New research from The Journal Of Religion and Health.

A short write up of the study for those afraid to read.


Full publication


Nothing like peer reviewed research to validate what many of us have already known.

if you want to see a real nut, study Madalyn Murray O'Hair

For a study in the death of an atheist, take a look at Voltaire.

"The noted French atheist, Voltaire, died a frightening death. Let me quote for you the exact record as published, “When Voltaire felt the stroke that he realized must terminate in death, he was overpowered with remorse. He at once sent for the priest, and wanted to be ‘reconciled with the church.’ His infidel flatterers hastened to his chamber to prevent his recantation; but it was only to witness his ignominy and their own. He cursed them to their faces; and, as his distress was increased by their presence, he repeatedly and loudly exclaimed, ‘Begone! It is you that have brought me to my present condition. Leave me, I say; begone! What a wretched glory is this which you have produced to me!’

“Hoping to allay his anguish by a written recantation, he had it prepared, signed it, and saw it witnessed. But it was all unavailing. For two months he was tortured with such an agony as led him at times to gnash his teeth in impotent rage against God and man. At other times in plaintive accents, he would plead, ‘O, Christ! O, Lord Jesus!’ Then, turning his face, he would cry out, ‘I must die-abandoned of God and of men!’

“As his end drew near, his condition became so frightful that his infidel associates were afraid to approach his beside. Still they guarded the door, that others might not know how awfully an infidel was compelled to die. Even his nurse repeatedly said, ‘For all the wealth of Europe I would never see another infidel die.’ It was a scene of horror that lies beyond all exaggeration. Such is the well-attested end of the one who had a natural sovereignty of intellect, excellent education, great wealth, and much earthly honor.”

^ Case in point.

Sorry ranger, but most of your posts on here only serve to validate this study.

Idacraw

I think you are going after the wrong religion. It would appear to most of us that followers of Islam seem to be suffering from the mental illness.

Terrorist, Tim McVeigh (Oklahoma bombing) stated that he did not believe in Hell and that science is his religion.

Unabomber Ted Kaczynski - Did not believe in religion

Major Nadal Hassan - Muslim

Eric Rudolph - Raised Catholic, but had a long association with the radical Christian Identity movement. There is nothing Biblical about the Christianity Identity, and is in reality nothing more than White Supremacy.

9 11 Bombers - Muslim

Adam Lanza - raised Catholic, but his crime was "video game" motivated, and in his later years he did not attend church

Jared Loughner's - Loughner declined to state his religion in his Army application. In his "Final Thoughts" video, Loughner stated, "No, I won't trust in God!"

Jim Jones - Occult leader - Stated that he hated the Bible. Authored a booklet titled "The Letter Killeth," criticizing the Bible. He tried to send 1/2 billion dollars to the atheist Soviet Union.

Columbine Killers - Did their crime on the birthday of Hitler. They specifically looked for Christians to kill.

Seung-Hui Cho Korean man who committed suicide after murdering 32 people at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. The massacre was motivated by the killer's intensely anti-Christian views found in his notes.

When one studies the crazies and the killers in US history, we find a good number of Muslims, atheists, or folks who either twisted religion into a self serving cult (Manson, David Koresh, Jim Jones....), or killers who had no use for religion. Unlike Islam, we do not find main stream Christian ever glorifying the acts of killers. In the Arab world and in places like Pakistan, terrorists that kill innocent women and children are celebrated as heroes. Idacraw tries in vain to show folks like Hitler as a main stream "Christian", but he only fools himself.

ranger, you once again claim fact, but pander bullshit.

From the mouth of Timothy McVeigh in an interview with Time magazine:

Time: Are you religious?

McVeigh: I was raised Catholic. I was confirmed Catholic (received the sacrament of confirmation). Through my military years, I sort of lost touch with the religion. I never really picked it up, however I do maintain core beliefs.

Time: Do you believe in God?

McVeigh: I do believe in a God, yes. But that's as far as I want to discuss. If I get too detailed on some things that are personal like that, it gives people an easier way [to] alienate themselves from me and that's all they are looking for now.


As usual you attempt to derail the topic and make claims that have nothing to do with the original post. The article does not make a distinction among religious sects, it states that belief in an angry god is associated with mental illness. You seem pretty angry on here, always with the damnation, abominations, and promise of torture in hell...

Yes there are mentally ill people who do not believe in a god, but that was not the point. And once again, since neither god is real, muslims and christians are in the same boat being that they each believe in their own flavor of angry, vengeful god.


P.S. There is no need for you to re-make your lame argument that catholics are not christians. That is also false and irrelevant to the topic at hand.

Idacraw is off his punishment. He's back:lol:

Idacraw

Once again, you cherry pick, ignore the whole person concept, and try to make the scenario fit your beliefs.


With those born in America, you are almost always going to be able to trace some sort of "Christian" (and I use that loosely) denomination. Most Americans at some time as a kid, or older attended a church. I have 26 years in the Army , and most all soldiers put some sort of denomination on their dog tags, but most could not fill a thimble with any real knowledge of their own religion. Many kids were raised catholic, or learned some sort of dogma from one of many denomination.

