NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities on Thursday demolished a mosque in the unrecognized Negev village of Rakhama, and issued a demolition order for an area in Nablus, home to 85 residents, local sources told Ma’an. In the Negev, Israeli forces demolished a mosque in the unrecognized village of Rakhama for[…]
Two female suicide bombers have attacked a mosque in a town near Cameroon’s border with Nigeria during morning prayers, killing at least 10 people and wounding about a dozen others, the governor of the region has said. The attack in the town of Kolofata on Wednesday has been blamed on[…]
Three mosques in an Iraqi city south of Baghdad have been bombed and partially destroyed, with no group yet claiming responsibility. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed that the attacks on Sunni mosques in the city of Hilla, in Iraq’s Babil governorate took place on Sunday night. He warned the population[…]
A High Court application is threatening to derail the construction of a mosque in Knysna, with a group of objectors from a local homeowners association keen to have the development’s approval overturned. In 2008 the Knysna Muslim Council applied to its local municipality for a property anywhere in the vicinity[…]
A crowd vandalised a Muslim prayer hall and set fire to copies of the Quran on the French island of Corsica, police said, in an attack condemned by the government. The violence came on Friday amid heightened security measures for the Christmas holiday, and nationwide fears after the November 13[…]
The Jamia Masjid in Lower Chiappini Street, Bo-Kaap has been hit by an alarming spate of theft in recent weeks, with monies reportedly being snatched from the mosques safe. While staff have resolved to changing locks on several occasions, this has done little to curb the criminal activity. Robbers have[…]
Several mosques have been vandalised and a number of suspected hate crimes targeting Muslims carried out after dozens of United States governors announced they would not accept Syrian refugees in their states. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a civil rights organisation, said on Monday that it has documented[…]
Plans to build a mosque in east London that could hold services for up to 9,000 worshippers at a time have been rejected by the planning minister. The Department for Communities and Local Government dismissed appeals against the refusal of planning permission for the mosque in Newham. A spokesman for[…]
Israeli police on Monday prevented the Islamic Endowment that runs the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound from installing surveillance cameras around the holy site, the head of the endowment said. Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib told Ma’an that endowment employees began installing surveillance cameras at the Moroccan Gate on Monday. However, before they could[…]
Hundreds of people came out to Parliament today as clashes erupted this morning in the occupied Jerusalem for a second day in a row after Israeli security forces stormed the Masjidul-Aqsa compound and fought with Palestinian worshippers. As a result the community of Cape Town marched to show their solidarity[…]
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