An act as old as Abel’s murder at the hands of Cain has once again come to the fore. The killing of worshippers in their places of prayer reflects the archetypal form of fratricide and poses an inexorable dilemma to people who are related to the faith of the victims and/or killers.This panel offers the first account of the Plorabunt research that Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna and Palermo is conducting on murders in places of worship worldwide, from 1982 to the present day, to create a common memory that enables a deeper historical and mutual understanding between faiths, in the face of fundamentalism’s threats.Session 1Chair: Federico Ruozzi (FSCIRE / Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)Speakers:Federico Ruozzi (FSCIRE / Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia), Introduction to Plorabunt Research: Methodology and GoalsFrancesca Badini (FSCIRE), Anna Mambelli (FSCIRE), and Adele Valeria Messina (FSCIRE / Università di Palermo), Cain and Abel: Reading Ancient Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Sources on the Archetypal Fratricide in Contemporary StudiesSilvia Cristofori (Link Campus University / FSCIRE), History of a Curse. Abuses of Genesis 9:20-27 From the Scramble for Africa to the Genocide Against the Tutsi in RwandaIlaria Macconi (FSCIRE), Missionaries Killed in Kenya: Martyrs of Faith or Victims of “Power Struggles”?Session 2Chair:Francesca Cadeddu (FSCIRE / Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia) Speakers:Luca Ferracci (FSCIRE / Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia), Caught in the Net. Evangelicals in the Crossfire Between Terrorist Violence and Military Repression in the Ayacucho Region, Peru (1982-1984)Alessia Passarelli (FSCIRE), The Attack at the Charleston Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Christians Kill Christians in the Name of?Federico Ruozzi (FSCIRE / Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia), The Mafia Kills Even in the Church. The Case of the Priest Giuseppe Diana (Casal di Principe, Caserta – 1994)Andrea Amato (FSCIRE), Dying for a Mission: The Case of Father Daniel Sysoeva (Moscow – 2009). A Reflection on the Relationship Between Christianity and Islam in Post-Soviet RussiaFrancesco Cargnelutti (FSCIRE), Delegitimizing Violence Against the Jews: The Case of al-Nahda’s Answer to International Terrorism in 21st Century TunisiaAmina El Ganadi (Università di Palermo), Taliban: From Perpetrators to Victims? The Case of the First Bomb Blast Outside a Mosque in Kabul Since the Taliban Takeover (October 2021)