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Terrorist Attacks on Houses of Worship: A Vicious Cycle Goes Global

May 7, 2019 | 15:46 GMT

Chabad of Poway, a synagogue in Poway, California, on April 28, 2019, a day after a gunman killed one person and injured three others.
(SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
Highlights
- Attacks against houses of worship are a pernicious and persistent threat that has long targeted diverse faiths and involved a variety of attackers.
- Calls for retribution and the copycat phenomenon could create a vicious cycle of violence, potentially spawning attacks against houses of worship worldwide.
- Retribution — which could occur locally and globally — for the Easter attacks that hit Sri Lanka will help determine the extent to which this is coming to pass.
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