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Global Church News - Bangladesh says goodbye to Fr Homrich, a missionary of the Garo people Aug 18, 2016 The 88-year-old priest decided to return to the United States for health reasons and after receiving death threats from Islamic extremists. [1]

NEW DELHI -- The Sri Lankan government tied Sunday's deadly bombings at churches and hotels to a local Islamic extremist group, fueling fears that the country's fragile ethnic and religious balance could once again be at risk. [2]

In recent months, anti-Muslim violence has rocked many parts of Burma and has left dozens of people killed and thousands displaced, while thousands of homes were destroyed. [3]

MANDALAY — Mandalay police said on Friday that they have detained two suspects in relation with a bomb blast that occurred on Sunday near a building where ultra-nationalist Buddhist monk U Wirathu was giving a sermon. [4]

JAKARTA -- Indonesian police believe that the terrorists responsible for Thursday's attack on the capital, which left seven dead, are affiliated with the Islamic State extremist group. [5]

The landscape of violent extremist Islamism is changing in Asia. Al-Qaida, once a growing and potent threat, particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is now a shadow of its former self. (confirmed by 2 sources) [6]

TOKYO -- Japan will help Central Asian countries tighten their border controls to prevent terrorists and weapons from neighboring Afghanistan, a hotbed of Islamic extremist activity, from slipping through. [7]

DHAKA -- Suspected Islamic extremists killed an estimated 20 foreigners, most of them believed to be from Japan and Italy, in a restaurant siege regarded as one of the most extreme terrorist attacks seen in the Bangladeshi capital. [8]

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[1] MM heraldmalaysia.com · 85% match

Global Church News

Global Church News - Bangladesh says goodbye to Fr Homrich, a missionary of the Garo people Aug 18, 2016 The 88-year-old priest decided to return to the United States for health reasons and after receiving death threats from Islamic extremists.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-04-23 · 75% match

Sri Lanka blames Islamic extremists for Easter bombings

NEW DELHI -- The Sri Lankan government tied Sunday's deadly bombings at churches and hotels to a local Islamic extremist group, fueling fears that the country's fragile ethnic and religious balance could once again be at risk.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-06-24 · 75% match

‘Islamic Extremists Want My Downfall, That’s Why They Put Me On The Cover’

In recent months, anti-Muslim violence has rocked many parts of Burma and has left dozens of people killed and thousands displaced, while thousands of homes were destroyed.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-07-26 · 75% match

Police Detain 2 Suspects for Mandalay Bomb Blast

MANDALAY — Mandalay police said on Friday that they have detained two suspects in relation with a bomb blast that occurred on Sunday near a building where ultra-nationalist Buddhist monk U Wirathu was giving a sermon.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-01-15 · 75% match

Police link terrorists to Islamic State

JAKARTA -- Indonesian police believe that the terrorists responsible for Thursday's attack on the capital, which left seven dead, are affiliated with the Islamic State extremist group.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-11-20 · 75% match

Karl Kaltenthaler: Islamic State 'outbidding' al-Qaida in South Asia

The landscape of violent extremist Islamism is changing in Asia. Al-Qaida, once a growing and potent threat, particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is now a shadow of its former self.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-04-06 · 71% match

Japan to help Central Asia beef up border controls

TOKYO -- Japan will help Central Asian countries tighten their border controls to prevent terrorists and weapons from neighboring Afghanistan, a hotbed of Islamic extremist activity, from slipping through.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-07-03 · 71% match

Bangladesh terrorist attack targets foreigners

DHAKA -- Suspected Islamic extremists killed an estimated 20 foreigners, most of them believed to be from Japan and Italy, in a restaurant siege regarded as one of the most extreme terrorist attacks seen in the Bangladeshi capital.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-10-23 · 71% match

China law tightens land borders amid regional tensions

BEIJING -- China’s top legislative body on Saturday passed a law to strengthen the country's land borders amid rising tensions with India over disputed territory and concerns over a possible influx of Islamic extremists from Afghanistan.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-12-31 · 71% match

Ebola, terrorism and the return on capital

In 2014, Russo-U.S. ties soured, the extremist Islamic State group turned terrorism uglier, and Ebola killed thousands and frightened millions. These and other threats appeared quickly and sent ripples far and wide.

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