Articles on this issue "fanaticism"
The recent riots related to the publication of anti-Muslim cartoons in Western newspapers were widely viewed as a popular religious reaction to offensive depictions of the prophet Mohammed. …
read moreThere are pathologies of religion and of reason," and both are "mortal dangers for peace " and for "the whole of humanity," said Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Vita e Pensiero, the journal of the …
read moreCatholics have a duty to be informed about Islam and the challenges it poses to Christianity. So says Robert Spencer, an expert on Islam who recently co-authored "Inside Islam: A Guide for …
read moreChristian communities in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul are facing serious acts of intimidation, says Fides, the news agency of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. …
read moreOct. 12 marked the first anniversary of the bomb explosions that killed 202 people on the holiday resort island of Bali. The attack also had a drastic economic impact on the local economy, a …
read moreThe recent death of a Catholic priest in the state of Karnataka was not connected to Hindu extremism, but land disputes, says a bishop. Bishop Ignatius Paul Pinto of Bangalore made that …
read moreFides).- A Latin-rite bishop in India is confident that fundamentalism will not prosper there, given the country's long tradition of tolerance. So said Archbishop Telesphore Toppo of Ranchi, …
read moreThe Ravna Gora Serbian extremist movement planned to attack John Paul II sometime during his recent trips to Croatia and Banja Luka, a newspaper reported. Quoting Bosnian government sources, …
read moreHindu extremists continue to attack Christians in India, and their political influence reaches the highest level of government. A report in the Feb. 24 issue of Newsweek confirmed once more …
read moreA presidential bill banning religious organizations engaging in "extremist activity" has passed the lower house of the Russian Parliament on June 27 by a vote of 274-145. To become law, the …
read moreCardinal Joseph Ratzinger thinks a "very alive" fanaticism is a key problem in the India-Pakistan conflict. In statements published today in the Italian newspaper Avvenire, the prefect of the …
read moreThe following is a statement of the Committee for Dialogue of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and the Permanent Committee of Al Azhar for Dialogue with the Monotheistic …
read moreDialogue is not enough to combat religious extremism -- integral development must also be promoted, says a statement issued by Catholic and Sunni Muslim leaders. The text, published today by …
read moreA group of armed extremists of the pro-Hindu Bajrang Dal attacked a Catholic church during a Sunday Mass, injuring seven people including a 4-year-old child. Seventy men barged into Holy …
read moreJohn Paul II roundly condemned the violence between Israelis and Palestinians, and said that "two different extremisms" are disfiguring the face of the Holy Land. The Holy Father expressed …
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