Atrocities

A list of human atrocities committed in the name of religion (or none).

Date	In whose name?	Cost in Lives	Details
22 Mar 2001	Islam	0 known	Taliban destruction of images of Buddha in Afghanistan [USA Today]
1850	Buddhism	156+	Human sacrifices in Buddhist Burma [listverse]
1800-1840	Thuggee	<2 million	Human Sacrifices by Indian Thuggee [listverse]
11 Sep 1857	Mormonism	120+	Mormon militia attack convey thinking US Army was coming to invade Utah to put down mormonism [listverse]
11 Sep 2001	Islam	2996	Destruction of the World Trade Centre, NYC.
7 Sep 2005	Islam	52	Tube bombings in London [BBC News]
1184-1230s	Roman Catholic	Unknown	Inquisition [listverse]
1850	Buddhism	156+	Human sacrifices in Buddhist Burma [listverse]
1600s	Puritan Christians	24+	Killing of Quakers and suspected Witches [listverse]
1428-1521	Aztec	1 860 000	20 000 sacrifices per year [listverse]
1939-1945	None, Anti-Judaism	4.1-5.8 million	Nazi Holocaust. Should mention it included non Jewish peoples too (These number an additional 5.9 million) [Holocaust History]
1495-1535	Christianity	3-4 million	Spanish killing of the Incas [Third World History]
20th century	Christianity	3466	Northern Ireland Troubles. Includes security forces killed [Wesley Johnston]
1649	Puritan Christian	4000	Ireland invasion by Cromwell. Drogheda siege 4000. [Doyle]

Other sources:

Religion’s death toll

Third World History, Pestilence and Genocide from the American Holocaust