Attacks on Places of Worship: 1562 Riots of Toulouse, 1953 Lahore Riots, 1964 East Pakistan Genocide, 2001 Jos Riots, 2002 Gujarat Violence, 2004 Un

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 112. Chapters: 1562 Riots of Toulouse, 1953 Lahore riots, 1964 East Pakistan genocide, 2001 Jos riots, 2002 Gujarat violence, 2004 unrest in Kosovo, 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, 2008 Jos riots, 2009 Gojra riots, 2010 attacks against places of worship in Malaysia, 2010 Deganga riots, 2010 East Texas church burnings, 2010 Jos riots, 2012 Hathazari Violence, Bath, Maine anti-Catholic riot of 1854, Battle of St Matthew's, Beeldenstorm, Demolition of Babri Masjid, Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites, Early Norwegian black metal scene, Gordon Riots, La Violencia, Lombard Street Riot, Maluku sectarian conflict, Maspero demonstrations, Naroda Patiya massacre, Noakhali genocide, Operation Blue Star, Philadelphia Nativist Riots, Priestley Riots, Sack of Cashel, Siege of Drogheda, St. George's Night Uprising, Ursuline Convent Riots. Excerpt: The 1562 Riots of Toulouse are a series of events (occurring largely in the span of a week) that pitted members of the Reformed Church of France (often called Huguenots) against members of the Roman Catholic Church in violent clashes that ended with the deaths of between 3,000-5,000 citizens of the French city of Toulouse. These events exhibit the tensions that would soon explode into full civil war during the French Wars of Religion. The history and political structure of Toulouse played a significant part in the tensions that led to the riots in 1562. The city of Toulouse was the capital of Languedoc which had been a stronghold for Catharism throughout the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. In an effort to stamp out what it deemed heresy, the Roman Catholic Church had called for military action against the Cathars. These campaigns are grouped under the term the Albigensian Crusade. The Catholic hierarchy also developed the Dominican Order and the Medieval Inquisition in order to expose and eliminate this belief. Some historians, such as Edgar Sanderson, believe that the inroads that the later Reformed Church of France made in the region during the 16th and 17th centuries can be traced to a general questioning of Roman Catholic authority by the people in this region, an attitude that made Catharism so difficult to exterminate. Sanderson notes "In the contest which ensued, sometimes heretics were burnt alive, at other times Inquisitors were driven out or assassinated." Also, as a result of the Catholic Church's sustained focus on the area, great attention was paid to insure that the population held views seen as acceptable to Catholic orthodoxy, and great efforts were put forward to teach that orthodoxy. These two cultural factors competing in the region (questioning authority and an intense focus on doctrine) may explain how the larger part of the population (including the Parlement of Toulouse) was staunchly Roman Catholic, but the Reformed Church members were able t