You want to ignore the fact that the Oklahoma bomber did say "science is my God". He may have been raised catholic, but at a later time he ditched his faith. Once he was about to get introduced to old Sparky, he had a little change of heart.

the Columbine killers were not active church members, they did not use Bible to guide their killings.
"Klebold approached her and asked her if she believed in God. Schnurr first replied "no" and then "yes", in an attempt to appease Klebold. In response, Klebold asked her why; she said that it was what her family believed. He taunted her, reloaded his shotgun, then walked away. The slightly injured Todd also reported that at this point, Klebold had said, "God is gay." (The exchange between Schnurr and Klebold was subsequently, and incorrectly, attributed to the verbal exchange between Harris and Cassie Bernall.)[41]"

Once again, those killers that were raised in some form of "Christianity" did not go to their local church, have a prayer meeting with the congregation, get a blessing from their pastor, and then go murder people. The Muslims on the other hand do get the blessing from those in the Mosque, and it is often times that the leaders in the Mosques are the ones preparing the suicide bombers.

While we are on the topic of mass killings, let us not forget that those at the top like Communist China leader Mao, and Soviet Leader Stalin were devout atheists, and killed over 70 million.

Che Guevara is another of the most brutal murderers in history, and another atheist Marxist.

Eric Harris and his fascination with Hitler and Nazism - http://www.schoolshooters.info/ideology ... harris.pdf

Idacraw

a couple of questions for you.

If you got hired by Homeland Security, and had to estimate where and how the next terrorist attack on American soil would be, would you be more inclined to be looking for it to come from Fundamental Baptists, or from Muslims?

When is the last time you saw "Christians" dance in the street while celebrating a suicide attack?

Would you consider the beliefs of Mao to coincide more with the Bible, or with Marx?

Congressman Charlie Rangel and Louis Farrakhan helped cover up a murder that happened in a Mosque belonging to Farrakhan, where Muslims beat to death and maimed police officers. Can you tell me that last time a Protestant Church in America condoned such an act?



I am not a fan of Bill Mahr, but even a lib like him would mock you over trying to say that Christians can be compared to muslims when it comes to doing violent acts- http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/20/bill- ... -bullshit/

As usual the entire point has escaped you. For all of your illustrious education and vast life experience, you are a little slow on grasping the core concept of a discussion. Perhaps a remedial reading comprehension class could help.

Yes non believers have killed and committed horrible acts, I have not disputed that. But that has nothing to do with the original topic. If that is the road you would like to take, bear in mind that while a few of the most villainous characters in history have been non believers, the VAST majority have been champions for one religion or another.


Try this again, it does not matter which god people follow, the study shows that there is a direct correlation between belief that your god is an angry one and mental illness. It is pretty clear, actually try to read the study, slowly if it helps.


Of course this begs the question, why is YOUR god so angry and quick to smit?

As for christian cover ups in the states:

Pastor Chuck Phelps heads up Trinity Baptist Church in Concord, New Hampshire and he played a key role in covering up the rape of a 15-year-old girl in the church. Not only did he try to keep it hidden, he made the girl apologize to the congregation:

The victim said Phelps told her she would be put up for “church discipline,” where parishioners go before the congregation to apologize for their sins.
She asked why. “Pastor Phelps then said that (Willis) may have been 99 percent responsible, but I needed to confess my 1 percent guilt in the situation,” the victim told the police.
“He told me that I should be happy that I didn’t live in Old Testament times because I would have been stoned.”

Idacraw

As I thought, you will actually get on here and claim that you see no more of a threat from Muslims than you see from Christians in America. That shows that you are blinded by your atheism, and have shut off critical thought.

I am aware of the Pastor Chuck Phelps incident. You will notice that he is no longer the pastor of that church. You will also notice that you had to cherry pick that incident. That is not the norm for Baptist, or other protestant churches. You will also notice that the church itself did not commit a crime. The 15 year old girl was pregnant, and when she came to the pastor with the news of her pregnancy, she originally said the sex was consensual, and did not mention forcible rape. The pastor, within 24 hours notified law enforcement (there was no cover up). I would argue that this pastor handled the situation wrong, but the girl’s mother actually sided with the pastor. The pastor tried to deal with her sin in a biblical manner.

Tina told Pastor Phelps that she wanted to publicly make a confession – it was not something he forced her to do. Mr. Willis also said the same. Because of the legal ramifications of a pending criminal case, Phelps was advised to not publicly link the two at the time of the confession. It wasn’t hard to connect the dots when two people stand up on the same evening and publicly ask forgiveness of God and the church for the same sin, but the situations were not publicly linked
Churches are made up of imperfect people, and where you have people, you have all manner of wrong doing.

