church attacks - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:18:22 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg church attacks - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Community patrol proposed after church vandalised https://cathnews.co.nz/2017/07/20/community-patrol-formed-church-vandalised/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:54:50 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=96844 A new community patrol group has been proposed for Temuka to monitor community safety following vandalism in the town. The Temuka Boxing Club and St Joseph's Church were broken into and vandalised on Sunday. The church suffered more than $7000 worth of damage after two historical statues were destroyed. Continue reading

Community patrol proposed after church vandalised... Read more]]> A new community patrol group has been proposed for Temuka to monitor community safety following vandalism in the town.

The Temuka Boxing Club and St Joseph's Church were broken into and vandalised on Sunday.

The church suffered more than $7000 worth of damage after two historical statues were destroyed. Continue reading

Community patrol proposed after church vandalised]]> 96844 Muslim patrols guard Christian churches in Kenya https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/07/13/muslim-patrols-guard-christian-churches-in-kenya/ Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:30:38 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=29527 Following July 1 attacks on churches in the town of Garissa — close to the Kenyan-Somali border — local Muslim leaders have decided to provide their own protection to the churches of their Christian neighbours. Last Sunday, July 8, local Muslim youths and their leaders patrolled with the police during church services, and no attacks Read more

Muslim patrols guard Christian churches in Kenya... Read more]]> Following July 1 attacks on churches in the town of Garissa — close to the Kenyan-Somali border — local Muslim leaders have decided to provide their own protection to the churches of their Christian neighbours.

Last Sunday, July 8, local Muslim youths and their leaders patrolled with the police during church services, and no attacks were reported.

The Muslim patrols are a strong statement of rejection for the militant methods and ideology of Al Shabab, the Somali Islamist militant group that is suspected of carrying out the July 1 attacks in Garissa. By targeting Christians, militants in northern Kenya appear to be punishing Kenya for sending troops into Somalia to attack Al Shabab, and to prop up the shaky Somali government.

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