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(Agencies) At least 10 people were killed and 30 others injured when a bomb exploded in a mosque in the Afghan capital during Friday prayers, authorities said. The bombing follows a spate of similar attacks around the country during the last 10 days in the holy month of Ramadan. Friday’s bombing comes a day after […]

4th Mar 2022

Pakistan: 56 killed, 194 injured in mosque suicide bombing during Friday prayers in Peshawar

ISLAMABAD (AA): A suicide bomber blew himself up during weekly Friday prayers at Jamia Shia Muslim mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 56 people and injuring 194 others, authorities said. The suicide bomber was stopped by police at a mosque in Peshawar’s bustling Qissa Khwani bazaar, but he forced his way into the mosque’s […]

16th Oct 2021

Afghanistan: 47 killed during Friday prayers in Fatimiya mosque bombing in Kandahar

By Mehmet Alaca, Bilal Guler, Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat, and S. K. Khan KANDAHAR/KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The death toll from a bomb blast that hit a Shia Muslim mosque in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province during Friday prayers rose to 47, according to local officials. The terrorist attack in the Taliban’s heartland was claimed by Islamic […]

24th Jul 2020

Turkey: Hagia Sophia Mosque sees 1st prayers in 86 years

By Kaan Bozdogan, Sefa Mutlu, and Berk Ozkan ISTANBUL (AA):- Friday’s historic prayers in Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Mosque marked the first acts of worship there in 86 years. Thousands of people took part in the traditional Friday (Jum’a) prayers both inside and outside the historic mosque in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest metropolis. Before the Friday […]

20th Jun 2020

US: Maryland, NJ hold first Friday prayers amid virus

By Hakan Copur and Islam Dogru WASHINGTON (AA): Muslims performed congregational Friday prayers in the states of Maryland and New Jersey for the first time since coronavirus lockdowns were lifted. Nearly three months after restrictions were rolled out to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Muslims gathered at the Diyanet Center of America […]

9th May 2020

Bangladesh: Thousands gather at mosques amid Coronavirus pandemic

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Thousands of Muslims gathered in mosques across Bangladesh for Friday congregational prayers after more than a month, despite the continuing spread of COVID-19 in the country. The government’s decision to allow mass prayer raised eyebrows, as there has been no sign of a slowdown in virus transmission in […]

1st Feb 2020

Palestine: Israeli police injure 10, detain 3 at Al-Aqsa Mosque

By Abdelraouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli police injured 10 Palestinian Muslim worshippers and detained three others after storming Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque Friday morning, an official said. The Israeli police forced their way into the mosque and shot rubber-coated metal bullets at the worshipers, the official with Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, an organization responsible for […]

1st Jun 2019

Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli troops in Jerusalem

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Meanwhile a 16-year-old Palestinian was killed on his way to pray Friday Prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque. In a statement, the ministry identified the slain Palestinian as 18-year-old […]

25th Nov 2017

Egypt: Death toll from Sinai mosque bombing during Friday prayers hits 305

By Hussein al-Qabbani and Viola Fahmi CAIRO (AA): The death toll from a bomb that went off outside a mosque in the city of Al-Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula following Friday prayers has climbed to a whopping 305, according to official sources. Gunmen then opened fire on worshippers as they tried to flee. […]

24th Nov 2017

Egypt: 85 killed from bomb explosion in mosque after Friday prayers in Sinai

By Hussein al-Qabbani and Viola Fahmi CAIRO (AA): The death toll from a bomb that went off outside a mosque in the city of Al-Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula following Friday prayers has risen to 85, according to official sources. “The number of people martyred in the Al-Arish terrorist incident has risen to […]

30th Sep 2017

Afghanistan: Suicide attack targets Shia Muslim mosque in Kabul killing 5

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A suspected suicide attack on a Shia Muslim mosque in the capital Kabul killed at least five people and wounded 27 as worshippers prepare to commemorate Ashura on Sunday. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack on its Amaq news site. An Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed the attack on the […]

22nd Jul 2017

Palestine: 3 Israeli settlers, 3 Palestinians, killed, hundreds Palestinians injured

By Anees Barghouthy and Muhammed Macid RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Three Israeli settlers were killed Friday in an alleged stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military. Earlier on Friday, three Palestinian men were shot dead and hundreds of others were injured in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem. “A Palestinian infiltrated a […]

1st Apr 2017

Pakistan: 24 killed in suicide explosion in NW Pakistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 24 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide attack in a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, officials and local media reported. Among the dead and injured were women and children. The blast hit a busy Noor market in the far flung […]

22nd Oct 2016

Italy: Muslims demand Italy recognizes more mosques

By Baris Seckin ROME (AA): Hundreds of Muslims prayed in front of Rome’s Colosseum on Friday in protest at the closure of unofficial mosques. They called on city authorities to protect their religious rights and demanded legal status for prayer rooms in a country where only a small number of mosques are officially registered. […]

17th Sep 2016

Pakistan: Suicide bomb attack kills 30 during Friday prayers

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 30 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew up himself in a mosque in northwestern Anbar Tehsil of Mohmand Agency. tribal area, according to a local official Friday. Thirty others were injured when the bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest during Friday prayers, Mahmood Aslam, an administrative […]

11th Jun 2016

Palestine: Only 100,000 Muslims allowed for 1st Friday of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa

By Anees Bargouthi JERUSALEM (AA) – Thousands of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem marched to the Al-Aqsa Mosque today to perform the first Friday prayer of the Ramadan holy month. Men over 45, children under 12 and women of all ages were allowed by the Israeli army to enter occupied […]

18th Jul 2015

Iraq: Car bomb attack kills 90 in Diyala

DIYALA, (AA): A car bomb attack killed at least 90 people, including 15 children in Iraq’s eastern Diyala city on Friday, security sources said. Sadik Al-Husayni, head of the province’s security committee, told Anadolu Agency the bomb exploded at a market in the Bani Saad district. He said 40 were injured in the blast. Earlier in the […]

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