Now, you found an incident where a pastor advised a girl to confess that she was raped. While I will once again agree that it was wrong, he did not get the backing of other fundamental Baptist in his handling of the incident, and would you actually compare this incident with the 9-11 attack in importance? Would you compare it to the routine honor killings we see in Islam? Do you compare this to the recent bombing at the Boston Marathon? Is it comprable with the sex scandals of priests raping little boys in the catholic church? If you said yes to any, they I would say that you lack the ability to think critically.

The MSM saw this as a way to try to make Independent Baptist look like they were running neck in neck with the Catholic Church in sex scandals, and it aint even comparable. There was also an attempt to compare it to the Penn State scandal, but being the pastor reported it to the police as soon as he was made aware, makes it a whole different ball game.

You are aware that latter on, Tina admitted being paid for the 20/20 interview?


For their part, Western liberals would do well not to sacrifice critical thinking to the god of political correctness, or look for reasons to bring other religion down to the level of Islam merely to avoid the existential truth that this it is both different and dangerous.

Idacraw – I am not sure how many folks beside you and I that are actually reading this thread, but let us put them to the question.

If one of three people were going to be your next door neighbor, who would you pick?

A -RangerP – Born again Christian who attends independent Baptist church
B -Idacraw – Devout atheist
C -A new convert to Islam

A

What I find most disturbing is your new avatar.

Notice that once again you ramble on about nothing, completely ignoring the topic of discussion. Notice that once again you try and turn this into a popularity contest to stroke your own ego. Your question makes you look like a teenage girl: Do you like me? Check yes or no. Sad really.


You don't seem to grasp the concept of my previous comment, so I'll dumb it down for you. I don't see one religion as more dangerous than another, they are all dangerous for the future of the human race. Today it is muslim terrorists, but just a couple hundred years ago the christians where the terror of the world. But don't get me wrong, christians today are still trying hard to demonize people like me, while at the same time trying to deny everyone the same rights as themselves. Every Sunday at almost every American Christian church children are subjected to mental abuse, and threatened with eternal torture. And christians by far have the bigger body count, so far islam isn't even playing in the same ballpark. It wasn't so long ago that good christians were burning women at the stake, in this country. Are you trying to say that wasn't the result of mental illness?


Once again, all your ramblings do nothing to address the original topic, which is that people like yourself who believe in a vengeful god are more likely to have a mental illness.


Also notice that a few months ago when I would start a thread like this you would have had a team of lackeys backing you up and singing your praise. Where did they all go, you seem to be awful alone lately...

A

B for sure.... i dont like or trust muslims, and ive lived next to a baptist and they are no fun...no drinking and dancing and always quoting the bible to people. It was like living in the movie footloose....crazy loons. and i could live next to dean, he would prolly get on my nerves some time but definately wouldnt be as judgemental as a baptist.

how many people have been killed in wars in the name of a god?

I was raised Baptist, but I definately drink, bump and grind on bitches after a few drinks, among other things.

B

watch it now!!! your gonna get pronounced as being wicked.

Gona say A. Who knows brother maybe in heaven, I'll be there

Idacraw -

your comment - "so I'll dumb it down for you. I don't see one religion as more dangerous than another, they are all dangerous for the future of the human race"


You dumbed it down all right. you dumbed it to where you show an inability to apply history, logic, and critical thought. If you do not realize that most of the worlds terrorism is at the hands of the Muslim, then you are blinded to what reality is. If you look at the recent terror attacks on the US, and the attempted ones, one can not help but notice that they were almost exclusively done by Muslims.

Looks like about as many people would like to have an atheist as a neighbor as an old stuck in the mud Baptist, but also notice that not one person put down that they would want to have a recent convert to Islam living next door. My point was made.

As far as belief in an "Angry God", I believe in a loving God that sent his own son to die for man. If that aint loving, then I do not know what is. And just like God, I still love you Idacraw. I will keep praying for you.

ranger, do you know the history of the crusades? I agree that currently its the muslim faith that is on the attack using terrorism. But back in the day..........................

I dont believe the study is on a particular religion but on belief in a god, any god......and christians have fought muslims and the other way around since the birth of their gods. And in all actualality, they are the same god with different prophets and saviors. Christianity and its different interpretations have been a wedge in american life since its founding with the quakers and mormons and such who fought for their religious beliefs and they themselves were not very tolerant to other interpretations......I find it funny how ranger is an independant baptist, which is a more extreme sect of baptist. Most everyone i know who has gone from southern baptist to the independant movement did so because of the hypocrasy of the southern baptist. Like parishiners drinking beer or adultery within the church etc.....They all are bible quoters that need no refrences to quote just about anything in the bible, they have it memorized, much like the muslims are taught to read and write by memorizing the koran. I have nothing against ranger, i think his views are extreme but i think he is probably a good man. But Im worried he may become more and more radicalized the more pressure he feels about his interpretations of the bible and the way the world is changing around him. He should really try not to force his biblical interpretations on the world but try and live by his understanding in a personal relationship with god......I see extremist in christians as well as muslims....look at how extreme koresh was in waco or jim jones, all christian based religious cults...... There is good and bad in all. Not all muslims conform to the radical ideals of the extremist muslims, just like not all christians conform to the radical ideals of extremist christians. Yes there are people willing to kill in the name of jesus as well as mohammad.

