Massacres in the name of a peaceful faith

[[File:Doutielt1.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Burning people alive in the name of [[God]]'s love.]]
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{{cquote|As long as people continue to believe absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.|||[[Voltaire]].<ref>[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antireligion Antireligion]. ''Wikiquote.''</ref>}}
{{cquote|Religion is based... primarily and mainly upon {{wpl|fear||.}} Fear is the basis of the whole thing – fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand-in-hand.|||[[Bertrand Russell]], British philosopher.<ref>[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell Bertrand Russell.] ''Wikiquote.''</ref>}}

There have, in the course of history, been numerous '''massacres by believers in [[YHWH]], [[Allah]], and [[Jesus]]'''. This is something they don't like to mention when they talk of [[God]]'s love, or Allah the merciful and compassionate. Fuck 'em, here's a list of their crimes:

==Old Testament==
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* [http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/2008/04/bibles-greatest-massacres.html Ten massacres] of the enemies of God ("enemies of God" includes children laughing at someone's bald patch, {{bible|2 Kings|2|23|24}}).
* We won't go into all the massacres God had the Israelites commit against the Canaanites and others in ''Exodus'', since the evidence indicates that those never actually happened. Pointing that out makes literalists unhappy, but it gets Christians and Jews off the hook for many large-scale atrocities that their (physical or spiritual) ancestors probably committed.

==Roman Empire==
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* State-sanctioned murder of pagans by Christians [[Genocide|until there were no more pagans left]].
** Of particular note are numerous massacres of pagans by Christian mobs in the fourth and fifth centuries CE.

==Middle Ages==
{{main|Middle Ages}}
[[File:Expulsion_judios-en.svg|thumb|right|320px|Constant pogroms followed by expulsions plagued the entire Jewish population of Europe for many centuries.]]
{{Cquote|If any one of the race of the Saxons hereafter concealed among them shall have wished to hide himself unbaptized, and shall have scorned to come to [[baptism]] and shall have wished to remain a [[pagan]], let him be punished by [[death]].|||"Ordinances concerning Saxony" — legal code issued by [[Charlemagne]], c. 782 CE<ref>[https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Capitulatio_de_partibus_Saxoniae Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae]</ref>}}

* Sasanian conquest of [[Jerusalem]] (614): [[Jews]] purchased thousands of Christian prisoners from the Persian Empire and massacred them.<ref>[http://www.jewishmag.com/161mag/persian_conquest_jerusalem/persian_conquest_jerusalem.htm A Forgotten Chapter Of Jewish History] ''The Jewish Magazine''</ref>
* The [[Islam|Muslim]] conquests, ordered by [[Muhammad]] and carried on after his death (622-750): shortly after Islam's foundation, which led to numerous massacres of pagan [[Arab]]s and Iranian [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrians]] for not converting to Islam.
** Massacre of Banu Quarayza (627): Muhammad's forces betrayed an alliance with Arabic Jews and slaughtered them, killing between 600-900 ([[Genocide|stated by the Quran to be the entire male population of the tribe, with the women and children being sold into slavery]]).<ref>Kenneth Cragg, The Call of the Minaret (1956), p. 79. William Muir (2003), The life of Mahomet, Kessinger Publishing, p. 317, ISBN 9780766177413</ref>
* Massacre of Verden (782): after the Saxon pagans rebelled against forced Christianization, [[Charlemagne]] had 4,500 captive rebel Saxons executed. Historian Alessandro Barbero comments that the most likely inspiration for the mass execution of Verden was the Biblical tale of the total extermination of the Amalekites and conquest of the Moabites by David.<ref>Barbero, Alessandro (2004). Charlemagne: Father of a Continent, pages 46–47. University of California Press.</ref><ref>[http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/was-charlemagne-a-mass-murderer/ Was Charlemagne a Mass Murderer?] ''Medievalists.net''</ref>
*{{wpl|1016 Ismaili massacre in Ifriqiya|}} (1016): [[Sunni]] riots in what is now Kairouan, Tunisia resulted in the mass murder of about 20,000 [[Shia]] Muslims.<ref> Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1987-08-20). A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambridge University Press. pp. 59–68. ISBN 978-0-521-33767-0. </ref>
*{{wpl|1033 Fez massacre|The Fez pogrom|}} (1033): Amazigh Moroccan tribes massacred more than 6,000 Jewish citizens of the city of Fez shortly after conquering the city.
