{"id":292,"date":"2010-11-01T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/catholics-killed-in-baghdad-cathedral-jews-on-high-alert-in-chicago-synagogues.html"},"modified":"2010-11-01T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T11:37:00","slug":"catholics-killed-in-baghdad-cathedral-jews-on-high-alert-in-chicago-synagogues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/catholics-killed-in-baghdad-cathedral-jews-on-high-alert-in-chicago-synagogues.html","title":{"rendered":"Catholics Killed in Baghdad Cathedral; Jews on High Alert in Chicago Synagogues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been out celebrating Halloween, Reformation Sunday, All Saints&#8217; Day, Dia de los Muertos,&nbsp;Samhain or all\/none of the above, you may have missed some really scary religion news: Muslim terrorists have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/02\/world\/middleeast\/02iraq.html?ref=middleeast\">killed dozens of Iraqi Christians inside a&nbsp;Baghdad cathedral<\/a>, and are being investigated for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/10\/30\/us\/30plane.html?_r=1\">trying to send bombs from Yemen to Chicago-area synagogues<\/a>&nbsp;(including an <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2010\/10\/30\/lgbt-friendly-synagogue-a-target-of-intercepted-packages-leader-says\/\">LGBT-friendly house of worship<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2010\/11\/01\/2741525\/jerusalem-church-fire-under-investigation\">Jewish settlers have been accused of starting fires at mosques and a church in&nbsp;Jerusalem and the&nbsp;West Bank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, not a great weekend for&nbsp;the Islam=peace crowd&nbsp;and optimistic proponents of&nbsp;Abrahamic interfaith harmony. (Is it ever these days? Sigh.)<\/p>\n<p>Some more&nbsp;links on the Baghdad situation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE6A01PK20101101\">Pope condemns &#8220;ferocious&#8221; attack on Baghdad church <\/a>(Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/WORLD\/meast\/11\/01\/iraq.violence\/index.html\">Death toll rises to 58 in Iraq church standoff <\/a>(CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/at-evening-mass-bloodbath-in-baghdad.html\">At evening mass, &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; in Baghdad <\/a>(Whispers in the Loggia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2010\/11\/massacre-in-a-generic-iraqi-church\/\">Massacre in generic Iraqi church <\/a>(GetReligion)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check back for updates and share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been out celebrating Halloween, Reformation Sunday, All Saints&#8217; 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