text

Indonesia urges U.S. to persuade Israel to end violence in Jerusalem

ByAPDWriterMaverickJAKARTA,July24(APD)–IndonesiahasurgedtheUnitedStatestotakenecessarystepstostopIsraelfromconductingmoreviolencewhichalreadykilledthreePalestin

text

8 killed in NE Nigeria suicide bomb blast

EightpeoplewerekilledinasuicidebombblastatamosqueinMaiduguri,northeastNigeriaonMonday,AFPreported,citinglocalfirstresponders.Theexplosionoccurredataround5:30a.m

text

Indian textbook depicts mosque as noise pollutant, ignites controversy

A textbook taught in a number of Indian schools showing an image of mosque as source of noise pollution has stoked a controversy.

text

8 people wounded in shooting near French mosque

AshootinghappenedinfrontofamosqueinthesouthernFrenchcityofAvignononSundaynight,leavingeightpeoplewounded,localmediareported.TheLaProvencenewspaperreportonMonday

text

Iraq declares end of caliphate after capture of Mosul mosque

After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of Islamic State's de facto capital Mosul, and the prime minister declared the group's self-styled caliphate at an end.

text

Ramadan conclusion celebrated by Muslims across China

OnMonday,MuslimsacrossChinaandtherestoftheworldcelebratedtheEidal-Fitr,whichmarkstheendoftheIslamicholymonthofRamadan.Inthemorning,hundredsofMuslimsworshippedat

text

Battle for Mosul: IS 'blows up' al-Nuri mosque

So-called Islamic State (IS) has blown up the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraqi forces say.

text

Taboo-breaking liberal mosque opens in Berlin

WithamissiontospreadaliberalformofIslam,amosquewheremenandwomenpraysidebysidehasopeneditsdoorsinBerlin,completewithfemaleimams.TheArabicphrase"AllahuAkbar"(Godi

text

At least four killed as suicide bombers hit Kabul mosque

AtleastfourpeoplewerekilledandeightmorewoundedaftersuicidebombersstruckacrowdedmosqueinKabul,Afghanistan'scapital,onThursdaynight,saidanInteriorMinistryofficial

text

3 killed, 9 injured in Afghan mosque shooting

ThreepeoplewerekilledandnineotherswoundedinashootingatamosqueinAfghanistan'seasternprovinceofPaktia,XinhuaNewsAgencyreportedonSaturdaycitingthecountry'sInterior

text

German police search Berlin properties linked to mosque visited by attacker

German police on Tuesday searched more than 20 properties in Berlin linked to an organisation that ran a mosque visited by the Tunisian asylum seeker who killed 12 people in a Christmas market in December.

text

Women enter Mumbai's Haji Ali Dargah mosque after ban lifted

​Trustees put the ban in place in 2011, arguing that allowing women near the tomb of a revered saint was a ‘grievous sin’ in Islam

text

Suicide blast at Kabul mosque kills 27, wounds 35

A massive suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in Kabul killed at least 27 people Monday and wounded 35 as worshippers gathered for a religious ceremony, officials said.

text

Germany boosts security for Muslim centres in Dresden after mosque bombing

German police are stepping up protection of Muslim institutions in Dresden after two improvised bombs exploded in the eastern city on Monday evening, one at a mosque and one at an international conference centre.

text

30 killed as flood hits NW Pakistan

At least 30 people were killed and scores injured when a mosque and several houses were washed away by flash flooding in Pakistan's northwest Chitral district, officials said Sunday.

text

7 killed in 2 suicide bombings in Baghdad

Up to seven people were killed and 31 others injured in two suicide bomb attacks at a Shiite mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said.

text

Saadi's poems attest to China-Iran ties

​Beijing's Niujie Mosque has many treasures: a five-century-old Koran, a gilded wooden plate engraved with an emperor' s order and foreign sheik tombs from hundreds of years ago.