*{{wpl|1066 Granada massacre|The Granada Massacre|}} (1066) A Muslim mob crucified a Jewish vizier and brutally massacred the city's Jewish population.<ref>Lucien Gubbay (1999). Sunlight and Shadow: The Jewish Experience of Islam. New York: Other Press. p. 80. ISBN 1-892746-69-7.</ref> About 4,000 killed.<ref>[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6855-granada Granada] Jewish Encyclopedia</ref>
*The [[Crusades]] (1095-1291): an estimated 20 million victims in the Middle East over the centuries of religious warfare, based on contemporary estimates.<ref name="religionofpeace"/>
**Rhineland massacres (1096): [[Crusades|Crusaders]] during the First Crusade committed mass murder against the Jewish population of western Germany.<ref>[https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/medieval-concepts-of-the-past/rhineland-massacres-of-jews-in-the-first-crusade-memories-medieval-and-modern/A20AC5B7F948CB580B36411C9FDBCF5F The Rhineland Massacres of Jews in the First Crusade: Memories Medieval and Modern] Cambridge</ref> About 12,000 killed.<ref>Edward H. Flannery, The Anguish of the Jews: Twenty-Three Centuries of Antisemitism. Paulist Press, 1985: 93.</ref>
**Antioch massacre (1097): Crusaders murdered thousands of Muslim and Christian civilians, unable to tell them apart.<ref>Harari, Yuval Noah (2007). "The Gateway to the Middle East: Antioch, 1098". Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100–1550. The Boydell Press. pp. 53–73.</ref>
**Battle of Ascalon (1099): 200,000 Muslims slaughtered "in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ."<ref name="religionofpeace">[https://books.google.com/books?id=6AJZQuuS6SUC&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=battle+of+askalon+200,000&source=bl&ots=EfnJkiaLXt&sig=ACfU3U03im-p3EwBPFbF0J8TKwUa-YUrww&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsorXi-NfiAhVFd6wKHcQHCOYQ6AEwEnoECGUQAQ#v=onepage&q=battle%20of%20askalon%20200%2C000&f=false Jesus: Myth or Reality?] Google Books.</ref>
**Jerusalem massacre (1099): Crusaders butchered Jerusalem's Muslim and Jewish population in a cold-blooded act of [[ethnic cleansing]].<ref>[http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/crusaders-massacre-of-jerusalem-was-done-in-cold-blood-not-religious-frenzy-historian-argues/ Crusaders massacre of Jerusalem was done in cold-blood, not religious frenzy, historian argues] ''Medievalists.net''</ref>
**Fall of Edessa (1144): Islamic forces executed all foreign-born Christians in Edessa after capturing the city in an unprovoked attack.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/event/Siege-of-Edessa The Siege of Edessa] ''Britannica''</ref>
*Massacre of the Latins (1182):[[Eastern Orthodox]] Christians wiped out the Catholic population of Constantinople, killing 60,000 to 80,000.<ref>{{wpl|Massacre of the Latins|}}</ref><ref>Gregory, Timothy (2010). A History of Byzantium. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-4051-8471-7.</ref>
**Richard the Lionheart's massacre (1191): The king of England ordered the execution of 2,700 Muslim prisoners due to Saladin's failure to pay a ransom.<ref>[http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lionheart.htm Richard The Lionheart Massacres The Saracens, 1191] ''Eyewitness to History''</ref>
** The Sack of Constantinople (1204): Crusaders destroyed the Byzantine capitol, killing an unknown but high number of their fellow Christians.<ref name="religionofpeace"/><ref name="stupidcrusade">[http://www.historynet.com/fourth-crusade.htm Fourth Crusade] ''HistoryNet''</ref>
** [[Albigensian Crusade]] (1209-1299): Crusaders murdered over 200,000 Cathars in France.<ref>[https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/kill-them-all/9780750984317/ Kill Them All] ''The History Press''</ref>
*York pogrom (1190): A [[pogrom]] incited by prominent locals who were in debt to Jewish moneylenders murdered several Jews and drove the rest, an estimated 150, to barricade themselves in {{wpl|Clifford's Tower||,}} where they killed themselves rather than be captured by the mob.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1190-york-kills-its-jews-1.5334273 1190: Pogrom in York Wipes Out Jewish Community] ''Haaretz''</ref> The few survivors were killed after begging for a Christian baptism.<ref>[https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-clifford-s-tower-massacre/ The Clifford’s Tower massacre] ''The History Net''</ref> So much for loving thy neighbor.
*Timurid conquests (1370-1405): Islamic Mongol ruler Timur, also called Tamerlane, led a reign of terror over southern Asia while calling himself the "defender of Islam", committing genocides against Indian Hindus, Egyptian and Turkish "usurpers", and Middle Eastern Christians.<ref>[https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/news/why-hamilton-doesnt-live-up-to-the-hype/ Tamerlane’s Reign of Terror] ''History Answers UK''</ref><ref>[http://listverse.com/2018/01/15/10-terrors-of-the-tyrant-tamerlane/ 10 Terrors Of The Tyrant Tamerlane] ''Listverse''</ref> He justified his campaigns against his fellow Muslims by describing them as "bad"; one infamous incident saw him behead 90,000 people in Baghdad so he could build towers with their skulls.<ref>[https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/death-tamerlane The Death of Tamerlane] ''History Today''</ref> In total, Timur killed an estimated 17 million people on his insane quest for Islamic dominance and purification.<ref>J.J. Saunders, The history of the Mongol conquests (page 174), Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1971, ISBN 0812217667</ref>
*The Valentine's Day Massacre: Several hundred to 2,000 Jews were burned to death in Strasbourg by Christians blaming them for the Black Death.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1349-a-valentine-s-day-massacre-1.5229805 1349: A Valentine's Day Massacre in Alzace] ''Haaretz''</ref>
*Attack on Mainz (1349): A Christian mob attacked the Jewish population of Mainz, Germany and killed 3,000 due to hysteria over the Black Death.<ref>Robert S. Gottfried (11 May 2010). Black Death. Simon and Schuster. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-1-4391-1846-7.</ref>
*1391 massacres: A Catholic priest in Seville, Spain incited the city's Christians into mass killing over 10,000 Jews during their holy week.<ref>[http://www.jewishhistory.org.il/history.php?startyear=1391&endyear=1391 1391] ''Jewish History''</ref>

==Early modern era==
[[File:Dubois-massacre-détail.jpg|thumb|right|250px|St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Religion of peace!]]
