Muslims protest in front of Colosseum over mosque closures
Source: Associated Press ROME (AP) — Hundreds of Muslims have gathered near Rome’s Colosseum to pray and protest the closures of mosques and other places of worship. An imam led […]
Muslim Council of Britain to set up alternative counter-terror scheme
Source: The Guardian By Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent British Muslims are planning to set up their own programme to stop people becoming terrorists in a direct challenge to the […]
London’s first mosque – archive
theguardian — 4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia 1935: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (far left) on a visit to London’s Fazl mosque, the first purpose-built mosque in the capital. Photograph: Alamy/Stock […]
Detectives: Suspect in Florida mosque fire confessed
Source: Associated Press By TERRY SPENCER FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online confessed to setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter […]
Protest over proposed mosque in Newton County ends quietly
Source: myAJC By Meris Lutz – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A protest by a small but strident group of about a dozen militia members, some armed, ended quietly Tuesday, after several […]
Islamic community plans to rebuild mosque damaged in blaze
Source: Associated Press By TERRY SPENCER FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The Islamic community says it will repair and reopen the arson-damaged Florida mosque that was occasionally attended by Orlando […]
Germany: New Ahmadiyya Muslim [Subhan] Mosque inaugurated by their Supreme Head in Morfelden-Walldorf
Source: http://www.khalifaofislam.com/press-releases/morfelden-2016/ New Ahmadiyya Mosque opened in Morfelden-Walldorf, Germany by Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community The Subhan Mosque inaugurated by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 6 September 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, […]
UK: Ahmadiyya’s Bait-ul-ikram Mosque in Leicester gets a Yamaha Solution
Yamaha Equips New Baitul Ikram Mosque UK – Many House of Worship (HoW) audio installations are in existing buildings, adding sound reinforcement for the first time or replacing a life expired system. But occasionally the opportunity arises to design an audio system as an integral part of a new-build. RG […]
Emails reveal mosque debate within Newton County government
Source: AJC By Chris Joyner The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Two days after news broke of a proposed mosque outside of Covington, Newton County Commission Chairman Keith Ellis confided to a constituent […]
Newton County to lift moratorium on mosque, cemetery
Source: AJC.com The Newton County commissioners said Wednesday they plan to lift a moratorium that has prevented a controversial mosque and Muslim cemetery from being built in the area. In […]
Founder of Denmark’s first mosque for women: ‘I will not listen to naysayers’
Source: The Washington Post By Heba Habib A little mosque in the Danish capital of Copenhagen joined a quiet revolution last week by hosting its first Friday prayer led by […]
Germany: Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community lays foundation stone for new Mosque in Frankenthal
Source: Press Release Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says Islam has liberated women and granted them true freedomThe Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 30 August 2016, the […]
China’s proud 300-year history of female-led mosques is an inspiration to the west
Source: The Guardian By Maria Jaschok Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford When I informed some of the female imams in Henan, central China, of the opening of women’s mosques in the US […]
Campaign rhetoric against Muslims spurs mosques to get out the vote
Source: Chicago Tribune By Manya Brachear Pashman Contact Reporter When Imam Nazim Mangera arrived at Chicago’s Muslim Community Center in December, he immediately encountered a feeling of deja vu. In his […]
Canada: Star apologizes to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for publishing wrong & misleading photo
Star apologizes to Toronto-area mosque for publishing wrong and misleading photo The Baitul Islam mosque has no connection whatsoever to a questionable study linking Canadian mosques to extremism. Worshippers take part in afternoon prayers at the Baitul Islam Mosque in Vaughan, Ont., prior to Canada Day festivities at the mosque […]
Supreme Head of Ahmadiyya arrives Germany
Sources intimated supreme head of International Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat arrived Germany on 27.08.2016. He will be participating in annual gathering (Jalsa Salana) of AMJ Germany scheduled from 02-09 to04.09.2016. […]
Dutch far-right party says it will ban mosques, Koran
Source: Yahoo News The Hague (AFP) – The political party of Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, which is leading polls ahead of parliamentary elections next year, has vowed to close […]
Civil rights groups defend mosque, cemetery outside Atlanta
Source: Associated Press By KATHLEEN FOODY ATLANTA (AP) — A proposal to build a mosque and Muslim cemetery has so angered some residents of Newton County outside Atlanta that their commissioners have temporarily banned all building permit approvals for religious institutions. The moratorium prompted the Council on American-Islamic Relations and […]
US attorney’s office to investigate dispute over Islamic cemetery in Dudley
Source: Boston Globe By John R. Ellement US Attorney Carmen Ortiz on Thursday said she has opened an investigation into whether town officials in Dudley violated the rights of area […]
What It Takes to Build a Mosque in New Hampshire
Source: Bloomberg After 18 years and $1.5 million, the Islamic Society is still struggling to build its own place of worship. By Bill Donahue | August 16, 2016 Photographs by […]