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Photo Gallery Killing for God

Murder and terror are not part of the teachings of any of the world's monotheistic religions. But Christians, Jews and Muslims have never shied away from killing each other in the name of religion.
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One year ago in February, Dublin saw the worst violence in a decade during demonstrations against a planned protestant march through the city.

Foto: REUTERS
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Israeli police try to arrest Jewish settlers after they attacked Palestinians in Hebron on Monday.

Foto: AFP
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The Middle East has seen no shortage of young men and women willing to blow themselves up in the name of God. Here, 18-year-old Mirvat Massud gives her last testament before blowing herself near Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip last November.

Foto: AFP
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Hamas militants in Gaza City. Hamas, a radical Islamist organization in the Palestinian Authority, refuses to renounce violence and will not recognize Israel's right to exist.

Foto: DPA
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The terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001 by al-Qaida raised fears of a clash between the Christian West and the Muslim world.

Foto: AFP
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Israel has erected a wall to prevent suicide bombers from crossing the border. Here, Israeli troops near Jerusalem fire rubber bullets at Palestinians throwing rocks at them.

Foto: AP
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A Palestinian man in Jerusalem's Old City throws stones at unseen Israeli troops.

Foto: AP
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A video grab of the June 15, 1995 bomb in Manchester set off by the Irish Republican Army.

Foto: REUTERS
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The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is built on the hill where the Jewish Temple used to be. Christians too see the city as holy and launched a number of violent Crusades in the Middle Ages to take it back from an expanding Islam.

Foto: AP
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