*Witch trials (~1400-1775): At least 40,000 people, mostly women, put to death by hysterical Christian [[European witch-hunts|witch trials]] during Europe's wars of religion.<ref name="trialswar">[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/07/witchcraft-economics-reformation-catholic-protestant-market-share Why Europe’s wars of religion put 40,000 ‘witches’ to a terrible death] Doward, Jamie. ''The Guardian''. 06.01.18</ref>
*[[Spanish Inquisition]] (1478-1834): Torquemada alone is estimated to be responsible for about 10,000 executions.<ref name="religionofpeace"/>
*Lisbon Massacre (1506): Incited by the preaching of local Dominican friars, Portuguese Christians lynched between 500 and 4,000 people who they believed to be Jewish converts to Christianity.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313213307 The Massacre of the New Christians of Lisbon in 1506: A New Eyewitness Account]</ref>
*Polotsk drownings (1518): Ivan the Terrible ordered his soldiers to drown 300 Jews to death for refusing to convert to Christianity.<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/polotsk Polotsk] ''Jewish Virtual Library''</ref>
*Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan (1520): Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado ordered the unprovoked massacre of many thousands of Aztec citizens due to his revulsion towards one of their religious festivals.<ref>[https://www.historycrunch.com/massacre-of-aztec-in-the-great-temple.html#/ Massacre of Aztecs in the Great Temple]. ''History Crunch.''</ref><ref>{{wpa|Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan|}}</ref>
*The German Peasant's War (1524-1525): German peasants inspired by the ideals of the [[Protestant Reformation]] rose up against the Catholic Church, resulting in a war that killed 100,000 people.<ref>[https://www.thoughtco.com/german-peasants-war-4150166 German Peasants War (1524 – 1525): Uprising of the Poor] ''ThoughtCo''</ref>
*Massacre of Cajamarca (1532): Spanish conquistadores executed an entire army of the Inca Empire during an unprovoked attack, including Inca ruler Atahualpa.<ref>[https://www.thoughtco.com/capture-of-inca-atahualpa-2136546 The Capture of Inca Atahualpa]. ''ThoughtCo.''</ref> This began the near-total destruction of Inca culture and religion. 
*The Münster Rebellion (1534): Anabaptists took over the city of Münster and turned it into a brutal theocracy; local Catholics responded by killing 600 people and torturing the movement's three leaders to death.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.de/20180503/muenster-theocracy-history-anabaptists The gruesome story of a radical Isis-like movement that once ruled Münster] ''The Local''</ref>
*Pilgrimage of Grace (1536-37): Responding to a revolt in northern England in protest of his religious policy, King Henry VIII broke the truce he established with the rebels and executed several hundred people, some by dismemberment.<ref>[https://www.thevintagenews.com/2022/03/02/henry-viii-brutal-executions/?edg-c=1&Exc_D_LessThanPoint002_p1=1 The Most Brutal Executions Ordered By Henry VIII], ''The Vintage News'']</ref>
*Portuguese Inquisition (1536-1821): not as bloody as some historians consider the Spanish Inquisition, but around 40,000 executions are believed to have taken place.<ref>[https://janetpanic.com/how-many-christians-were-killed-by-the-inquisition/#How_many_people_were_killed_in_the_Portuguese_Inquisition How many people were killed by the Inquisition?] ''Janet Panic''</ref>
*Mérindol massacre (1545): Francis I of France ordered the deaths of thousands of Waldenisan heretics in Provence in an unprovoked attack against civilians.<ref>https://perfectlyprovence.co/merindol-massacre-provence-history Understanding The Merindol Massacre and Provence’s Dark Religious History]. ''Perfectly Provence.''</ref>
*Marian Persecutions (1553-1558): "Bloody" Mary I of England began a persecution campaign against Protestants following her ascension to the throne. Protestants were ordered to either go into exile or convert to Catholicism, with at least 287 Protestant martyrs being burned alive. See ''{{wpl|Foxe's Book of Martyrs}}'' for a supposed full list of Protestants executed during this period.
*French Wars of Religion (1562-1598): a long series of wars between French Catholics and French Huguenots (Calvinists) which tore the country apart for decades. The wars notably featured numerous massacres carried out against civilians by religious fanatics. Between 2,000,000 and 4,000,000 people were killed as a result of war, famine, and disease.<ref>[https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory/chapter/the-french-wars-of-religion/ The French Wars of Religion]. ''Lumen Learning.''</ref>
**Massacre of Wassy (1562): Francis, Duke of Guise ordered 63 Huguenot worshippers to be murdered without cause out of personal anger, inciting the religious wars.<ref>{{wpa|Massacre of Vassy|}}</ref>
**Massacre of Sens (1562): French Catholics celebrated Easter in 1562 by tying about 100 Huguenots to poles and drowning them in the Yonne river.<ref>{{wpa|Massacre of Sens|}}</ref>
**Toulouse riots (1562 again): Huguenots and Catholics clashed violently over the span of a week, killing 3,000 to 5,000 people.<ref>{{wpa|1562 Riots of Toulouse|}}</ref>
**Bartholomew's Day Massacre (1572): 30,000 Protestants dead.<ref>Chadwick, Henry; Evans, G. R. (1987). Atlas of the Christian church. London: Macmillan. p. 113. ISBN 0-333-44157-5.</ref> This was the largest massacre of the wars and occurred across the country. It also notably occurred in between the religious wars, making it even more galling for happening during peacetime.
