The Department of Homeland Security is looking to ramp up protections for faith-based organizations and make houses of worship across the U.S. safer -- after a string of attacks of synagogues, churches and other places of worship in 2019. As such, the targeting of houses of worship by violent extremists of any ideology is particularly abhorrent and must be prevented,” he said. That request came after a series of attacks on synagogues, temples, churches and mosques, the department memo says. It also recommends the forming of an interagency working group dedicated to securing places of worship. He also led the office when it wrote the Countering Domestic Terrorism and Targeted Violence Strategy -- which includes ways to counter violence against faith-based organizations.

Source: Fox News January 04, 2020 16:07 UTC