Religious Strife


MULTAN, Pakistan - Gunmen opened fire on worshippers inside a mosque in eastern Pakistan on Saturday, killing two people, police said.

NEW YORK - The imam behind a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero cautioned Wednesday that moving the facility could cause a violent backlash from Muslim extremists and endanger national security.

QUETTA, Pakistan - Pakistani police say the death toll from a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospital.

BEIRUT - Lebanese Shiite and Sunni groups traded machine gun fire and grenades in Beirut on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding several others just blocks from a busy downtown packed with tourists at this time of year.

WASHINGTON - Americans doubt that Islam is likelier than other faiths to encourage violence, but their overall view of the religion has worsened over the past five years, a poll said Tuesday.
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