Suicide bomber - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:08:33 +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 Suicide bomber - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Anglican Church under fire in wake of Liverpool suicide bombing https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/11/18/anglican-church-under-fire-in-wake-of-liverpool-suicide-bombing/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 06:51:25 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=142490 The Church of England is facing questions over its role in converting hundreds of asylum seekers, including the Liverpool suicide bomber, to Christianity in an attempt to help them avoid deportation. Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, is understood to be appalled at the "merry-go-round" of failed asylum seekers changing religion and using other tactics to Read more

Anglican Church under fire in wake of Liverpool suicide bombing... Read more]]> The Church of England is facing questions over its role in converting hundreds of asylum seekers, including the Liverpool suicide bomber, to Christianity in an attempt to help them avoid deportation.

Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, is understood to be appalled at the "merry-go-round" of failed asylum seekers changing religion and using other tactics to launch "appeal after appeal" to stay in the country.

The Iraqi man killed in the abortive suicide bomb attack outside Liverpool Women's Hospital is understood to have been helped by the Church in his attempts to avoid being kicked out of Britain, after his claim for asylum was first rejected in 2014.

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Anglican Church under fire in wake of Liverpool suicide bombing]]> 142490 Some Islamic clerics take hard line on suicide bombers http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=45607 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:30:19 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=22652 Islamic clerics are denying suicide bombers their last rites. The killing of others and themselves is completely un-Islamic, they say, contrary to the popular misconception that such bombers act on the pretense that such acts will get them into heaven. "Most suicide attackers act on the misconception that their acts receive the pleasure of Allah, Read more

Some Islamic clerics take hard line on suicide bombers... Read more]]> Islamic clerics are denying suicide bombers their last rites. The killing of others and themselves is completely un-Islamic, they say, contrary to the popular misconception that such bombers act on the pretense that such acts will get them into heaven.

"Most suicide attackers act on the misconception that their acts receive the pleasure of Allah, but the fact is they are killing and injuring innocent Muslims," Maulana Muhammad Rehman, a prayer leader in a mosque in the Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas says.

In addition, religious scholars in Pakistan say suicide bombers are likely to suffer eternal damnation rather than go to paradise because their acts, blowing themselves up and others, invite the wrath of Allah.

Some Islamic clerics take hard line on suicide bombers]]> 22652 Nigeria attack targets Catholic church in Jos http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17331707 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:30:51 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=20935 Up to 11 people were killed after a Catholic church was targeted by suspected suicide car bombers in the restive central Nigerian city of Jos, officials say. The car was apparently stopped before it could enter the church compound. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. A bombing at a Jos church two Read more

Nigeria attack targets Catholic church in Jos... Read more]]> Up to 11 people were killed after a Catholic church was targeted by suspected suicide car bombers in the restive central Nigerian city of Jos, officials say.

The car was apparently stopped before it could enter the church compound.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

A bombing at a Jos church two weeks ago killed three people and injured nearly 40. Islamist militants from Boko Haram said they carried out that attack.

Nigeria attack targets Catholic church in Jos]]> 20935 For some Afghans, suicide bombs are best answer to U.S. troops' Koran burnings http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/04/us-afghanistan-korans-suicidebombers-idUSTRE82308E20120304 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:30:08 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=20497 Matihullah, 24, had always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. Then news spread that Western soldiers had burned many copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base in Afghanistan. He gave up his studies and embarked on a new mission in life — to become a suicide bomber. "Since the desecration and burnings of Read more

For some Afghans, suicide bombs are best answer to U.S. troops' Koran burnings... Read more]]> Matihullah, 24, had always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. Then news spread that Western soldiers had burned many copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base in Afghanistan. He gave up his studies and embarked on a new mission in life — to become a suicide bomber.

"Since the desecration and burnings of holy books of the Koran, I have been burning with the desire of revenge. It is running in my blood," said Matihullah, wearing the traditional white skull cap worn by many Afghans. "I have two other brothers to take care of our family and I feel very proud to get my revenge."

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