{"id":433048,"date":"2017-11-01T13:58:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T13:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/01\/the-pope-condemns-somali-militant-attackers\/"},"modified":"2017-11-01T13:58:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T13:58:14","slug":"the-pope-condemns-somali-militant-attackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/01\/the-pope-condemns-somali-militant-attackers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pope \u2018condemns Somali militant attackers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-272569\">\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pope.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p>Pope Francis on Wednesday has condemned recent attacks in Somalia, Afghanistan and New York, saying militants were abusing the name of God to justify their violence, the Reuters news agency reports.<\/p>\n<p>The pontiff is quoted as saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"lx-stream-post-quote lx-stream-post-quote--default\">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__body\">\n<p>I am profoundly saddened by the terrorist attacks in these recent days in Somalia, Afghanistan and yesterday in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__cite gel-brevier gel-brevier-bold\"><cite class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__cite-name\"\/><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"lx-stream-post-quote lx-stream-post-quote--default\">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__body\">\n<p>We ask God to convert the hearts of terrorists and free the world of hatred and of mad murder that abuses the name of God to disseminate death.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__cite gel-brevier gel-brevier-bold\"><cite class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__cite-name\"\/><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There were two deadly attacks on the Somali capital, Mogadishu, last month.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday, 27 people died in an attack by al-Shabab militants.<\/p>\n<p>A lorry bomb two weeks earlier killed more than 350 people \u2013 the deadliest attack in Somalia\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-69056487\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis on Wednesday has condemned recent attacks in Somalia, Afghanistan and New York, saying militants were abusing the name of God to justify their violence, the Reuters news agency reports. 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