*Massacre in [[Florida]] (1565): Spanish colonial troops massacred about 200 French colonists in Florida, only sparing the Catholics.<ref>[http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/spanishmassacre.htm The Spanish Massacre the French in Florida, 1565.] ''Eyewitness to History''</ref>
*The Spanish Terror (1572-79): During the [[Eighty Years War]], Spanish armies destroyed multiple Dutch Protestant cities to put down religious/nationalist rebels, killing more than 8,000.<ref>{{wpl|Spanish Fury|}}</ref><ref>[https://www.military-history.org/articles/the-dutch-war-of-independence.htm The Dutch War of Independence] ''Military History Matters''</ref>
*[[Thirty Years War]] (1618-1648): Tensions between the Catholic Holy Roman Emperor and various Protestant states spiraled into a devastating continental war that killed between five and ten million people.<ref>White, Matthew. [http://necrometrics.com/pre1700a.htm#30YrW "The Thirty Years' War (1618-48)".] Necrometrics. ND.</ref>
**The Sack of Magdeburg (1631): Imperial Catholic armies destroyed the city of Magdeburg, killing 20,000 Protestants.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Magdeburg Battle of Magdeburg] ''Britannica''</ref>
* The Ulster Massacres (1641): Irish Catholics rose up against the English in 1641, in the process slaughtering 4-12,000 Protestants.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-11605241 Bloody history of the 1641 rebellion is published online] ''BBC News''</ref>
** The Protestants later got their revenge thanks to Oliver Cromwell's notoriously brutal conquest of Ireland. Cromwell and many of his army were Puritans who considered all Roman Catholics to be heretics, and so for them the conquest was partly a crusade. 40% of Ireland's pre-war population died.<ref>[https://www.historyireland.com/cromwell/how-many-died-during-cromwells-campaign/ How many died during Cromwell’s campaign?] ''History Ireland''</ref> Cromwell is still a hated figure in Ireland.
*Chmielnicki Pogrom (1648): Cossacks under Bohdan Chmielnicki rose up against Polish rule in Ukraine, in the process attempting to exterminate all Jews in the region and killing at least 100,000 people.<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/chmielnicki-khmelnitski-bogdan-x00b0 Bogdan Chmielnicki] ''Jewish Virtual Library''</ref>
*Massacre of Uman (1768): Ukrainian Cossacks rising up again against Polish rule in 1768 massacred many thousands of Jews, Catholics, and Uniates near Kiev.<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/uman Uman]. ''Jewish Virtual Library.''</ref>
*The Gordon Riots (1780): British Protestant opposition to the Catholic Relief Act of 1778, which lifted legal restrictions on civil rights for Catholics, sparked destructive riots across London that resulted in 285 deaths.<ref>[https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/gordon-riots/ The Gordon Riots: how an anti-Catholic petition escalated into the most destructive riots in London’s history]. ''History Extra.''</ref>
*First Massacre of Machecoul (1793): Angered by conscription and by the restriction of the privileges of Catholic clergy during the [[French Revolution]], French Catholic zealots rose up and slaughtered hundreds of suspected republican sympathizers.

==Nineteenth century==
* The Constantinople Massacre (1821): orchestrated by the authorities of the Ottoman Empire against the Greek community of Constantinople (modern Istanbul) in retaliation for the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence.<ref>{{wpa|Constantinople massacre of 1821|}}</ref> As soon as the first news of the Greek uprising reached the Ottoman capital, there occurred mass executions, pogrom-type attacks, destruction of churches, and looting of the properties of the city's Greek population. The events culminated with the hanging of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Gregory V.
** Not to be outdone by the Turks, the Greeks after capturing the city of Tripolitsa (Tripoli) in 1821 showed everyone how it's properly done. Up to 30,000 Muslims were killed and the whole Jewish population was wiped out.<ref>{{wpa|Siege of Tripolitsa|}}</ref>
*Haun's Hill massacre (1838): A Missouri mob murdered 17 Mormons acting on an "Extermination Order" issued by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs.<ref>[http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/10/hauns-mill-massacre] ''Today I Found Out''</ref>
* The [[Taiping Rebellion]] (1850-1864) saw the Christian cult known as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom commit atrocities against the Manchus during their rebellion against the Qing dynasty. The conflict saw upwards of 20 million people killed.<ref>[https://www.facinghistory.org/nanjing-atrocities/nation-building/seeds-unrest-taiping-movement Seeds of Unrest: The Taiping Movement] ''Facing History''</ref>
** Battle of Nanjing (1853): Taiping forces executed or expelled the entire population of Nanjing following the city's capture in 1853.<ref>[https://www.thecollector.com/the-taiping-rebellion-the-bloodiest-civil-war-youve-never-heard-of/ The Taiping Rebellion: The Bloodiest Civil War You’ve Never Heard of] ''The Collector''</ref>
** Tianjing Incident (1856): Internal conflicts led to Taiping forces under Wei Changhui slaughtering military leader Yang Xiuquing, his children and 54 servants and concubines,<ref>[https://radiichina.com/this-day-in-history-the-tianjing-incident-or-why-its-never-a-good-idea-to-make-all-of-your-subordinates-kings/ This day in history: The Tianjing Incident, or “Why it’s never a good idea to make all of your subordinates kings”] ''Radii China''</ref> along with thousands of supporters.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shi-Dakai Biography of Shi Dakai] ''Britannica''</ref>
*Bloody Monday (1855): Riots instigated and targeted against the Irish- and German-American communities by the anti-Catholic "Know Nothing" Party in Louisville, Kentucky resulted in 22 deaths.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23377216 The Louisville Riots of August, 1855]. Hutcheon, Wallace S. ''The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society''. Vol. 69, No. 2 (April, 1971), pp. 150-172.</ref>
* Indian Mutiny (1857): A violent rebellion by Hindu and Muslim soldiers killed at least 6,000 people,<ref group=note>Not counting the hundreds of thousands of Indians killed during that period</ref> partly in response to rumors that the British were using pig and cow fat in cartridge grease.
