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12th Apr 2021

France to boost vigilance around Muslim worship places

By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): France’s interior minister directed law enforcement agencies Sunday to step up vigilance around Muslim places of worship in the country and condemned the defacing of an Islamic center with hateful graffiti as “unacceptable.” “The … Continued

24th Feb 2021

Spain: Community condemns explosive attack on mosque

By Alyssa McMurtry OVIEDO, Spain (AA): Residents and officials in the small Spanish town of San Javier, Murcia have condemned a violent attack against a mosque that took place early Sunday morning. According to local media, at around 4 … Continued

24th Feb 2021

French mosque vandalized with Islamophobic graffiti

By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): French Muslim organizations on Tuesday strongly condemned vandalism of an under-construction mosque in Strasbourg with Islamophobic graffiti. The words, “No to Islam, go back to your village” were sprayed across the fence on the … Continued

28th Jan 2021

Palestine: Israel condemned for demolishing mosque

By Esat Firat JERUSALEM (AA): Palestine’s acting minister of religious affairs condemned Israel’s demolition of a mosque Wednesday in the Bedouin community of Azwadeen, east of Yatta city, south of Hebron, occupied West Bank. “This is a crime and … Continued

27th Dec 2020

Palestine: Israel launches airstrikes targeted children’s hospital in Gaza

By Hamdi Yildiz GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes in the blockaded Gaza Strip, local sources said early Saturday. Sources in Gaza said the air force hit the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and the Deir al-Balah … Continued

28th Oct 2020

France: Mosque in Vernon receives death threats

By Alaattin Dogru PARIS (AA): A mosque in Vernon district in northern France received a threatening notice Tuesday, according to a post on Twitter by the Islam & Info website. The notice, left in the mosque’s mailbox, contained death … Continued

14th Oct 2020

Canada: Toronto mosque closed after violent threats

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): A Toronto mosque remained closed Tuesday after receiving violent threats as police investigate the incident. “The threats specifically contained a promise that guns had been procured to ‘do a Christchurch all over again,” … Continued

21st Sep 2020

Palestine: Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque complex

By Fatima Abu Sbeitan JERUSALEM (AA): Dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Sunday in celebration of the Jewish New Year. In a statement, the Jerusalem Awqaf Department said 76 settlers backed … Continued

15th Sep 2020

Palestine: Israel to demolish mosque in Jerusalem

By AbdelRaouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Israel on Monday issued a demolition order for a mosque in the town of Silwan in east Jerusalem for “lack of a construction permit,” according to local residents. Israeli authorities gave the curators of … Continued

5th Sep 2020

Bangladesh: 12 die, 40 injured in mosque blasts

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least 12 people died and more than 40 are in critical condition after suspected air conditioner explosions during Friday night prayers at a mosque near Bangladesh’s capital, officials said. A 7-year-boy and … Continued

24th Aug 2020

New Zealand: Sentencing of terrorist who murdered 51 worshippers in mosques begins

By Jeyhun Aliyev (AA): The four-day sentencing hearing of the terrorist responsible for the Christchurch mosque attacks, the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s modern history, began Monday morning, according to a local daily. Brenton Tarrant, 29, an Australian … Continued

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 … Continued

11th Jul 2020

Turkey: Hagia Sophia to be open for all: Turkish president

By Ali Murat Alhas and Seda Sevencan ANKARA (AA): After completing all preparations, Turkey will open Hagia Sophia for worship on July 24 at Friday prayer, the Turkish president said on Friday. In an address to the nation, President … Continued

13th Jun 2020

Afghanistan: Blast inside mosque kills 4, incl Imam

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A blast inside a mosque during Friday prayer killed at least four people and wounded eight in the Afghan capital Kabul, an official confirmed. Tariq Aryan, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told … Continued

29th Oct 2019

France: Two injured as man shoots at worshippers inside mosque

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal (AA) :An 84-year-old man has been arrested after he shot and wounded two people at a mosque in the southern French city of Bayonne on Monday, local media reported. Former soldier and candidate for France’s … Continued

11th Oct 2019

Germany: Neo-Nazi gunman planned attack on mosque

By Ayhan Şimşek BERLIN (AA): A neo-Nazi who killed two people in eastern Germany Wednesday originally planned to storm a mosque, according to a manifesto apparently written by him and posted online. Stephan Balliet, 27, tried to enter a synagogue … Continued

22nd Sep 2019

France: Car rams into mosque in eastern France

By Yusuf Ozcan PARIS (AA): A car rammed into a mosque in the eastern French city of Colmar on late Saturday. The vehicle crashed into the Grand Mosque of Colmar, damaging its gate and doorway, said the prefecture of … Continued

14th Sep 2019

Germany: Bomb threat at Berlin mosque found to be a hoax

By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): A bomb threat emailed to Berlin’s prominent Sehitlik Mosque on Friday morning turned out to be a hoax, officials said. Berlin police spokesperson Heidi Voigt told Anadolu Agency that they determined that the bomb … Continued

12th Aug 2019

Norway: Police launches terror probe on mosque attack

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): Norwegian police on Sunday launched a terror investigation into an armed attack on an Afghan mosque in Baerum city. A 21-year-old gunman on Saturday was arrested after he attacked the Al-Noor Islamic Centre in … Continued

18th Jul 2019

Germany: Assailants desecrate mosque in western Germany

By Mesut Zeyrek COLOGNE, Germany (AA): Unidentified assailants desecrated a mosque in Munster, western Germany late on Tuesday. The assailants tore pages of a copy of Quran at Barbaros Mosque of the Turkish Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB). … Continued

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