Eljefe –
Your comment – “do you know the history of the crusades?”

So are you going to pontificate and enlighten us all to the crusades, or leave us hanging?

"In 1095, after suffering from the murderous invasions of Muslim conquerors who killed tens of thousands of Christians through four-and-one-half centuries of Muslim imperialist, colonialist conquest, made slaves and eunuchs of Christians for the pleasure of the caliphs, burned down or sacked the holiest churches in Christendom, robbed and killed thousands of Christians on holy pilgrimage, brutally sacked and pillaged Jerusalem, and pillaged the countryside of Israel, western Europe, under the leadership of the Pope, decided to free the people of the Holy Land from their brutal masters and reclaim Christianity's holiest places for free Christian worship." - Those crusades?

Your comment – “and christians have fought muslims and the other way around since the birth of their gods”

My God was not born, he always was, and always will be.

Your comment – “And in all actualality, they are the same god with different prophets and saviors.”

No, wrong again. 500 years after the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, the false Prophet Muhammad claims that he walked out in the desert and that a six hundred wing angel imparted a new truth to him. His “new truth” was a lie, and is the Koran. This false prophet Muhammed was a child molester; he developed his own religion that made himself very wealthy. His Koran is full of lies, and historically inaccurate. He had Moses living at the time of Noah, and it is a works based religion, and not Grace based like the Bible.

Your comment - .....”They (Baptists) all are bible quoters that need no refrences to quote just about anything in the bible, they have it memorized”

Psalm 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Your comment -”.look at how extreme koresh was in waco or jim jones, all Christian based religious cults”

Had the followers of these evil men, know their Bible, they would never have followed these false leaders and their lies. Jones was a communist and hated the Bible, David Koresh actually claimed to be a God. Even a small amount of Bible knowledge, and it is easy to debunk the Mansons, Joneses, and Koresh types

Mat 7 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves

Your comment –“Yes there are people willing to kill in the name of jesus as well as mohammad”

So who do you see killing in the name of “Jesus”? Show me the Biblical Christian groups doing these killings.

You realize that the most notorious mass murders in the past 100 years are at the hand of atheist, communists? You do realize that Mao, Che, Stalin, Castro are all atheists and communists, and killed over 80 million people?

Instead of rambling on, give me links, or historical facts that show how the Christians are out there killing like the Muslims or the Atheists

Also know this, the crusades were against Muslim imperialism, but the same Catholics that killed Muslims also killed Christians in the tens of thousands. They killed Christians for even trying to translate the Bible.

Idacraw - while you put together that comprehensive list of "Christian" Terror attacks, I will give you a little reading material of recent Muslim terror acts. I am sure this list will not be as inclusive as your list of Baptist Bombings

1970-1979
• "Munich Massacre" in Germany by Islamic "Black September" militants, 1972.
• Grand Mosque Seizure in Saudi Arabia, 1979. Approx. 250 Dead, 600 wounded.
1980–1989


• 18 April 1983 – The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing, Beirut, Lebanon by the Islamic Jihad Organization, 63 dead, 120 injured[1]
• 14 June 1985 – TWA Flight 847 was an international Trans World Airlines flight, which was hijacked by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad. 1 dead.
• 7 July 1989 – Tel Aviv Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack, near Kiryat Yearim. 16 dead
1990–1999


