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Belgium moves to expel mosque imam over security fears
Middle East
October 4, 2017
Belgium moves to expel mosque imam over security fears
Belgium has moved to expel an Egyptian preacher at the country’s biggest mosque because he posed a “national security” threat,…
Explosions reported at Shia mosque in Kabul
Middle East
August 25, 2017
Explosions reported at Shia mosque in Kabul
2:30 p.m. An Afghan official says a Shia mosque in the capital, Kabul, has come under attack as gunmen stormed…
FBI: Explosive detonated at Minnesota mosque
World
August 6, 2017
FBI: Explosive detonated at Minnesota mosque
The FBI was searching for suspects after an explosive device tore through part of a suburban Minneapolis mosque on Saturday…
Mosque shooting in Avignon, France leaves 8 wounded
World
July 3, 2017
Mosque shooting in Avignon, France leaves 8 wounded
Two hooded men opened fire outside a mosque in the southeastern city of Avignon on Sunday night, police said, amid…
Islamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
Middle East
June 22, 2017
Islamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
Islamic State militants on Wednesday blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, Iraq’s military…
Egyptian Dar al-Ifta attacks ‘liberal’ mosque in Germany
Egypt
June 20, 2017
Egyptian Dar al-Ifta attacks ‘liberal’ mosque in Germany
The Dar al-Ifta al-Masriyyah [Egyptian state-run Islamic institution assigned to issue religious edicts] released a statement on Monday in which it…
Israel considers bill forcing mosques to lower volume
Middle East
March 9, 2017
Israel considers bill forcing mosques to lower volume
Israel's parliament has passed an initial reading of a bill that would make mosques lower the volume of their call…
Student charged with murder in Quebec mosque attack
World
January 31, 2017
Student charged with murder in Quebec mosque attack
A Canadian political science student known to have nationalist sympathies was charged Monday with six counts of murder over a…
Canadian PM says mosque shooting a ‘terrorist attack on Muslims’
World
January 30, 2017
Canadian PM says mosque shooting a ‘terrorist attack on Muslims’
Six people were killed and eight wounded when gunmen opened fire at a Quebec City mosque during Sunday night prayers, in what…
Inauguration of Egypt’s largest church in Administrative Capital next year: Sisi
Egypt
January 7, 2017
Inauguration of Egypt’s largest church in Administrative Capital next year: Sisi
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi revealed on Friday evening that he plans to inaugurate in January 2018 the largest church and…