At least two people have been killed and four others wounded in a grenade attack on a mosque in the southern Philippines, say local officials. The attack in Zamboanga city took place in the early hours of Wednesday, just days after deadly twin blasts at a Roman Catholic cathedral in[…]
A 40-year-old man has been shot dead outside the Mayfair Jummah Masjid in Johannesburg on Tuesday night. Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Lungelo Dlamini told News24 the incident occurred at about 19:00. He said two unknown suspects are believed to have shot a man who was leaving the mosque. “When he[…]
A 30-year-old man was shot and killed, and an imam was injured in an attack on a Cape Town mosque, police said on Friday. “According to reports the incident occurred on Tuesday at 19:00 at a mosque at Ntlazane Road, Khayelitsha,” police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said. “Police arrived at[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council has lauded the positive spirit of Malmesbury residents and says its encouraged by the display of unity and harmony in the community, in the wake of last week’s brutal murders at the mosque. The community has been rocked by the murder of two Muslim men stabbed[…]
While a dark cloud hangs over the Malmesbury community after last week’s senseless murders, some residents believe the tragedy has brought the small community of together during this time of grief and pain. Malmesbury, a small town 65 km north of Cape Town, has been rocked by the murder of[…]
A British court has sentenced the man who carried out a deadly vehicle ramming attack near a mosque in London last year to life in prison. In June, Darren Osborne killed one worshipper and wounded several others in the Finsbury Park area of North London while the area was busy[…]
A Bomb blast at a mosque in Nigeria has killed 50 people. According to reports, a teenage suicide bomber attacked worshipers on Tuesday during morning prayers in Mubi, Adamawa State, which is located in northeast of the country. The number of injured has not been officially confirmed at this stage.[…]
Social media users have voiced frustration at what they described as a double standard after a mosque was bombed in the US. The explosion at around 5am local time (09:00 GMT) at the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, caused damage but did not cause any casualties. Worshippers[…]
The suspect behind the Finsbury Park mosque attack was named on Wednesday as Darren Osborne, a 47-year-old married father of four, living in Cardiff. Osborne ploughed a van through a crowd outside the north London mosque at about 12:20am on Monday, injuring 10 people and leaving an elderly man who[…]
Police have found what are believed to be the remains of a 17-year-old Muslim female who was abducted overnight after leaving her local mosque in Sterling, Virginia, near Washington, DC. The All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) in Sterling on Monday identified the missing girl as Nabra. Her last name[…]
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