ISIL suicide bombers strike security checkpoints in the Yemeni city of Aden, killing 26 people.[228][229]
Iraq March 25, 2016 – 30 people killed and 95 injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a football stadium in Iskandariya, south of Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[230][231]
Pakistan March 27, 2016 – The 2016 Lahore suicide bombing targeted Christians who had gathered on Easter in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park. The blast, by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a Pakistani Taliban faction, killed at least 70 people and injured 300 others.[232][233]
Russia March 30, 2016 – ISIL claims responsibility for car bomb in Dagestan which killed 1 Russian police officer and injured two others when it exploded at a security checkpoint.[234]
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)No thanks.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)were there some who said "that's a bunch of nonsense?"
Or are humans just naturally stupid? The species might not survive long enough to get past the reliance of many on nonsensical superstitions.
MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)No doubt hacked to death then as well.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Explain anything and naturally believed the gods controlled things. It developed from there and went awry in many cases. But I'd say it was natural to the early men. What else could they think?
tabasco
(22,974 posts)What do other animals think?
"It is what it is." ?
Maybe the Neanderthals said, "It stupid to think crazy." Maybe that's where agnostics like me come from. LOL.
treestar
(82,383 posts)was watching videos about the early civilizations and it appears the gods "just are" to them. They are the science of 3000 BC or AD 1400.
In modern times we can be agnostic because we know so many scientific explanations. But that option of agnosticism would not have even occurred to those primitive people. The Sun was obviously a god - drought or flooding affected survival and there was no way to explain bad things happening except the gods being angry. An earthquake to that early a person had to be an angry god. No understanding of geology there to explain it otherwise.
They would do rituals and even human sacrifice - thinking they had to appease the gods so they could survive and stop the drought, etc.
Then it became natural to tell stories about the gods and start up these more complicated religions with stories and characterizations leading to the Abrahamic religions or the Greek/Roman gods. Religion maybe reached its top peak in the medieval era in Europe or Islamic countries even today where they have total control of government. Then they began to decline with the separation of church and state and the rise of science.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)When you can't even question it without endangering your life, there is no chance that it will ever step into the 21st century.
840high
(17,196 posts)scioto99
(71 posts)In the Muslim world, social coercion and violent retribution against the "different" is the huge factor that keeps whole populations chained to fundy ignorance. (I make an exception for Iran's citizens, who in my experience are a free-thinking bunch.)
But Muslims who come to the US in SMALL numbers, and make good, and are forced to interact with the non-fundy surrounding people (those of us who believe wacky things like "It's not a crime to draw cartoons" and "It's okay to criticize your parents' religion" and "your wife and daughter are people, not possessions"
do, slowly and over generations, tend to change. A few kids are radicalized; a greater number march in step to please their parents - but I am betting the greatest number drift toward the western mean of non-fundamentalism.
In our free society - unlike in most Muslim lands - Muslim-born kids actually can think their own thoughts and even speak up or slip away from home. (This is especially the males; females are policed and punished much harder, in the name of the father's "honor."
What this means, is that Muslim immigration to the west may create the cradle for a new, less murderous Islam. Or so I tell myself.
(Of course, for a view of what happens when Muslim immigration is uncontrolled and Muslim mainstream beliefs are merely transported wholesale into western nations, talk to the Forced Marriage Unit in the UK or the Jews of Malmo, Sweden. I mean, the *former* Jews of Malmo, Sweden. So, yeah, immigration is a two-edged sword.)
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)You are right of course. Most Muslims coming to the west have a better chance long term of becoming less radicalized. Exceptions exist of course, but even in the big UK enclaves, you have less chance of being killed for apostasy in Bradford than Dhaka.
The trouble is, recent refugee issues aside, those immigrants are mostly the better educated, wealthier and more western-oriented. Kind of reflexively definitive that if you hate the west and wish to live under Islamic law, you don't leave Bangladesh to move to Bangor.
So what would happen if they stayed instead? While progress would be slower in their home country, losing a decent number of the more secular (a relative term) and enlighted to emigration to the west certainly makes it far slower and in fact negative. The fewer restrained voices in Bangladesh stay there, the more the fundy loons dominate and monopolize. I'm not a xenophobic loon who wants to refuse all Muslim immigrants, and Allah knows anybody with secular sympathies will be better off here than in the Islamic theocracies, but if we start seeing an appreciable segment of the more moderate segments of society leave those places, what chance do they ever have of becoming more moderate societies? The best answer for the short term - integration in the west for the non-radicalized - is the worst answer long term - abandoning their homelands to unchallenged radicals.
scioto99
(71 posts)A basic problem, also, is that a small group of machete wielding maniacs have a huge impact on stifling freedom. Wheras a small - or even large - group of peaceful secular bloggers have almost zero impact on stifling fundamentalism.