* Mountain Meadows massacre (1857): Mormon militia killed up to 140 unarmed members of the Baker-Fancher emigrant wagon train.<ref>[https://www.famous-trials.com/mountainmeadows/936-home The Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 and the Trials of John D. Lee: An Account] ''Famous Trials''.</ref>
*Russian Tsarist pogroms (first wave, 1881-4): A wave of violence targeted Jews in southwest Imperial Russia, featuring mass rapes and killing an unknown-but-high number of Jews.<ref>[https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/what-were-pogroms/https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/what-were-pogroms/ What Were Pogroms?] ''My Jewish Learning''</ref>
*Hamidian massacres (1894-1896): Sultan Abdul Hamid II ordered Turkish forces to kill Armenian Christians across the Ottoman Empire, killing some 300,000 people.<ref>Charny, Israel W. (1999). Encyclopedia of genocide (illustrated ed.). ABC-CLIO. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-87436-928-1.</ref>

==Twentieth century==
[[File:Pogrom de Chisinau - 1903 - 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Victims of the 1903 Kishinev pogrom.]]
*Bud Dajo Massacre (1906): US forces massacred about 900 Moro Muslims with artillery in the [[Philippines]] during operations to counter Muslim anti-colonial insurgency.<ref>[https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/moro-insurgents-1906/ US soldiers pose with the bodies of Moro insurgents, Philippines, 1906]. ''Rare Historical Photos.''</ref> 
*Russian Tsarist pogroms (second wave, 1903-06): A wave of pogroms killed at least 2,500 people.<ref>Weinberg, Robert. The Revolution of 1905 in Odessa: Blood on the Steps. 1993, p. 164.</ref> It's likely that the Russian state press helped instigate the violence to distract from the disastrous failures of the Russo-Japanese War.<ref>[http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/beyond-the-pale/english/36.html The Pogroms of 1903 - 1906]</ref> 
*Adana massacre (1909): Pogroms target Armenian Christians, resulting in 20,000 to 30,000 deaths.<ref>Adalian, Rouben Paul (2012). "The Armenian Genocide". In Totten, Samuel; Parsons, William S. (eds.). Century of Genocide. Routledge. pp. 117–56. ISBN 9780415871914. Retrieved 28 August 2013.</ref>
* Late Ottoman Genocides (1912-22): Took place before and during [[World War I]].
**{{wpl|Armenian Genocide|}} (1915-1917): Turkish forces killed between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians.
**{{wpl|Greek Genocide|}} (1913-23): Turkish forces killed between 450,000 and 750,000 Greek Christians.
**{{wpl|Seyfo|Genocide of Syriac Christians|}} (1912-23): Turkish forces killed between 200,000 and 275,000 people.
*Lvov pogrom (1918): Polish militias murdered about 150 people in the chaos of the Polish-Ukrainian War.<ref>Antisemitism and its opponents in modern Poland. Cornell University Press. pp. 127–129, 133–137, 143. ISBN 9780801489693.</ref>
*Azerbaijan genocides (1918): Christian Armenian nationalists slaughtered 50,000 people, including Jews and Azerbaijani Muslims.<ref>[https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/azerbaijanis-remember-victims-of-march-genocide-by-armenian-nationalists-2019-3-31-27/ Azerbaijanis Remember Victims Of March Genocide By Armenian Nationalists] ''Caspian News''</ref>
*Pinsk massacre (1919): Polish forces murdered 35 Jews over religion and fears of "Jewish-Bolshevism".<ref>{{wpa|Pinsk massacre|}}</ref>
*Hebron massacre (1929): Arab religious leaders incited Muslims to massacre 67 Jews in British [[Palestine]] in 1929.<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-hebron-massacre-of-1929 The Hebron Massacre]. ''Jewish Virtual Library.''</ref>
*1929 Palestine riots: Muslim and Jewish disputes over access to holy sites in [[Jerusalem]] escalated into mass religious riots that left 133 Jews and 116+ Arabs dead.<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/photographs-from-1929-arab-riots Pre-State Israel: Photographs from 1929 Arab Riots]. ''Jewish Virtual Library.''</ref> 
*{{wpl|Simele massacre|}} (1933): Iraqi forces machine-gunned or executed some 6,000 Assyrian Christians in 1933.
*[[Ustaše]] massacres (1941-45): committed by the Catholic [[fascist]] group  during [[World War II]] and were explicitly motivated by a desire to promote a "Holy Croatia" by exterminating Eastern Orthodox Serbs.<ref>[https://allthatsinteresting.com/ustase Meet The Ustaše, The Brutal Nazi Allies Even Hitler Couldn’t Control]. ''All That's Interesting.''</ref> They mass murdered upwards of 300,000 Serbians, 30,000 Jews, and 29,000 Gypsies throughout their four-year reign of terror.
