Two hostages, gunman dead in Sydney siege - CNN.com - 2 views
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a self-styled Muslim cleric had been holding hostages early Tuesday, killing the gunman.
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According to his social media posts, the hostage-taker appears to have embraced a radical Sunni theology.
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They were holding up a black flag with Arabic writing on it reading, "There is no God but God and Mohammed is the prophet of God."
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this relates to religious conflicts and what we have been learning in class because this event is about a sunni Muslim man who is carrying out attacks to spread the beliefs of his religion. Why did he feel the need to carry this out in a cafe in Sydney when there didn't seem to be anything threatening him or his religion?