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 […]
National Mosques Open Day celebrates Australian diversity
Source: Australian Muslim Times Posted by Mohamed Ainullah The National Mosque Open Day was held all across Australia on Saturday 27 October 2018. It provided an opportunity for Australians from all […]
Meriden mosque reflects on 2015 shooting following Pittsburgh attack
VIDEO: Meriden mosque reflects on 2015 shooting following Pittsburgh attack https://www.wfsb.com/news/meriden-mosque-reflects-on-shooting-following-pittsburgh-attack/article_d09a1e62-dc75-11e8-a7f6-8f2b18edc16f.html For one religious community here in Connecticut, this weekend’s deadly shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh brings […]
In France, a Push to Teach Arabic in Public Schools, Not Mosques
Source: Wall Street Journal By Stacy Meichtry and Nick Kostov PANTIN, France—Every Sunday, parents in this working-class neighborhood just north of Paris bring their children to a small school operated by the […]
Coalition airstrike targets mosque used by Islamic State
Source: Associated Press By LOLITA C. BALDOR AL-UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar (AP) — An airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group targeted a mosque in Syria last […]
Texas Man, Who Burnt the Victoria Mosque Gets 24-Years Prison Sentence
Source: Victoria Advocate Marq Vincent Perez, the man who burned down Victoria’s only mosque in 2017, was sentenced to an almost maximum sentence of 24.5 years in prison Wednesday morning. […]
Imam Sherin Khankan wants ‘new narratives’ on Islam
Source: BBC News Sherin Khankan became Scandinavia’s first female imam when she opened the Mariam mosque in Copenhagen. The mosque holds women only Friday prayers but also mixed gender meetings […]
Japan’s mobile mosque takes ‘omotenashi’ hospitality everywhere
Source: The Japan News URAYASU, Japan – A “mobile mosque” was unveiled in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture, in late September, with Muslim residents of the Kanto region coming to say their […]
Islam shows its female face with rise of women mosques
Source: Reuters BY Lin Taylor COPENHAGEN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Relegated to the basement, silenced by the imam and barred from the front door, some Muslim women have had enough […]