**{{wpl|Gudovac massacre|}} (1941): Firing squads mass murdered some 190 Serbs in 1941.
**{{wpl|Glina massacres|}} (1941): Paramilitaries murdered Serbs who would not convert to Catholicism, shooting them or burning them inside church buildings, killing about 2,400.
**{{wpl|Banski Grabovac massacre|}} (1941): Summary executions of 1,200 Serbs.
**The {{wpl|Garavice|Garavice extermination site|}} was used by the Ustaše as a place to murder between 12,000 and 15,000 people and dump their corpses throughout 1941.
**The Jasenovac death camp, where the Ustaše murdered between 77,000 and 99,000 people between 1941 and 1945 through methods that included knifing, smashing skulls with mallets, and [[torture]] to death.<ref>[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jasenovac Jasenovac]. ''US Holocaust Memorial Museum.''</ref><ref>{{wpa|Jasenovac concentration camp|}}</ref> 
**The {{wpl|Stara Gradiška concentration camp|Stara Gradiška death camp|}}, where the Ustaše murdered an estimated 12,800 people.
*King David Hotel bombing (1946): Jewish extremists killed 91 people in an attack on the British headquarters in Palestine.<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/bombing-of-the-king-david-hotel The Irgun: Bombing of the King David Hotel] ''Jewish Virtual Library''</ref>
*Indian Partition (1947): Millions of Muslims, [[Hinduism|Hindus]] and [[Sikhism|Sikhs]] were killed during the partition of [[India]] in tit-for-tat massacres between all three, with a total death toll of up to two million.<ref>Talbot, Ian; Singh, Gurharpal (2009), The Partition of India, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-85661-4 p. 2</ref> 
*[[The Troubles]] (~late 1960s-1998): In large part a religious civil war,<ref>[http://www.lejournalinternational.info/en/northern-ireland-religious-war-or-social-conflict/ Northern Ireland : religious war or social conflict?] ''Le Journal International''</ref> the conflict in Northern Ireland resulted in 3,500 deaths, of which 1,785 were civilian.<ref>[https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/sutton/tables/Status.html "Sutton Index of Deaths".] Sutton, Malcom. Conflict Archive on the Internet.</ref>
*Malisbong Massacre (1974): Filipino armed forces murdered about 1,500 Moro Muslims inside a mosque.<ref>[https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2014/09/1500-moro-massacre-victims-during-martial-law-honored/ 1,500 Moro massacre victims during Martial Law honored] ''Minda News''</ref>
*Various crimes against humanity in the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990):
**{{wpl|Karantina Massacre|}} (1976): Lebanese Christian militias murdered 1,500 people in a Palestinian slum district.
**{{wpl|Damour Massacre|}} (1976): Palestinian militias murdered the residents of a Christian town south of Beirut in retaliation for the Karantina Massacre, killing between 150 and 582 people.
**The Sabra and Shatila Massacre (1982): Israel allowed a Lebanese Christian militia to enter a Palestinian refugee camp; the militia proceeded to massacre at least 800 civilians.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/opinion/a-preventable-massacre.html A Preventable Massacre] ''New York Times''</ref>
**Tel el-Zaatar Massacre (1976): Lebanese Christian militias attacked a Palestinian refugee camp, killing between 1,000 and 1,500.<ref>[https://civilsociety-centre.org/sir/fall-tal-el-zaatar-and-jisr-el-basha Fall of Tal el-Zaatar and Jisr el-Basha] ''Civil Society Knowledge Centre''</ref> 
*Guatemalan genocide (1981-83): Paramilitaries under [[Efraín Ríos Montt]]'s government massacred indigenous Mayan villagers, killing almost 200,000.<ref>[https://www.ijmonitor.org/efrain-rios-montt-and-mauricio-rodriguez-sanchez-background/ Jose Efrain Rios Montt] ''International Justice Monitor''</ref>
*Temple Mount killings (1990): Israeli security forces killed 17 Palestinians during a religious riot near the Al-Aqsa mosque holy site.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Report|date=1991 |title=The Haram Al-Sharif (Temple Mount) Killings|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2537210 |journal=Journal of Palestine Studies |volume=20 |issue= 2|pages=134–159|doi=10.1080/07329113.2017.1388100 |s2cid=220316137 |access-date=November 6, 2020}}</ref>
*Algerian Civil War (1992-2002): [[Islamic fundamentalist]]s killed about 60,000 people.<ref>[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-06-18-1997169101-story.html Killing sprees rip apart Algeria Rebellion] ''The Baltimore Sun''</ref>
*Cave of the Patriarchs massacre (1994): Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish extremist, committed a mass shooting during Muslim prayers at a holy site in [[Palestine]], killing 29 and injuring 125.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-decades-after-massacre-hebron-is-still-hurting/ Two decades after massacre, Hebron is still hurting]. ''Times of Israel.''</ref>
* Bosnian Genocide (1992-95): Serbs in Bosnia attempted to exterminate Bosnian Muslims during the [[Yugoslav Wars]], resulting in a civilian death toll of around 200,000.<ref>[https://borgenproject.org/10-facts-about-the-bosnian-genocide/ 10 Facts about the Bosnian Genocide]. ''Borgen Project.''</ref>
**The Srebrenica massacre (1995) alone saw Serbs murder more than 8,000 Bosniaks.<ref>[https://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/cases/bosnia-herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina] ''US Holocaust Memorial Museum.''</ref>

==Twenty-first century==
[[File:Fireball erupting in the South Tower (88181088).jpg|thumb|right|The World Trade Center is destroyed on 9/11.]]