We are seeing this in the west. In spite of the fact that violent Muslim fanatics are a miniscule part of our population, look at how they've stifled freedom of expression. Now its: Don't draw the wrong cartoon! Don't burn a hunk of paper, if the word 'quran' is written on it! Don't fly the Israeli flag in Europe - that might make some Muslims beat you up! Don't celebrate Jewish holidays in public if there are Muslims nearby! If female, you are now pressured to dress modestly and stay indoors after dark. Don't let an ex-Muslim feminist speak at a college graduation.
Et cetera.
So, that brings up another question:
Is Bangladesh going to turn slowly into a free society like the west?
Or is the west going to turn more and more into Bangladesh?
(Basic rule: the people willing to commit murder are the people who get their way. The rest of us generally tiptoe around trying not to make them mad.)
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)A lot of them have said some variation on the following, there is nothing that will reprogram a young Arab's brain quite like being seduced by the west. Thrusting a young man alone into the west can be dangerous, being lonely and homesick can make him gravitate to the mosque. But fleeting and enticing experiences in the west leave an unshakable change in thinking about everything.
scioto99
(71 posts)And I have seen Saudi college boys rowdy it up just like westerners on campus. No surprise there.
But you know what? They all go back to KSA in the end. And if they rise up to fight for secularism or the rights of women or atheists or artists in their own country once they get back home, I'm surely not seeing those results. I willingly believe they learn to drink alcohol, watch porn, read Shakespeare, .... but they also want to maintain their godlike control over their wives and children and servants.
Saudi males want western freedoms for themselves - of course; what else is new? - but unless they also learn to want it for the vast underclass that they tread on, what does it matter?
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)We have a Saudi working for us who left Saudi Arabia because his wife's extended family was extremely vocal in their disapproval of the raising of their daughters, particularly that they were fluent in English and that frightened them.
This guy at the age of fifteen was sent to live with relatively secular relatives in London during the first Gulf War and when he returned to Saudi Arabia the following summer there was just no way back psychologically. He had gone to rock concerts, he had talked to girls, he had been to a beach in France. He wasn't planning his life around prayers and neither was anyone else he met in London. In London he had met Muslim girls who were animated and interesting and just had a spark of life in them. He found the women in Saudi Arabia alien to him afterwards, just silent and anonymous ghosts, one could rarely have a conversation of more than yes or no questions. He fortunately met a British educated Saudi woman and they married almost immediately.
When they took their daughters to Disney World in 2005 they saw the same "no way back" in them even as children.
TipTok
(2,474 posts)MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)What happens when a set of ideas which exhort it's spreading in the human population, also contains absolute prohibition against copying errors?
This: Asad Shah death: Man admits killing shopkeeper because he 'disrespected' Islam
Mr Shah was not killed, as initially thought, for being nice to christians at easter. No, he was killed because he followed Islam V1.2
His killer instructed his lawyer to read the following statement in a UK court:
"This all happened for one reason and no other issues and no other intentions.
"Asad Shah disrespected the messenger of Islam the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. Mr Shah claimed to be a Prophet.
"When 1400 years ago the Prophet of Islam Muhammad peace be upon him has clearly said that 'I am the final messenger of Allah there is no more profits or messengers from God Allah after me.
'I am leaving you the final Quran. There is no changes. It is the final book of Allah and this is the final completion of Islam'.
'There is no more changes to it and no one has the right to claim to be a Prophet or to change the Quran or change Islam.'
"It is mentioned in the Quran that there is no doubt in this book no one has the right to disrespect the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and no one has the right to disrespect the Prophet of Islam Muhammad Peace be upon him.
"If I had not done this others would and there would have been more killing and violence in the world.
"I wish to make it clear that the incident was nothing at all to do with Christianity or any other religious beliefs even although I am a follower of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him I also love and respect Jesus Christ."
It's quite a thorny problem.
romanic
(2,841 posts)
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)
muriel_volestrangler
(101,265 posts)He underscored the need for scrutiny in an interview with BBC Bangla Service while asked about possible cause behind the killing.
...
“I cannot say right now why it happened or what exactly happened. I need to gather information first,” the minister responded, when asked about the murder that took place Wednesday night.
“It is needed to see whether he has written anything objectionable in his blogs.”
http://www.thedailystar.net/city/govt-scrutinise-slain-nizams-writings-minister-1205716
Because the important thing after a murder is to work out if you can 'blame' the victim ...
scioto99
(71 posts)the government can say, "It wasn't really murder; it was justice." Then they won't have to pursue it and risk their own necks.
It's always much safer to appease murderers and blame peaceful people, than the other way around.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)In this country, we locked up Rudolph, Dear, Roeder, Salvi, etc....
