Tag: Mosques
Fawad calls for ending monopoly of ‘specific group’ in mosques
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has called for ending the monopoly of a “specific group” in mosques and recommended that...
Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims seek refuge in mosques fearing mob attacks
JAMMU: At least 6,000 Kashmiri Muslims have taken refuge in different mosques of Indian occupied Jammu district fearing attacks by Hindu nationalist mobs in...
Rawalpindi police organising open kutcheries in mosques
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Police have started organising open kutcheries in mosques to hear the problems being faced by the city's netizens, besides addressing their complaints.
Pothohar Division Superintendent...
Free electricity for mosques linked with a fatwa proposed
Mosques to get 400 units free if prayer leader issues a religious decree against power theft
ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of Senate’s Standing Committee on Power...
Punjab circulates ordinance allowing four loudspeakers at mosques: report
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Thursday circulated the Punjab Sound Systems (Regulation) (Amendment) Ordinance, under which four external sound systems (loudspeakers) are allowed at...
Friday sermons to be given on selected topics, after approval: report
ISLAMABAD: The Friday sermons will now be delivered on selected topics, after getting approval from the capital administration, which will also closely monitor them, reported...
Friday sermons to be regulated in Islamabad mosques
ISLAMABAD: In order to eliminate the menace of religious extremism and sectarian violence, the government has decided to monitor Friday’s sermons at capital mosques...
Six plots allotted for mosques in ICT, NA told
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Housing and Works Akram Khan Durrani Tuesday said that the ministry had allotted six plots for the construction of mosques...
606 mosques agree to implement uniform prayer, Azan timings: minister
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousaf Wednesday said that 606 out of total 615 mosques in the federal capital...
KP approves monthly stipends for khateebs
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) cabinet in a meeting chaired by the province’s chief minister, Pervez Khattak, has formally approved a payment of Rs10,000...
Security beefed up for mosques, imambargahs
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Dr Haider Ashraf has said that police have beefed up security for mosques, imambarghas and all other places of...
Three California mosques receive letters threatening Muslims
A civil rights group has called for more police protection of mosques after several in California received letters that praised President-elect Donald Trump and...
French PM ‘open’ to interim ban on foreign funding of mosques
France’s prime minister said Friday he was “open” to a temporary ban on the foreign financing of mosques, after a spate of attacks in...
Tajikistan to install metal detectors, cameras in mosques
Ex-Soviet Tajikistan said Tuesday it plans to install metal detectors and surveillance cameras in more than 70 mosques in the capital Dushanbe over government...
Mosques across England should be built without minarets, says Warsi
Britain’s first female Muslim cabinet minister has said that new mosques built in England should be built without traditional minarets to make them look...
Closing down Mosques in US an option: Donlad Trump
Trump believes shutting down mosques in US is the best way to to counter ‘jihadist’ ideology in America. “Tear apart the First Amendment of the American constitution on which this country is founded.” He said.
Protest called against possible demolition of graveyards, mosques for Metro Train
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), All-Party Shia Federation and traders’ bodies have called a protest demonstration on Monday against a possible demolition of graveyards, mosques and...