*[[9/11]] (2001): [[Al Qaeda]] terrorist attack in the [[United States]] that killed 2,977 and was motivated by religious anger at non-Muslim US forces based near Islamic holy sites in [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref>[https://theconversation.com/9-11-anniversary-understanding-extremist-motives-could-stop-further-violence-83773 9/11 anniversary: Understanding extremist motives could stop further violence]. ''The Conversation.''</ref>
*2002 Gujarat riots: Hindus and Muslims clashed for days in Gujarat, killing about 1,000, many of whom were burnt alive.<ref>[https://thediplomat.com/2022/04/they-burnt-my-parents-alive-gujarat-riots-still-haunt-victims/ ‘They Burnt My Parents Alive’: Gujarat Riots Still Haunt Victims]. ''The Diplomat.''</ref>
*[[Iraq War]] (2003--2011): President [[George W. Bush]] claimed that God told him to "end tyranny in Iraq".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/07/iraq.usa George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq'] ''The Guardian''</ref> The war and the resulting chaos has claimed the lives of over 182,000 civilians and counting.<ref>[https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/civilians/iraqi Iraqi Civilians] ''Costs of War''</ref>
* Routine executions and [[honor killings]] in the [[Middle East]] in the name of tribal morality.
* [[7/7]] (2005): Islamic terrorists carried out suicide bombings in four different parts of [[London]], killing 52 people.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/7-7-bombings-london-anniversary-live-the-52-victims-of-the-london-terror-attacks-remembered-10369569.html 7/7 bombings: Who were the 52 victims of the London terror attacks?] ''The Independent''</ref>
* Muslims persecute and murder Christians during the [[Arab Spring]], currently ongoing in [[Egypt]] and [[Syria]].
* Various horrible massacres committed by [[DAESH]] (2014-ongoing): 
** {{wpl|Yazidi genocide|}} (2014): DAESH launched a genocidal campaign of genocidal massacres and mass rape against the Yazidis of Kurdistan, killing 3,100 people and 6,800 women and girls to become sex slaves.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-yazidis-idUSKBN18527I/ Nearly 10,000 Yazidis killed, kidnapped by Islamic State in 2014, study finds]. ''Reuters.''</ref>
**Badush prison massacre (2014): DAESH forces killed about 1,000 [[Shia]] Muslim prisoners (DAESH is composed of [[Sunni]] fundamentalists) in Mosul.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/isil-committed-war-crimes-at-mosul-prison-un-investigation-finds ISIL committed war crimes at Mosul prison, UN investigation finds]. ''Al Jazeera.''</ref>
**Camp Speicher massacre (2014): DAESH forces captured and massacred about 1,500 Iraqi Shia air force cadets in Tikrit.<ref>[https://www.unitad.un.org/news/five-year-anniversary-camp-speicher-massacre-12th-june Five year anniversary of Camp Speicher massacre on 12th June]. '' United Nations
Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL (UNITAD)''.</ref>
**2015 Sadr City truck bombing: In Sadr City, Baghdad, a DAESH bomb attack targeted at Shia Muslims killed 76 people.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-violence-idUSKCN0QI0DE20150813/ Islamic State claims huge truck bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City]. ''Reuters.''</ref>
** {{wpl|Metrojet Flight 9268}} (2015): Russian airliner blown up over Egypt with 224 people aboard. The Egyptian wing of DAESH claimed responsibility<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014736/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/National/Terrorism/article1630319.ece Plane bombing mastermind unmasked as Egyptian cleric], ''The Sunday Times''</ref> (the Egyptian government disputes this).<ref>[https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/04/deadly-russian-plane-crash-not-terrorism-egypt-says-a69511 Deadly Russian Plane Crash 'Not Terrorism,' Egypt Says], ''The Moscow Times''</ref>
** 2015 Beirut bombing: Two DAESH suicide bombers killed 43 people in an attack on a Shia mosque. A third bomber was killed by the second explosion before he could detonate his vest.<ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/world/41-killed-200-wounded-in-beirut-twin-blasts-is-claims-responsibility-2504508.html 43 killed, 239 wounded in Beirut twin blasts; Islamic State claims responsibility]</ref>
** 2015 Paris attacks: DAESH militants carried out a series of shootings and suicide bombings across Paris leaving 130 dead, with the deadliest attack being a shooting at the Bataclan theatre which killed 90.<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1120/747897-paris/ Paris attacks death toll rises to 130], RTE News</ref>
** 2016 Brussels bombings: Suicide bombers in Brussels killed 32 people and injured over 300.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35869985 Brussels explosions: What we know about airport and metro attacks], ''BBC News''</ref>
**2016 Karrada bombings: a coordinated series of terrorist bombings by DAESH in Karrada, a Shia Muslim district of Baghdad, killed 382.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320094214/https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/12/world/iraq-terrorism-faceless-victims/index.html  In Iraq, thousands of terrorism’s victims go unnamed]. ''CNN.''</ref>
**2016 Kabul bombing: a suicide bombing targeted at Afghanistan's ethnic Hazara minority killed 80 people, was claimed by DAESH.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/23/hazara-minority-targeted-by-suicide-bombs-at-kabul-protest Isis claims responsibility for Kabul bomb attack on Hazara protesters]. ''The Guardian.''</ref> 
** Palm Sunday Bombings (2017): two suicide bombings in Egyptian churches, claimed by DAESH, killed 45 Christians.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/04/12/egypt-horrific-palm-sunday-bombings Egypt: Horrific Palm Sunday Bombings]. ''Human Rights Watch.''</ref>
*Peshawar School Massacre (2014): The Taliban attacked a school in Pakistan, killing 141 people, 132 of whom were children.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180304021728/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-peshawar-school-shooting-massacre-what-has-changed-happened-three-years-a8113661.html Pakistan: Three years after 140 died in the Peshawar school massacre, what has changed?] ''The Independent''. Archived.</ref>
*Charlie Hebdo attacks (2015): Islamist gunmen killed 17 people across [[France]]'s Paris Region a shit-fit response to the publication of a satirical cartoon of [[Muhammad]] by ''Charlie Hebdo''; [[Al Qaeda]] in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-shooting-aqap-idUSKBN0KN0VO20150114/ Al Qaeda claims French attack, derides Paris rally]. ''Reuters.'' January 14, 2015.</ref>
*[[Pulse Nightclub shooting]] (2016): Islamic terrorist Omar Mateen killed 49 people in a [[mass shooting]] at an Orlando gay bar.