• 1993 – World Trade Center bombing, in New York City. 6 killed.
• 13 March 1993 – 1993 Bombay bombings. Mumbai, India. 257 dead, 713 injured.
• 6 April 1994 – Afula Bus suicide bombing, Afula. 8 dead
• 13 April 1994 – Hadera bus station suicide bombing, Hadera. 5 dead
• 19 October 1994 – Dizengoff Street bus bombing, Tel Aviv. 22 dead
• 24 December 1994 – Air France Flight 8969 hijacking in Algiers by 3 members of Armed Islamic Group of Algeria and another terrorist. 7 killed including 4 hijackers.
• 24 July 1995 – Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing, Ramat Gan. 6 dead
• 21 August 1995 – Ramat Eshkol bus bombing, Jerusalem. 4 dead
• 25 February and 3 March 1996 – Jaffa Road bus bombings, Jerusalem. 45 dead, 55 injured
• March 4, 1996 – Dizengoff Center suicide bombing, Tel Aviv. 13 dead
• 25 June 1996 – Khobar Towers bombing, 20 killed, 372 wounded.
• 21 March 1997 – Café Apropo bombing, Tel Aviv. 3 dead
• 30 July 1997 – 1997 Mahane Yehuda Market Bombings, Jerusalem. 16 dead
• 4 September 1997 – Ben Yehuda Street Bombing, Jerusalem. 5 dead
• 17 November 1997 – Luxor attack, 6 armed Islamic terrorists attack tourists at Egypts famous Luxor Ruins. 62 killed, 26 injured.
• 14 February 1998 – Bombing in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 13 bombs explode within a 12 km radius. 46 killed and over 200 injured.
• 7 August 1998 – 1998 United States embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. 224 dead. 4000+ injured.
• 4–16 September 1999 – The Russian apartment bombings were a series of explosions that hit four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk. The explosions occurred in Buynaksk on 4 September, Moscow on 9 and 13 September, and Volgodonsk on 16 September. 293 dead, 1000+ injured. Several other bombs were defused in Moscow at the time.[2]
2000–2009
• 5 August 2000 – Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombingskilling 18 [3]
• USS Cole bombing at a Yemen port, October 12, 2000. 17 American sailors were killed, 39 injured.
• March 4, 2001 – 2001 Netanya bombing, Netanya. 3 dead
• May 18, 2001 – 2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing, Netanya. 5 dead
• June 1, 2001 – Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing, Tel Aviv. 21 dead
• August 9, 2001 – Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing, Jerusalem. 15 dead
• September 9, 2001 – Nahariya train station suicide bombing, Nahariya. 3 dead
• 11 September 2001 – 4 planes hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda hijackers: two planes crashed into World Trade Center and one into the The Pentagon. Nearly 3000 dead.[4]
• November 29, 2001 – Pardes Hanna bus bombing, Israel. 3 dead
• December 1, 2001 – Ben Yehuda Street Bombing, Jerusalem. 11 dead
• December 2, 2001 – Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing, Haifa. 15 dead
• 13 December 2001 – Suicide attack on Indian parliament in New Delhi by Pakistan-based Islamist terrorist organizations, Jaish-E-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba. Aimed at eliminating the top leadership of India and causing anarchy in the country. 7 dead, 12 injured.
• January 25, 2002 – 2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing, Tel Aviv. 25 injured
• January 27, 2002 – 2002 Jaffa Street bombing, Jerusalem. 1 dead
• February 16, 2002 – Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing, Israel. 3 dead, 30 injured
• March 2, 2002 – Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre, Jerusalem. 11 dead
• March 9, 2002 – Café Moment bombing, Jerusalem. 11 dead
• March 20, 2002 – Umm al-Fahm bus bombing, Israel. 7 dead
• March 21, 2002 – King George Street bombing, Jerusalem. 3 dead
• March 27, 2002 – Suicide bomb attack on a Passover Seder in a Hotel in Netanya, Israel. 30 dead, 133 injured.
• 30 March 2002 and 24 November 2002 – Attacks on the Hindu Raghunath temple, India. Total 25 dead.
• March 29, 2002 – Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing, Jerusalem. 2 dead
• March 31, 2002 – Matza restaurant suicide bombing, Haifa. 15 dead
• April 10, 2002 – Yagur Junction bombing, Yagur. 8 dead
• April 12, 2002 – 2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing, Jerusalem. 6 dead
• May 7, 2002 – 2002 Rishon LeZion bombing, Rishon LeZion. 15 dead
• May 7, 2002 – Bombing in al-Arbaa, Algeria. 49 dead, 117 injured.
• May 19, 2002 – Netanya Market bombing, Netanya. 3 dead
• June 5, 2002 – Megiddo Junction bus bombing, Megiddo Junction. 17 dead
• June 11, 2002 – 2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing, Herzliya. 1 dead
• June 18, 2002 – Patt Junction Bus Bombing, Jerusalem. 19 dead
• June 19, 2002 – 2002 French Hill suicide bombing, Jerusalem by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. 7 dead, 35 injured.
• July 16, 2002 – 2002 Immanuel bus attack, Israel. 9 dead
• July 17, 2002 – Neve Shaanan Street bombing, Tel Aviv. 5 dead
• July 31, 2002 – Hebrew University bombing, Jerusalem. 9 dead
• August 4, 2002 – Meron Junction Bus 361 attack, Israel. 9 dead
• September 19, 2002 – Allenby Street bus bombing, Tel Aviv. 6 dead
• September 24, 2002 – Machine Gun attack on Hindu temple in Ahmedabad, India. 31 dead, 86 injured.[5][6]
• 12 October 2002 – Bombing in Bali nightclub. 202 killed, 300 injured.[7]
• October 21, 2002 – Karkur junction suicide bombing, Israel. 14 dead
