California mosque led by women opens doors to all
Source: Reuters By Lisa Fernandez | BERKELEY, CALIF. The second mosque in the United States led solely by women held its inaugural service in California on Friday, but unlike a […]
Local mosques open their doors to promote understanding of faith
Source: Boston Globe By Jeremy C. Fox and Aimee Ortiz Across Eastern Massachusetts Sunday, Muslims gathered, shoulder to shoulder, to begin afternoon prayers. But at the back of the room […]
Bible and rocks thrown through doors of Colorado mosque
Source: CNN By Azadeh Ansari, CNN Officials with the Islamic Center of Fort Collins said the footage shows a man throwing several large rocks and the Bible into the mosque. […]
Canada: Tariq Azeem, Imam Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Lloydminster will be Relocating to Vancouver
“I had the opportunity to work with various churches, media, and other charity organizations where our members volunteered regularly. Working in Lloydminster, it was very special in this regard”, TariQ Azeem Source: http://www.meridianbooster.com/articles/article/2017-03-16-embarking-upon-a-new-chapter Embarking upon a new chapter By Tyler Marr | March 16, 2017 2:59 PM Tariq Azeem, Imam with the […]
With Both Communities Concerned, Latino Muslims Learn About Their Rights
Source: NPR BY JESSE HARDMAN Masjid Omar ibn Al-Khattab Mosque in Los Angeles, Calif. Visions of America/UIG via Getty Images There are some places where the two communities involved in […]
Imam: There’s an atmosphere of intolerance that says, ‘That’s okay, that’s acceptable now’
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner March 10 Abdelillah Dribigi, chief of security at the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., outside the mosque after Friday prayers […]
Amid Islamophobia and travel bans, one mosque offers a lesson in caring
Source: Washington Post By Petula Dvorak Columnist March 6 The mosque in a squat, brick industrial park in Northern Virginia was bustling Saturday morning.Women in springtime-colored hijab walked through the […]
Four Mosques Have Burned In Seven Weeks — Leaving Many Muslims and Advocates Stunned
Source: BuzzFeed News By Albert Samaha and Talal Ansari On January 7, the Islamic Center of Lake Travis, in Austin, Texas, which had been under construction, caught on fire. A week later, on […]
Second Florida Mosque Hit by Arson Attack in 5 Months
Source: NBC News By NIKITA BIRYUKOV and ALEXANDRA BACALLAO A fire at a Florida mosque was ruled arson Friday, the second time an Islam house of worship was set on […]
Muslim Group Wins Right to Build Mosque in Michigan City
Source: The New York Times By DANIEL VICTOR Protesting the construction of a mosque in Sterling Heights, Mich., in 2015.CreditJohn M. Galloway/Detroit News, via Associated Press Over the objections of […]
After decades of debate, Turkey starts building mosque in Istanbul square
Source: Reuters By Melih Aslan and Osman Orsal | ISTANBUL Construction began on Friday of a mosque in Istanbul’s central Taksim square, a controversial project championed by Turkey’s President Tayyip […]
Construction halted on mosque with too-tall minarets
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL MELIA NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — After exceeding a city height limit, builders of a mosque on New Haven’s outskirts are wrestling with how to […]
Patrick Keogan pleads guilty to threatening to burn down mosques, possessing guns and child porn
Source: Mass Live By Alban Murtishi, MassLive.com What started with a Wilmington man making threats to burn down a mosque over Facebook ended with him pleading guilty in U.S. District […]
Woman charged with hate crime in Davis mosque attack
Source: The Sacramento Bee BY STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, CATHY LOCKE AND NASHELLY CHAVEZ An unemployed Davis resident has been arrested and charged with vandalizing the Davis Islamic Center last month […]
A century in the making, Athens set for first mosque since Ottoman times
Source: Reuters By Karolina Tagaris | ATHENS Athens’s half a million Muslims are set to get their first official mosque in more than a century. The city has not had […]
After mosque attack in Canada, critics point to anti-immigrant ‘trash radio’
Source: The Washington post By Alan Freeman January 31 at 5:32 PM QUEBEC CITY — They call it “radio poubelle,” or “trash radio.” Quebec City has developed the dubious reputation […]
The Bigotry That Armed the Quebec Mosque Attacker
Source: The New York Times By HAROON SIDDIQUI TORONTO — On Sunday night, a gunman opened fire in a mosque in Quebec City, killing six people and wounding eight. Our […]
Quebec Mosque Attack Forces Canadians to Confront a Strain of Intolerance
Source: The New York Times By IAN AUSTEN and CRAIG S. SMITH QUEBEC — In a world often hostile to migration, Canada has stood out, welcoming thousands of refugees fleeing […]
Burned Texas mosque gets $1m from donors
Source: BBC Texas mosque has received nearly $1m (£800,000) in donations after it was destroyed in a fire over the weekend. More than $900,000 had been raised to rebuild the […]