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List of Islamic Terror Attacks Thereligionofpeace Home About Terror Attacks Islam Muhammad Quran Contact List of Islamic Terror Attacks TheReligionofPeace TROP is a non-partisan, List of Killings in fact-based site which examines the ideological the Name of Islam: threat that Islam poses to 2009 human dignity and freedom. This is part of the list of killings in the name of Islam maintained by TheReligionofPeace.com. Most of these incidents are terror attacks. A handful are honor killings or Sharia executions. During this time period, there were 2131 Islamic attacks in 40 countries, in which 9172 people were killed and 18612 injured. Share (TROP does not catch all attacks. Not all attacks are immediately posted). Seleccionar idioma​▼ Date Country City Killed Injured Description 2009.12.31 Afghanistan Uruzgan 6 0 Six civilians are beheaded by Islamic hardliners. Jihad Report 2009.12.31 Pakistan Kalat 2 2 Two oil truck drivers are shot to death by Muslim radicals. Mar 16, 2019 - Two civilians riding a motorbike are shot to death by Islamic Mar 22, 2019 2009.12.31 Thailand Yala 2 0 militants. Attacks 34 A Buddhist civilian is among three people killed in an Islamist 2009.12.30 Thailand Narathiwat 3 0 drive-by shooting. Killed 160 2009.12.30 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Muslim gunmen take out a civilian as he is driving home. Injured 104 A tribal elder is brutally murdered by the Taliban and dropped 2009.12.30 Pakistan Bajaur 1 0 Suicide Blasts 1 by the roadside. Countries 15 Seven American civilians are among nine murdered by a Shahid 2009.12.30 Afghanistan Khost 9 6 suicide bomber at a gymnasium. Two volunteers guarding teachers are taken down in a 2009.12.30 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Mujahideen bombing. A female reporter is among five Canadians killed by a Taliban 2009.12.30 Afghanistan Kandahar 5 0 roadside bomb. Dedicated Sunnis bomb a Shia religious festival, leaving seven 2009.12.30 Iraq Khalis 7 25 dead. Twin suicide blasts take down over twenty-five Iraqis and leave 2009.12.30 Iraq Ramadi 27 105 over one hundred others with injuries, including lost limbs. Hizb-ul-Mujahideen gunmen open up on four Indian cops at Jihad Report 2009.12.30 India Baramulla 4 0 February, 2019 point-blank range, leaving all four dead. A 49-year-old man is shot to death by militant Muslims at a tea 2009.12.29 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Attacks 153 shop. A 45-year-old man is gunned down in his pickup truck by Killed 931 2009.12.29 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Islamic radicals. Injured 555 A terrorist in an Afghan army uniform opens fire on three 2009.12.29 Afghanistan Herat 1 2 Suicide Blasts 10 unsuspecting NATO soldiers, killing one. Two woman are among four Iraqis murdered in two Jihad Countries 23 2009.12.29 Iraq Baghdad 4 18 attacks. List of Attacks Four people are shot to death and one beheaded by suspected 2009.12.29 Iraq Tal Massoud 5 0 al-Qaeda elements. It's far easier to act as if A man slits his daughter's throat, and stabs her lover to death, 2009.12.29 Pakistan Lahore 2 0 critics of Islam have a over a suspected illicit affair. problem with Muslims as Two local soldiers are killed in a Taliban rocket attack on their 2009.12.28 Pakistan Chamarkand 2 5 people than it is to checkpoint. accept the More than forty people in a religious procession are sent 2009.12.28 Pakistan Karachi 45 82 uncomfortable truth that straight to Allah by a Fedayeen suicide bomber. Islam is different. 2009.12.28 Afghanistan Badghis 2 3 Two local cops are murdered in a Taliban ambush. 2009.12.28 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Jihadi gunmen take down two cement workers. Taliban hardliners assault a village, killing nine defense 2009.12.28 Pakistan Orakzai 9 6 volunteers. At least three security forces are killed during attacks by a local 2009.12.28 Nigeria Bauchi 3 12 Islamist sect. Islamic militia are suspected of murdered a humanitarian 2009.12.28 Somalia Gedo 1 0 worker in his home. Islamists shoot two men to death as they are riding a 2009.12.27 Thailand Yala 2 1 motorcycle. Islamic fundamentalists blow up a family home, killing six 2009.12.27 Pakistan Sadda 6 0 occupants, including five young children. A Shahid suicide bomber blows himself up at a rival mosque, 2009.12.27 Pakistan Muzaffarabad 15 100 taking at least fifteen innocents with him. Basij militia and Islamic state police fire into a crowd of 2009.12.27 Iran Tehran 9 60 protesters, killing at least nine. 2009.12.27 Iraq Touz Khormato 5 25 Five Shia pilgrims are blown to bits by Sunni terrorists. 