• October 27, 2002 – Sonol gas station bombing, Ariel, West Bank. 3 dead
• 23 October 2002 – Moscow theater hostage crisis; Some 40 to 50 Islamist militant separatist seized a crowded Moscow theater taking 850 hostages. 170 killed, 700 injured.[8]
• November 21, 2002 – Kiryat Menachem bus bombing, Jerusalem. 11 dead
• January 5, 2003 – Tel Aviv central bus station massacre, Tel Aviv. 23 dead
• March 5, 2003 – Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing, Haifa. 17 dead
• April 30, 2003 – Mike's Place suicide bombing, Tel Aviv. 3 dead
• May 16, 2003 – Casablanca Attacks – 4 simultaneous attacks in Casablanca killing 33 civilians (mostly Moroccans) carried by Salafia Jihadia.
• May 18, 2003 – 2003 French Hill suicide bombing, Jerusalem. 7 dead
• May 19, 2003 – Afula mall bombing, Afula. 3 dead
• June 11, 2003 – Davidka Square bus bombing, Jerusalem. 17 dead
• 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
• August 19, 2003 – Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing, Jerusalem. 23 dead
• September 9, 2003 – Tzrifin bus stop attack, Israel. 9 dead
• September 9, 2003 – Café Hillel bombing, Jerusalem. 7 dead
• October 4, 2003 – Maxim restaurant suicide bombing, Haifa. 21 dead
• December 25, 2003 – Geha Interchange bus stop bombing, Israel. 4 dead, 20 injured
• January 14, 2004 – 2004 Erez Crossing bombing, Gaza Strip. 4 dead
• January 29, 2004 – Gaza Street bus bombing, Jerusalem. 11 dead
• February 22, 2004 – Liberty Bell Park bus bombing, Jerusalem. 8 dead
• March 14, 2004 – 2004 Ashdod Port bombings, Port of Ashdod. 10 dead
• 11 March 2004 – Madrid train bombings. 191 killed, 1460 injured (alleged link to Al-Qaeda).
• August 31, 2004 – Beersheba bus bombings, Beersheba. 16 dead
• 1 September 2004 – Beslan school hostage crisis, approximately 344 civilians including 186 children killed.[9][10]
• 9 September 2004 – 2004 Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia; suicide bomber exploded a one-tonne 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
• October 7, 2004 – 2004 Sinai bombings, Sinai peninsula, Egypt. 34 dead
• November 1, 2004 – Carmel Market bombing, Tel Aviv. 3 dead
• January 13, 2005 – Karni border crossing attack, Gaza Strip. 6 dead
• February 25, 2005 – Stage Club bombing, Tel Aviv. 5 dead
• 5 July 2005 – Attack at the Hindu Ram temple at Ayodhya, India; one of the most holy sites of Hinduism. 6 dead.
• 7 July 2005 – Multiple bombings in London Underground. 53 killed by four suicide bombers. Nearly 700 injured.
• July 12, 2005 – HaSharon Mall suicide bombing (July 12, 2005), Netanya. 5 dead
• 21 July 2005 London bombings – Four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of London's public transport system two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The explosions occurred around midday at Shepherd's Bush, Warren Street and Oval stations on London Underground, and on a bus in Shoreditch. A fifth bomber dumped his device without attempting to set it off.[11]
• 23 July 2005 – Bomb attacks at Sharm el-Sheikh, an Egyptian resort city, at least 64 people killed.
• 1 October 2005 – 2005 Bali bombings in Jimbaran & Kuta, Bali, Indonesia; a series of bombings kills at least 20 and injures over 100
• October 26, 2005 – Hadera Market bombing, Hadera. 7 dead
• 29 October 2005 – 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings, India. Over 60 killed and over 180 injured in a series of three attacks in crowded markets and a bus, just 2 days before the Diwali festival.[12]
• 9 November 2005 – 2005 Amman bombings. a series of coordinated suicide attacks on hotels in Amman, Jordan. Over 60 killed and 115 injured.[13][14] Four attackers including a husband and wife team were involved.[15]
• December 5, 2005 – HaSharon Mall suicide bombing (December 5, 2005), Netanya. 5 dead
• 7 March 2006 – 2006 Varanasi bombings, India. A series of attacks in the Sankath Mochan Hanuman temple and Cantonment Railway Station in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi. 28 killed and over 100 injured.[16]
• March 30, 2006 – Kedumim bombing, Kedumim. 4 dead
• April 17, 2006 – 2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing, Tel Aviv. 11 dead, 68 injured
• 11 July 2006 – 2006 Mumbai train bombings, Mumbai, India; a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai. 209 killed and over 700 injured.
• January 29, 2007 – Eilat bakery bombing, Eilat. 3 dead
• March and April 2007 – 2007 Casablanca bombings, Casablanca, Morocco; seven suicide bombers killed one and injured four over a five-week period
• 30 June 2007 – 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack, Glasgow, Scotland; A car loaded with propane canisters was driven into the glass doors of the Glasgow International Airport terminal and set ablaze. 1 killed and 5 injured.[17]
• 14 August 2007 – Qahtaniya bombings: Four suicide vehicle bombers massacred nearly 800 members of northern Iraq's Yazidi sect in the deadliest Iraq war's attack to date.
• 23 December 2007 – The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariate-Mohammadi (TNSM) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing targeting a military convoy on behalf of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. The blast in the Mingora area of the Swat Valley killed five soldiers and six civilians.[18]
• February 4, 2008 – 2008 Dimona suicide bombing, Dimona. 1 dead, 9 injured