Over there, the people who commit these horrors are lauded by the government.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,265 posts)
n.
1. An Islamic revivalist movement, often characterized by moral conservatism, literalism, and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all spheres of life.
2. The religious faith, principles, or cause of Islam.
Is·lam?ist adj. & n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
Islamism (ˈɪzləmɪzm)
n
(Islam) support of or advocacy for Islamic fundamentalism
Collins English Dictionary
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Islamism
Oxford English Dictionary: Islamic fundamentalism, esp. regarded as a religious or political ideology.
, is an Islamic revival movement often characterized by moral conservatism, literalism, and the attempt "to implement Islamic values in all spheres of life."[1] Islamism favors the reordering of government and society in accordance with the Shari'a.[2] The different Islamist movements have been described as "oscillating between two poles": at one end is a strategy of Islamization of society through state power seized by revolution or invasion; at the other "reformist" pole Islamists work to Islamize society gradually "from the bottom up".[3] The movements have "arguably altered the Middle East more than any trend since the modern states gained independence", redefining "politics and even borders" according to one journalist (Robin Wright).[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism
romanic
(2,841 posts)ButterflyBlood
(12,644 posts)I have no clue why some find the term offensive, since it actually distinguishes between those and Muslims who DON'T support such a thing.
scioto99
(71 posts)To some Muslims - generally the Islamist kind that one sees on TV speechifying in Mosul, as well as their chip-on-the-shoulder followers in both west and east - "Islamist" is a pejorative word used by the evil Crusaders (that's us) to criticize their desire for theocracy and their rejection of western-style democracies.
Mohammed was not just a prophet who heard God's word - he was also the lawmaker and supreme leader of his followers. After him came the so-called Golden Age - during which Muslim armies conquered everyone they could reach while a caliph and religious leaders ran the show. Muslims are taught to look back on this as a great and glorious time when they were on top and all others fell before them. This is the glory that should be regained.
Because of this history, it is widely and generally accepted that Allah wants theocracy; Allah wants a caliphate; Allah wants sharia law. Allah doesn't want some secular democracy or some secular tyranny - that's evil kuffar stuff, that a few sell-out Muslims have shamefully embraced!
So to plenty of Muslims - all those who believe in theocracy, sharia, kalifa - 'Islamism' is a made-up western word. They would say: they are not islamists - they are Muslims. They are following the true islam that allah commanded and mohammed brought forth in glory.
It's part and parcel of the sense of victimization and inferiority/superiority stuff that is taught by those folks: "See how the westerners look down on us. See how they criticize our glorious religion. They call us "islamists." They say we should live like they do and have 'democracy.' They think our way is inferior. No - we are not Islamists - we are Muslims. We are the real Muslims, and the west hates us for being Muslims."
scioto99
(71 posts)criticizing the government for doing nothing to stop the murderers.
That's a hopeful sign.
Left to themselves, I'm sure the government would happily turn a blind eye to the murders, or make deals with the Islamists the way the governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc, always do. As far as I can tell, those deals always amount to "We'll agree to let you Islamists have your way: you can force all girls and women back into medieval slavery, you can silence intellectuals with charges of blasphemy, you can have enormous power and be big men, and you can impose your brand of Islam on the captive population... if in return you'll agree not to challenge our nomimal secular rule. Oh, and please don't depose us and hack off our heads."
Eugene
(61,807 posts)Source: Reuters
Al Qaeda-linked group claims Bangladesh killing: SITE
A group affiliated with al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the killing of a liberal Bangladeshi blogger this week, the SITE monitoring service said on Friday, citing a statement posted by the group online.
Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh division of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), said its members had carried out the attack as "vengeance" because blogger Nazimuddin Samad had abused God, the Prophet Mohammad and Islam in Facebook posts.
Reuters was not immediately able to verify the authenticity of the message but SITE said the group had provided a link to its digital signature to verify it.
The 28-year-old was killed in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Wednesday by attackers wielding machetes, the latest in series of murders of secular activists by suspected Islamist militants.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-blogger-qaeda-idUSKCN0X51Y4
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)romanic
(2,841 posts)I'm being serious, where are the people speaking out against this brutal murder?
LeftishBrit
(41,203 posts)voted them in.
Though they are probably reluctant to do too much for fear of being murdered themselves. Assassination is common in Bangladeshi politics. The current Prime Minister is the daughter of the country's first President. Both her parents and her three brothers were murdered in a vicious massacre; she escaped the same fate only because she happened to be studying abroad at the time.
No government in Bangladesh has been anything like perfect from a human rights perspective; but the religious extremism and violence represent the attitude of a minority, though a very dangerous one.
