Ethiopia mosque ban: ‘Our sacred city of Aksum must be protected’
Source: BBC News By Hana Zeratsyon For Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians, the ancient city of Aksum is a sacred place, home to the Biblical Queen of Sheba and Ark of the […]
Greece: Athens mosque likely to open in September
Source: Associated Press By RAPHAEL KOMINIS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s education and religion minister says the country’s long-delayed first state-sponsored mosque is likely to begin operating in September, about […]
New Haven mosque struggles to resume Ramadan rituals after arson attack
Source: Religion News Service By Rhonda Roumani NEW HAVEN, Conn. (RNS) — A week after an arson attack left the imposing Diyanet Mosque of New Haven uninhabitable, nearly three dozen […]
Revealed: new evidence of China’s mission to raze the mosques of Xinjiang
Source: The Guardian By Lily Kuo in Beijing Around this time of the year, the edge of the Taklamakan desert in far western China should be overflowing with people. For decades, every spring […]
Prince William visits Christchurch massacre mosque
Source: CNN By Bard Wilkinson, CNN (CNN)Britain’s Prince William has visited a mosque in New Zealand where 42 people were killed in March, saying “the forces of love will always prevail over […]
‘Eco mosque’ opens for prayers in Cambridge, UK
Source: BBC News The architects behind the UK’s “first green mosque” say the building will be a “cultural bridge” for Islam in Britain in the 21st Century. Cambridge Central Mosque, […]
New Zealand massacre suspect charged with 49 more mosque murders
Source: Reuters BY Praveen Menon CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) – Australian Brenton Tarrant appeared in a New Zealand court on Friday where the suspected white supremacist was charged with an additional 49 […]
Dalai Lama lauds New Zealand PM for handling mosque attacks
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — The Dalai Lama on Thursday praised New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her compassionate handling of a recent attack […]
Mosque massacre suspect to face 89 charges in court Friday
Source: Associated Press By Nick Perry WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The man accused of carrying out the Christchurch mosque attacks will face 50 murder charges and 39 attempted murder […]
Silent crowd listens to mosque victims’ names at New Zealand memorial
Source: Reuters By Charlotte Greenfield CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (Reuters) – Thousands stood in silence in a Christchurch park on Friday as the names of 50 people shot dead in two mosques […]
A California mosque was set ablaze in ‘clear homage’ to the New Zealand terrorist attack
Source: The Washington Post By Isaac Stanley-Becker The Muslim community in Escondido, Calif., gathered a week ago for an interfaith prayer vigil, insisting that a distance of nearly 7,000 miles did […]
Edmonton’s Al-Hadi mosque hosts open-day whilst celebrating Maseeh-e-Maood Day
Source: edmontonjournal.com | DYLAN SHORT Al-Hadi mosque opens its doors in the wake of New Zealand violence The Al-Hadi mosque in central southeast Edmonton opened its doors this weekend to educate and show thanks to the community in the wake of an anti-Islamic mass shooting in New Zealand. March 23 is […]
Ahmadi Muslim survivors of May 2010 mosque attacks in Pakistan overwhelmed by New Zealand’s reaction
Source: nzherald.co.nz Two surviviors of vicious mosque attacks nine years ago have been overwhelmed by the solidarity and warmth shown by New Zealanders – something they didn’t receive in their own country. Zulfiqar Ahmad, 34, and Mirza Ahmad, 38, were attending Friday prayer at two different mosques in Lahore in […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Bait-ul-Atta Mosque Hosts Liverpool Hope University Students & Staff
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Bait-ul-Atta Mosque Hosts Liverpool Hope University About 18 students and 3 lecturers visited Baitul Atta Mosque on 21st March 2019 in Wolverhampton. The student arrived at 3pm and left by 5pm. The programme included presentation of True Islam Ahmadiyya which followed up by question and answer sessions from students […]
Thousands of New Zealanders join Muslims in Friday prayers a week after mass shooting
Source: The Washington Post By Anna Fifield CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — It has been a week since a gunman spouting anti-immigrant hate stormed into two mosques in Christchurch, killing 50 people […]
American Muslims anxiously consider security needs at mosques after New Zealand shooting
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein , Sarah Pulliam Bailey , Alexandra Baumhardt and Julie Zauzmer As American Muslims mourned the 49 worshipers killed in attacks on two New Zealand mosques, new ripples of fear […]
Bangladesh cricket team escape shooting at Christchurch mosque
Source: BBC News Bangladesh cricketers were “minutes” from being inside a mosque in which a fatal mass shooting in New Zealand took place, says team manager Khaled Mashud. Players and coaching staff […]
Finding a Place in Women’s Mosques
Source: The Atlantic By Doreen Carvajal PARIS — These are heady times for Kahina Bahloul, organizer of a women’s mosque in France, a country that is home to the largest […]
9th Circuit revives Muslims’ lawsuit charging FBI with spying at mosques
Source: Los Angeles Times By MAURA DOLAN A federal appeals court decided unanimously Thursday to revive much of a proposed class-action lawsuit brought by Southern California Muslims against the FBI that […]
Call to prayer is a daily reminder of Turkey’s religious and political shift
Source: Los Angeles Times By Umar Farooq Five times a day, the loudspeakers affixed to the spires of some 90,000 state-run mosques crackle to life, and the Islamic call to […]
