Islamic Outreach XXVI

From an earlier post on this blog:

Pope Francis spoke to the diplomatic corps and amongst other things, said, "Hence it is important to intensify dialogue among the various religions, and I am thinking particularly of dialogue with Islam."

I followed a link to a list the most horrific terrorist attacks (in terms of casualties)  in history, and here are the top 25:

1      TERRORIST ATTACK                                        POLITICAL MOTIVATION

1.       September 11 attacks                                                Islamism             

2.       2007 Yazidi communities bombings                            Islamism             

3.       1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers             Tamil Separatism             

4.       May 2013 Iraq attacks                                             Islamism               

5.       Cinema Rex fire                                                        Islamism               

6.       Beslan school hostage crisis                                      Islamism             

7.       Air India Flight 182                                                  Sikh Separatism

8.       1983 Beirut barracks bombing                                  Islamism             

9.       1999 Russian apartment bombings                            Islamism               

10.   Pan Am Flight 103                                                   Islamism             

11.   1993 Bombay bombings                                           Islamism             

12.   2001 Angola train attack                                          Angolan nationalism      

13.   1961 MV Dara                                                        Unknown           

14.   1998 United States embassy bombings                     Islamism             

15.   2012 Nigeria attacks                                                Islamism             

16.   2006 Sadr City bombings                                         Islamism             

17.   006 Mumbai train bombings                                      Islamism             

18.   2002 Bali bombings                                                   Islamism             

19.   2007 Baghdad bombings                                           Islamism             

20.   3004 Madrid train bombings                                      Islamism             

21.   2004 Ashura bombings in Iraq                                   Islamism                             

22.   2008 Mumbai attacks                                                Islamism             

23.   UTA Flight 772                                                         Islamism             

24.   Moscow theater hostage crisis                                   Islamism

25.   Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis                       Islamism