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 […]
Who is killing Yemen’s clerics? Mystery murders are sending a chill through the mosques.
Source: The Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan ADEN, Yemen — A white Toyota Corolla pulled up next to Safwan al-Sharjabi as he walked along a crowded road one evening this spring after […]
Man charged after threatening to kill people at Fairfax County mosque, police say
Source: The Washington Post By Justin Jouvenal A 22-year-old man has been charged after police said he threatened to kill everyone he encountered at a Fairfax County mosque, rammed parked cars […]
Two Birmingham mosques attacked with catapults
Source: BBC News Worshippers feared “someone with a gun” was attacking one of two mosques targeted with ball bearing catapults. Masjid Qamarul Islam, Birmingham, came under attack at 22:00 BST […]
No religion is above the law in China
Religion must obey Chinese law, paper says of mosque protest Source: Associated Press BY SAM McNEIL and YANAN WANG WEIZHOU, China (AP) — A newspaper of the ruling Communist Party said […]
Judge rules in favor of city allowing mosque to be built
Source: Associated Press STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Detroit suburb violated no laws when it approved a consent judgment allowing the construction of a […]
Company unveils moving mosque to welcome Muslims in Japan
Source: Associated Press By NICOLA SHANNON TOKYO (AP) — A large white and blue truck pulls up outside a stadium in central Japan and slowly expands into a place of […]
Missouri man gets 2 years for hate crimes directed at mosque
Source: Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A Missouri man who pleaded guilty to making threatening phone calls to a Georgia mosque has been sentenced to two years in prison. […]
Mosque suicide bombing in north Nigeria kills 7, injures 7
Source: Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials say that seven people have been killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in Konduga town in the country’s north. […]
Accused mosque burner’s own words part of trial
Source: San Antonio Express News By John MacCormack VICTORIA – When Kristopher Thompson’s parents told him on Jan.28, 2017 that the mosque in Victoria had just burned, his first impulse […]
Three arrested over Qld mosque harassment
Source: The Australian BY David Sigston Australian Associated Press Three men will face court accused of badgering worshippers at two Brisbane mosques. The group, believed to be members of the […]
Community rallies around Mosque
Source: Post-Bulletin By John Molseed jmolseed@postbulletin.com Rev. Jay Rowland, of First Presbyterian Church in Rochester, creates a sign saying “Love thy Neighbor” before a sunrise solidarity vigil for the Rochester […]
Three men indicted for Minnesota mosque bombing
Source: Reuters (Reuters) – Three men from a rural community in Illinois were indicted on Thursday and charged for the 2017 bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis, U.S. prosecutors said. […]
Berlin’s liberal mosque marks 1-year anniversary
Source: DW In the year since its foundation, Berlin’s liberal mosque has established itself and is attracting ever greater interest. But lawyer Seyran Ates, who opened the mosque, lives with […]
For Mosque at Heart of Grenfell Tragedy, a Bittersweet Anniversary
Source: The New York Times By Anna Schaverien LONDON — Abdurahman Sayed doesn’t know where he got the energy. Last year during Ramadan, the busiest time of the year for […]
South African police kill man after fatal mosque attack
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man fatally stabbed two people on Thursday and wounded several others at a mosque near Cape Town before police shot […]