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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Religious Fanaticism</title>
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		<title>Israel Charges Extremist With Attempted Murder Of Messianic Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Judaism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23912"><img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/yaakov-teitel.jpg" alt="Yaakov Teitel" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Yaakov Teitel"></a> Israel has charged <a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/tag/yaakov-teitel">Jack [Yaakov] Teitel</a>, a Jewish-American extremist, with shooting to death two Palestinians and trying to kill others, including a <a href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/2-messianic-jews">Messianic Jewish</a> family, who <a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20934/messianic-jews">received a booby-trapped package</a> in March 2008 that left their son critically injured.]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish &#8216;Terrorist&#8217; Held Over Hate-Crime Spree</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23852"><img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/yaakov-teitel.jpg" alt="Yaakov Teitel" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Yaakov Teitel"></a> A Jewish settler who allegedly confessed to a 12-year spree of murderous hate-crimes has been arrested in the West Bank, <em>Sky News</em> reports.
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Yaakov "Jack" Teitel, 37, was branded a Jewish "terrorist" in the Israeli media over attacks against Palestinians, left-wing and minority Israelis and homosexuals.
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He is accused of murdering a Palestinian taxi driver and a West Bank shepherd in 1997.
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In 2008, he allegedly maimed a 15-year-old boy with a <a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20934/messianic-jews">booby-trapped present</a> because he belonged to a community of <a href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/2-messianic-jews">Jews who believe in Jesus</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US attack on TV gay icon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservative Christian groups in the United States have found a new sinner to rage against: SpongeBob SquarePants, a children&#8217;s cartoon character.
To his young fans and Nickelodeon, the television channel that broadcasts his escapades, SpongeBob is a sea sponge who lives with his pet snail, Gary, at the bottom of the sea. According to Nickelodeon, his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From faith to fanatic delusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2003 02:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Religious Fanaticism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Deseret News, Mar. 16, 2003
http://deseretnews.com/
By Carrie A. Moore, Deseret News religion editor
      With the arrest this week of a couple who allegedly believe God told them to abduct Elizabeth Smart, many Utahns are wondering again what moves people of seemingly deep religious faith into fanaticism.
      [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Story heightens perceptions of fanaticism in Utah</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2003 02:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deseret News, Mar. 16, 2003
http://deseretnews.com/
By Bob Bernick Jr. and Jerry D. Spangler, Deseret News staff writers
      Once again, Utah has been thrown into the national spotlight by a religious fanatic, this one an ex-Mormon-turned-itinerant-street-preacher who now stands accused of kidnapping teenager Elizabeth Smart.
      And although the Elizabeth Smart case ended happily, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notorious incidents over the years</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2003 02:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deseret News, Mar. 16, 2003
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By Jerry D. Spangler and Bob Bernick Jr., Deseret News staff writers
      Many homegrown zealots have turned the national media spotlight on Utah over the past 30 years, usually because of horrific murders. Among the most notorious incidents that resulted in national attention:
      1972 — Followers of [...]]]></description>
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