Editing Church burning

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'''Church burning''' is purposely damaging or destroying churches through [[arson]]. The activity is closely associated with [[Christophobia]], most infamously in Scandinavia. Scandinavian nations saw repeated incidents linked to black metal in the 1990s. The most infamous offender was [[Varg Vikernes]], who was also convicted of [[murder]]ing a fellow musician.

Large-scale church burnings have been common at various times throughout history. Some examples are listed below;

* Leaders such as King Nebuchadnezzar II burned down synagogues and any other theistic temple.
* Radical Jews are known to have burned Christian Churches down shortly after the year 0.
* The Roman Empire burned down the Holy Temple in 70 A.D.
* [[War crimes|War criminals]] such as [[Attila the Hun]] during the Dark Ages.
* Churches were destroyed during the Black Death due to the fear of disease.
* Europeans destroyed the worship locations of the Native Americans in the United States.
* During the [[Scramble for Africa]], temples and mosques were either destroyed or remade into another structure.
* The [[Ku Klux Klan]] burned down African-American churches, Catholic and Orthodox churches, synagogues, and mosques.
* In many African and Middle Eastern countries, Christian churches are burned down by [[Militant Islam]]ists.
* Jewish synagogues as well as Catholic and Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe were burned down by [[Nazi]]s during  [[World War II]], particularly during the ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' [[pogrom]].
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