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Published time: 21 Oct, 2017 07:22 Early on Saturday morning, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide attack on the Shia Imam Zaman mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, Reuters reports. The blast killed at least 39 people. Islamic State did not provide evidence to support its claim, but said the […]
Published time: 19 Sep, 2017 10:55 Footage has emerged revealing the moment Muslim worshippers angrily confront police officers who entered their mosque without first removing their shoes. Police said they were called to the Townfield Mosque in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, following reports of an altercation, but found themselves embroiled in one themselves after failing to […]
Fearing backlash from the local Muslim community in Marawi, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte revoked his earlier permission for the military to bomb mosques on Mindanao island where government forces are battling an ISIS-linked insurgency. Saturday marks the 103rd day in the battle against terrorists in Marawi. On Wednesday, Duterte noted that the liberation of the […]
Thomson Reuters (Reuters) – Minnesota’s governor called the bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis the previous day “an act of terrorism” during a visit to the site on Sunday. Police in Bloomington, Minnesota, were called on Saturday at 5:05 a.m. local time about an explosion at the Dar Al Farooq mosque, after a bomb was […]
David Joles/Star Tribune via Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The FBI was searching for suspects Saturday after an explosive device detonated at a suburban Minneapolis mosque as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging a room but not causing any injuries, authorities and witnesses said. The blast happened at around 5 a.m. at the […]
Published time: 9 Jul, 2017 13:58 An 81-year-old imam has been jailed for 13 years for sexually assaulting young girls during Koran lessons at a mosque in Wales. Mohammed Haji Sadiqque was found guilty of six counts of indecent assault and eight counts of sexual assault on four girls aged between five and 11 years […]
A co-founder of Berlin’s first ‘liberal mosque’, which has allowed both men and women, including members of the LGBT community, to pray together since opening last month, has been placed under 24-hour protection after receiving hundreds of death threats. Speaking to RT, Seyran Ates, a women’s rights activist and lawyer who is one of the […]
Thomson Reuters Eight people were injured after two gunmen reportedly opened fire near a mosque in Avignon, France, on Sunday, local media are reporting. Muslim worshippers were leaving the Arrahma mosque and gathering in the street around 10:30 p.m. local time when the men, one of whom had exited a car, began opening fire, according to […]
Published time: 2 Jul, 2017 23:47 Edited time: 2 Jul, 2017 23:54 Two hooded men opened fire at people leaving a mosque injuring eight in the southern city of Avignon late in Sunday, local media reports. Police have reportedly claimed the incident is not terrorism-related. Two hooded men drove up on a Renault Clio to […]
AP Photo/Felipe Dana MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque in Mosul from where Islamic State proclaimed its self-styled caliphate three years ago, the Iraqi military said. Iraqi authorities expect the long battle for Mosul to end in the coming days as […]
