{"id":11043,"date":"2015-10-01T07:09:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T07:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=11043"},"modified":"2015-10-01T07:09:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T07:09:22","slug":"yemen-catholic-church-set-on-fire-by-suspected-al-qaeda-militants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2015\/10\/01\/yemen-catholic-church-set-on-fire-by-suspected-al-qaeda-militants\/","title":{"rendered":"YEMEN: Catholic church set on fire by suspected al-Qaeda militants"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong><em>ACN Portugal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Masked men, allegedly belonging to al-Qaeda, two weeks ago set fire to the \u00a0Church of St. John in the city of Aden, just hours after it had been \u00a0vandalized. Fortunately there were \u00a0no casualtiesas a result of this attack, because the church was empty when the fire was started. A police officer told international news agencies that the police were convinced \u00a0that this attack had been carried out by jihadists.<\/p>\n<p>The church of St John, located in the port area of \u200b\u200bthe city, was \u00a0one of the few remaining churches that was still active in Aden. This is in stark contrast to the more than two dozen churches that existed in 1967, when the country was a British colony.<\/p>\n<p>One must bear in mind that Yemen is currently in a state of war, with violent conflict between the Shia and Sunni communities. This confrontation has already had regional repercussions as a result of the involvement of countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACN Portugal Masked men, allegedly belonging to al-Qaeda, two weeks ago set fire to the \u00a0Church of St. John in the city of Aden, just hours after it had been \u00a0vandalized. 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