• 5 February 2008 – February 2008 Bosaso bombings by Al-Shabaab. 25 dead, 80 injured.
• 2 July 2008 – In the Jerusalem bulldozer attack, an Arab resident of east Jerusalem identified as Hussam Taysir Duwait (also referred to as Hussam Duwiyat,[19] Hossam Dawyyat,[20] or erroneously as Jabr Duwait[21]), attacked several cars on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, Israel using a front-end loader (erroneously referred to as a bulldozer in the media[22]), killing three people and wounding at least thirty other pedestrians, before being shot to death.[19][23] Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said that an inquiry indicated the attacker had been acting alone. 3 dead, 30+ injured.[24] Three copycat attacks have occurred since then.
• 26 July 2008 – 2008 Ahmedabad bombings, India. Islamic terrorists detonate at least 21 explosive devices in the heart of this industrial capital, leaving at least 56 dead and 200 injured. A Muslim group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility. Indian authorities believe that extremists with ties to Pakistan and/or Bangladesh are likely responsible and are intent on inciting communal violence.[25] Investigation by Indian police led to the eventual arrest of a number of terrorists suspected of carrying out the blasts, most of whom belong to a well-known terrorist group, The Students Islamic Movement of India.[26]
• 3 August 2008 – The 2008 Mogadishu bombings in Somalia. 21+ dead, 46+ injured.
• 21 August 2008 – Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Maulvi Umar claimed that the group was responsible for 21 August 2008 suicide bomb attack on a military complex.
• 23 August 2008 – Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the 2008 Swat Valley bombing.
• 13 September 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.
• 29 October 2008 – 2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings by Al-Shabaab. 30 dead, 80 injured.
• 6 November 2008 – Someone using the name Abdur Rehman claimed that the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan was behind a 6 November 2008 suicide bombing that targeted tribal elders, who had gathered in the Bajaur tribal area to discuss efforts to coordinate with the government against the Pakistani Taliban. The blast took the lives of 16 and injured 31.[27]
• 26 November 2008 – Muslim extremists kill at least 174 people and wound numerous others in a series of coordinated attacks on India's largest city and 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.[28][29]
• 30 March 2009 – In telephone interviews with news media Mehsud claimed responsibility for the 30 March 2009 attack on the police training academy in Lahore.[30][31] He told the BBC that the attack was in retaliation for continued missile strikes from American drones for which the Pakistani government shared responsibility. In the same interview Mehsud claimed two other attacks: a 25 March attack on an Islamabad police station and a 30 March suicide attack on a military convoy near Bannu.[30]
• 4 April 2009 – Mehsud claimed responsibility for the Binghamton shootings, stating that they were in retaliation for continued missile strikes from American drones. The FBI denied this claim and stated this was nothing to do with Massod[32]
• 18 June 2009 – 2009 Beledweyne bombing by Al-Shabaab. 35 dead.
• 17 July 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
• 27 August 2009 – Azam Tariq, spokesman of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a security checkpoint along the Pakistan-Afghan border near Torkham on 27 August 2009. Tariq said by telephone that the attack was the first in retaliation for the death of Baitullah Mehsud. Although the exact number of casualties was unknown, a doctor at a nearby hospital told Dawn News that they had received 22 bodies and local people working at the blast site said they had retrieved 13 bodies.[33]
• 5 October 2009 – Azam Tariq claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed five at the UN's World Food Programme Islamabad offices on 5 October 2009.[34]
• 12 October 2009 – The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, through Azam Tariq, claimed responsibility for the October 2009 attack on the army's headquarters at Rawalpindi. Tariq told the Associated Press that the attack was carried out by its "Punjabi faction" although the military insisted the attack originated in South Waziristan.[35]
• 15 October 2009 – The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for three separate coordinated attacks in Lahore. 10 militants targeted buildings used by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the Manawan Police Training School and the Elite Police Academy.[36]
• 25 October 2009. Baghdad, Iraq. During a terrorist attack, two bomber vehicles detonated in the Green Zone, killing at least 155 people and injuring 520.
• 28 October 2009 – Peshawar, Pakistan. A car bomb is detonated in a woman exclusive shopping district, and over 110 killed and over 200 injured.
• 3 December 2009 – The 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. A male suicide bomber disguised as a woman detonates in a hotel meeting hall. The hotel was hosting a graduation ceremony for local medical students when the blast went off. 25 dead – including four government ministers – and 60 injured.[37]
2010–current
2010–current