*{{wpl|Rohingya genocide|}} (2017-ongoing): The [[Buddhist]] nationalist<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/24/rohingya-flee-to-bangladesh-to-escape-myanmar-military-strikes Myanmar seeking ethnic cleansing, says UN official as Rohingya flee persecution]. ''The Guardian.'' 24 Nov 2016.</ref> regime of [[Burma]] initiated a military crackdown, then an [[ethnic cleansing]] campaign, and then genocide against the country's Muslim minority.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/08/24/myanmar-no-justice-no-freedom-rohingya-5-years Myanmar: No Justice, No Freedom for Rohingya 5 Years On]. ''Human Rights Watch.'' 24 August 2022.</ref> A 2022 [[United States]] estimated 9,000 deaths and over 1 million displaced.<ref>Lara Jakes. [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/us/politics/myanmar-genocide-biden.html Myanmar’s Military Committed Genocide Against Rohingya, U.S. Says]. ''New York Times.'' 21 March 2022. [https://archive.is/8iTQU Archived].</ref>
*{{wpl|14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings|2017 Al Shabaab truck bombings in Mogadishu|}}, [[Somalia]] killed at least 537.
*Sri Lanka Easter bombings (2019): ISIS-aligned suicide bombers attacked churches in Sri Lanka, killing 253 people.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48059328 Sri Lanka attacks: Death toll revised down by 'about 100'] ''BBC''</ref>
*2019 [[Boko Haram]] attack: mass shooting at a Nigerian funeral in 2019 killed at least 65 people.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/28/africa/boko-haram-attack-nigeria/index.html Suspected Boko Haram attack on a funeral leaves 65 dead in Nigeria, official says]. ''CNN.''</ref>
*A series of attacks in 2020 by the [[Lord's Resistance Army]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] left many civilians dead or missing and displaced hundreds more.<ref>[https://www.nyamile.com/news/escalation-of-attacks-by-lord-resistance-army-of-joseph-kony-displace-drc-civilians-into-south-sudan/ Escalation of attacks by Lord Resistance Army of Joseph Kony displace DRC civilians into South Sudan] ''Nyamile''</ref>
*Kabul Airport bombing (2021): a suicide attack by ISIS-K during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 left at least 182 people dead, including 13 US soldiers.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/bombings-evacuations-kabul-bb32ec2b65b54ec24323e021c9b4a553 American forces keep up airlift under high threat warnings] ''Associated Press''</ref>
*Crackdown on the {{wpl|Mahsa Amini protests|}} (2022-23): Protests in [[Iran]] over Mahsa Amini's murder at the hands of the Iranian morality police were violently suppressed by the government, resulting in at least 500 deaths.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/irans-protests-crushed-mahsa-aminis-death-still-felt-year-later-world-rcna105003 Iran's protests have been crushed, but Mahsa Amini’s death is still felt a year later around the world]. ''NBC News.''</ref>
*{{wpl|Crocus City Hall attack|Krasnogorsk massacre|}} (2024): ISIS-K terrorists committed a mass shooting and arson attack in a Moscow concert hall that killed 145 people.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68645755 What we know about attack on a Moscow concert hall]. ''BBC News.'' 9 April 2024.</ref>
*{{wpl|2024 Barsalogho attack|}} An al-Qaeda affiliate group swept through a town in Burkina Faso and gunned down about 600 people during a period of worsening jihadist violence in the region.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/04/africa/burkina-faso-massacre-600-dead-french-intel-intl/index.html  Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment]. ''CNN World.'' October 4, 2024 .</ref>

==Massacres in the name of secular humanism==
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[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Religion]]

==See also==
*[[Examples of God personally killing people]]
*[[List of actions prohibited by the Qur'an]]
*[[List of actions prohibited by the Bible]]
*[[No True Scotsman]] — the most likely form of [[denialism]] by the [[faith]]ful when confronted about modern massacres in their faith's name

==Notes==
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==References==
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