Tag: Mosque

Parents stop children from taking school trip to local mosque in...

Some parents in England banned their children from a religious education school trip to a local mosque following ‘safety’ concerns. Lostwithiel School in Cornwall had...

West Bank mosque torched in suspected revenge attack

Israeli settlers torched a West Bank mosque in an apparent revenge attack on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said. Months of unrest have escalated in recent days,...

Israel reopens al Aqsa mosque with police out in force

Israeli police deployed heavily around Jerusalem’s flashpoint al Aqsa mosque compound as it reopened Friday for prayers after a rare closure during clashes over...

Zardari inaugurates ‘world’s 7th largest mosque’ in Bahria Town

Former president Asif Ali Zardari inaugurated the world’s 7th largest mosque located in Bahria Town. After inaugurating the mosque and inspecting the establishment, Zardari said...

Three killed, 4 injured in Quetta attacks

Three people were killed and four injured in two attacks on a mosque and seminary in Quetta on Monday. "Unidentified armed motorcyclists opened fire at...

Six killed in blast outside mosque in Afghanistan

A bomb blast killed six people and wounded 12 shortly after they left a mosque following Friday prayers in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, a police...

Israeli forces demolish West Bank mosque as peace talks deadline passes

Israeli forces demolished several structures, including a mosque, in a Palestinian village on Tuesday, the day a deadline for a deal in now-frozen peace...

72% Pakistanis believe imams should have worldly education

Majority of Pakistanis believe an Imam should be aware of other subjects including science, technology, English etc besides his religious knowledge. According to a Gilani...

Afghanistan says Pakistanis shot dead in mosque attack

  Afghanistan's intelligence agency on Thursday said its spies shot dead two Pakistanis who opened fire on Afghan worshippers before dawn at a Shia Muslim...

Bomb found near mosque in Britain

In yet another incident targeting the Muslim community in Britain, debris from an explosive device have been found near a mosque in Wolverhampton city,...

Man abandons child in mosque

An unidentified man left his three-year-old child in a mosque due to unknown reasons and fled the scene. According to details, an unknown man...

Russia ‘detains scores in sweep at mosque’

Russian law enforcement officers have detained 140 people at a Muslim prayer room in the capital, Moscow, as part of a search for extremist...

Decade-old dispute involving mosque and shrine resolved

Special Assistant to Sindh Chief Minister (CM) on Media and Auqaf Sharmila Farooqui, while resolving the 11-years-old longstanding issue regarding a mosque adjacent to...

Faisal Mosque without adequate security

The Faisal Mosque security equipment has not been installed due to negligence of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) administration. According to sources, despite the...

Extortionists damage shops, house and a mosque

At least nine shops and a mosque were damaged when unknown members of the extortion mafia attacked houses of two transporters on Tuesday who...

King orders to complete Prophet’s Mosque project in 2 years

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered that work on the new expansion project for the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah should...

King launches largest expansion of Prophet’s Mosque

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah laid the foundation stone for the largest expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque. The new project will...