• 1 January 2010 – Lakki Marwat, Pakistan. A suicide car bomber drove his explosive-laden vehicle into a volleyball pitch as people gathered to watch a match, killing more than 100 people.[38]
• 5 January 2012 Iraq bombings, Baghdad and Nasiriyah, Iraq by Islamic State of Iraq. 73 dead, 149 injured.
• 14 February 2010 – 2010 Pune bombing, Pune, Maharashtra, India. bomb blast ripped through the city's popular German Bakery, close to the Osho Ashram and diagonally across from the Jewish Chabad House[39] killing 17 people and injuring 65.Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) claimed involvement of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT).Police arrested Mirza Himayat Baig Inayat Baig,who allegedly heads Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) module in the state.ATS has also arrested Bilal Baba Hussain Fareed Shaikh (27).In its chargesheet filed in a Pune court, the ATS has also named six other accused – all co-conspirator and absconding – Mohsin Choudhary, Yasin Bhatkal, Riyaz Bhatkal, Iqbal Bhatkal, Faiyaz Kagzi and Zabihuddin Ansari.[40]
• 14 January 2012 Basra bombing, Basra, Iraq. 53 dead, 130 injured.
• 27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing, Baghdad, Iraq by Al-Qaeda in Iraq. 32 dead, 71 injured.
• 23 February 2012 Iraq attacks, Baghdad, Iraq by Islamic State of Iraq. 83 dead, 250+ injured.
• 20 March 2012 Iraq attacks, Baghdad and at least 9 other cities, Iraq. 52 dead, ~ 250 injured.
• 28 May 2010 – Attacks on Ahmadi Mosques Lahore, Pakistan. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed attacks on two mosques simultaneously belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, killing nearly 100 and injuring many others.[39]
• 7 December 2010 – 2010 Varanasi bombing, India. 2 dead, 37 injured.
• 1 January 2011 – Alexandria, Egypt. A car bomb exploded outside a Coptic Orthodox church after worshippers had gathered for a prayer celebration on New Year's Eve. 21 dead, 97 injured.[41]
• 24 January 2011 – Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia. A suicide bomb attack in the international arrivals hall of Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow killed at least 37 people and injured some 180.[42] Attacks were later attributed to the Caucasus Emirate an Islamist terrorist organisation.
• 25 January 2011 – Manilla, Philippines. A bomb under a bus seat detonated on a passenger bus commuting in Manilla. 5 dead, 14 injured.[43] The attack has been attributed to the Islamist Terrorist Organization Jemaah Islamiyah.
• 26 January 2011 – Khasavyurt, Russia. A car bomb explosion detonated by the Caucasus Emirate an Islamist terrorist organisation ripped through a cafe, with the blast killing and injuring both cafe workers and customers within the Russian city of Khasavyurt. 4 dead, 6 injured.[44]
• 18 April 2011 – Pattani, Thailand. Suspected Muslim insurgents have set off a car bomb that killed one soldier and wounded 25 people in restive southern Thailand.[45]
• 25 April 2011 – Maiduguri, Nigeria. An explosion at a hotel killed 3 people and wounded 14 others in northeastern Nigeria. A second explosion went off at a cattle market in the town of Maiduguri; it is suspected that the attacks have been perpetrated by the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram (figuratively, "Western or non-Islamic education is a sin")[46]
• 28 April 2011 – 2011 Marrakech bombing, Marrakesh, Morocco. A suicide bombing struck a cafe in Djemaa el Fna square, killing mostly foreigners and several Moroccan's, in the centre of Morocco's southern city of Marrakesh, which is located in southern Morocco. 16 dead and at least 20 injured.[47] The attack was attributed to the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group.
• 8 June 2011 – Narathiwat, Thailand. Suspected Islamic militants killed two Buddhist monks and left a bomb at the scene that subsequently exploded and wounded five police officers. 2 dead, 5 injured.[48]
• 18 July 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.
• 30–31 July 2011 - 2011 Kashgar attacks, Kashgar, China. A series of busy markets and restaurants were attacked by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement in the city of Kashgar, by carbombs and stabbing attacks, killing 23 and wounding 42 people in total.[49]
• 27 January 2012. Baghdad, Iraq. Suicide bomber kills 33 at funeral procession.[50]
• 28 February 2012 - 2012 Yecheng attack, Yecheng, China. At around 6 p.m. on February 28, 2012, a group of eight Uyghur men led by religious extremist Abudukeremu Mamuti attacked pedestrians with axes and knives on a crowded street. Local police fought with Mamuti's group, ultimately killing all and capturing Mamuti. One police officer died and four police were injured, while 15 pedestrians died from Mamuti's assault and 14 more civilians were injured.[51]
• 20 March 2012 – 2012 Midi-Pyrénées shootings in Toulouse, France Algerian gunman on a motorcycle kills 4 at a Jewish school. 7 dead, 5 injured.
• 30 April 2012 – Gunmen of Boko Haram kill 15 people and wound many more in Nigeria.[52]
• 11 September 2012 - On the anniversary of the 2001 September 11th attacks in the United States, Islamist militants killed 4 and wounded 7 in the Benghazi U.S. Consulate attack including American Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
• 29–30 September 2012 Muslims Attack Buddhist Temples, Homes Over Quran Facebook Photo in Chittagong. The latest reports indicate that about 15 temples and pagodas and about 100 houses of Buddhists living in the area had been set on fire.[53][54]
• 21 November 2012 - Tel-Aviv, Israel. Bus explodes on Tel Aviv's Shaul Hamelech Street; 28 wounded, one seriously, one moderately.[55]