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  • What's behind church burnings? (Shades of Bill Clinton's Arkansas)

    02/07/2006 6:14:03 PM PST · by Chi-townChief · 17 replies · 813+ views
    The Christian Science Monitor ^ | February 08, 2006 edition | Patrik Jonsson
    White churches are the most frequent targets - and crime is often the motive. ATLANTA - Three torched churches were discovered in Alabama Tuesday - the latest in a string of suspected arsons that damaged five churches in Bibb County. Investigators have not discovered any apparent motives. Four of the five churches in Bibb County - three of which burned to the ground - were white Baptist congregations. The other was black. Nationally, such patterns are not unusual. Most arson targets are white congregations, whereas mosques and synagogues get hit in much smaller numbers. In a country with more than...