2009.12.26 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A man is murdered in front of his home by Muslim separatists. Two bombs, one near a tent distributing food to Shia pilgrims, 2009.12.26 Iraq Baghdad 6 22 leave six Iraqis dead. Shiite radicals are suspected of detonating a roadside bomb 2009.12.26 Pakistan Karachi 0 26 that injures some twenty-six people at a funeral. Two young Christians are shot in the chest after refusing to 2009.12.26 Pakistan Punjab 0 2 convert to Islam. 2009.12.25 Algeria Tizi Ouzou 1 2 A local soldier is murdered by fundamentalist bombers. Three unarmed census workers are shot to death in cold blood 2009.12.25 Iraq Mosul 3 0 List of Attacks by Sunni insurgents. Ten Shiite pilgrims are murdered in three separate bombing 2009.12.25 Iraq Baghdad 10 51 Last 30 Days attacks by sectarian rivals. 2019 2009.12.25 Pakistan Peshawar 2 0 Islamists gun down two local cops. 2018 About sixty Christians are injured when a Muslim mob attacks 2009.12.25 Pakistan Kalar Kahar 0 60 2017 them during Christmas prayers. 2016 A suicide bomber detonates near a Christian school, killing four 2009.12.24 Pakistan Peshawar 4 24 2015 others. 2014 An Israeli father of seven is shot to death in his car by 2009.12.24 Israel Einav 1 0 2013 Palestinian terrorists. 2012 A Shahid suicide bomber on a horse car murders eight innocent 2009.12.24 Afghanistan Kandahar 8 3 2011 people. 2010 A crowded bus station is the target of Sunni bombers, who 2009 2009.12.24 Iraq Hilla 25 105 leave twenty-five Iraqis dead and nearly one hundred more in 2008 agony. 2007 2009.12.24 Iraq Kirkuk 4 0 Four Iraqis are gunned down by suspected al-Qaeda militants. 2006 2009.12.24 Pakistan Rawalpindi 1 2 A 6-year-old girl is dismembered by a suicide bomber. 2005 Six civilians are killed during an attack by Hizb al-Islam 2009.12.24 Somalia Mogadishu 6 25 2004 fundamentalists. 2003 Jihadis murder a dozen mourners when they bomb two 2009.12.24 Iraq Baghdad 12 53 2002 separate funerals. 2001 (Post 9/11) 2009.12.24 Afghanistan Paktika 2 0 Two civilians are murdered by Jihadi roadside bombers. 2009.12.24 Iraq Mosul 1 0 A Christian is gunned down in front of his home by Islamists. 2009.12.23 Afghanistan Spin Boldak 2 3 Talibanis take down two civilians with a roadside bomb. Three civilians are killed when fundamentalists detonate a 2009.12.23 Afghanistan Helmand 3 4 TROP Android App bomb at a bazaar. Sunni bombers murder five Shia pilgrims in three separate 2009.12.23 Iraq Baghdad 5 46 attacks. Three innocents are cut down by a Taliban bomb planted on a 2009.12.23 Afghanistan Helmand 3 5 bicycle. A bomb placed near an ancient Christian church kills two 2009.12.23 Iraq Mosul 2 0 people. A woman is among three people at a press club blown to bits 2009.12.22 Pakistan Peshawar 3 16 by a Shahid suicide bomber. 2009.12.22 India Pampore 2 1 Hizbul Mujahideen militants shoot two local cops to death. A 37-year-old father is shot full of holes by Muslim militants What can we learn about 2009.12.22 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Islam from this woman? after dropping his children off at school. Islamic gunmen fire into a family home, killing a 3-year-old girl 2009.12.22 Thailand Pattani 1 1 and seriously injuring her sister. A civilian dies from shrapnel injures after Jihadis detonate a 2009.12.22 Iraq Iskandariya 1 4 bomb on a minibus. al-Qaeda militants booby-trap an area with explosives, killing 2009.12.21 Yemen Abyan 2 9 two civilians. Five Somalis near a minibus are murdered by al-Shabaab 2009.12.21 Somalia Mogadishu 5 0 bombers. The History of 2009.12.21 Iraq Tal Afar 4 5 A Fedayeen suicide bomber takes out four Iraqis. Jihad: From $18.36Muhammad to 2009.12.20 Somalia Mogadishu 1 3 One Somali is killed in a mortar attack by Islamic militia. ISIS 2009.12.20 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Mujahideen gun down two local cops. Three Buddhists are incinerated when Muslim insurgents blow 2009.12.19 Thailand Narathiwat 3 2 up a gas tank next to their truck. 2009.12.19 Iraq Mosul 3 1 Jihadi gunmen take down three Iraqis in separate attacks. An Indian border guard is shot by a Muslim sniper from 2009.12.19 Pakistan Poonch 1 2 Pakistan. A man and his wife are among three killed in their home by 2009.12.18 Pakistan Haripur 3 0 suspected Islamic hardliners. Two civilians are killed when a mortar fired by suspected 2009.12.18 Somalia Mogadishu 2 4 Islamic militia strikes a house.
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