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Church burning is purposely damaging or destroying churches through arson. The activity is closely associated with anti-Christianity, 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 murdering 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 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 colonization of 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 countries, Christian churches are burned down by Islamic extremists.
Jewish synagogues as well as Catholic and Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe were burned down by Nazis during WWII.

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 * 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 criminals such as Attila The Hun during the Dark Ages.
+* 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.