Ramadan prayers banned at Jerusalem mosque due to coronavirus

By Reuters,

Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound will be closed to Muslim worshippers throughout the holy fasting month of Ramadan due to the coronavirus epidemi...

Ramadan

Jamia Mosque suspends congregational prayers indefinitely over the coronavirus

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Jamia Mosque in efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus has suspended all congregational prayers indefinitely. In a statement released...

coronavirus , Jamia Mosque

Churches, mosques and schools instructed to provide sanitisation apparatus

By Rene Oswere,

The first coronavirus case in Kenya has triggered a more intense reaction from the government with public gatherings banned until further notice. T...

coronavirus

Muslims at haj gather on Mount Arafat to atone for sins

By Reuters,

Two million Muslims gathered at Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Saturday amid the summer heat and regional tensions for a vigil to atone for their si...

Mount Arafat , Muslims , Pilgrims , vigil

Palestinian shot dead by police after stabbing two Israelis in Jerusalem

By Reuters,

A Palestinian stabbed two Israelis in Jerusalem on Friday, wounding one of them critically, before being shot dead by police, an Israeli police spokes...

israeli , Jerusalem , Palestinian , Ramadan , stab

Muslims flee, christians grieve in Sri Lankan town

By VOA,

As mourners buried the remains of Christian worshippers killed in the Easter suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, hundreds of Muslim refugees fled Negom...

Sri Lanka

Bomb scare, suspicious vehicle rattle nervous Sri Lanka amid attack probe

By Reuters,

Sri Lankan authorities locked down the central bank and the road leading to the jittery capital’s airport was shut briefly by a bomb scare on Thursd...

Sri Lanka Bomb scare

Christchurch attack survivors offered New Zealand residency

By Reuters,

New Zealand will grant permanent residency to all survivors of the mass shooting at two Christchurch mosques in which 50 Muslim worshippers were kille...

Brenton Tarrant , Christchurch , Muslim worshippers , New Zealand , terrorism

Leader of far right Australian party questions 1996 massacre

By VOA,

The leader of Australia’s far-right One Nation party is under fire after she was captured on camera suggesting that a deadly mass shooting that led ...

Australian

At Memorial, mosque survivor says he forgives attacker

By VOA,

A man who survived New Zealand’s mosque attacks told a crowd of about 20,000 people Friday that he forgives the terrorist who killed his wife and 49...

Mosque

New Zealand: guns used in mosque attack banned immediately

By VOA,

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced an immediate ban Thursday on semi-automatic and automatic weapons like the ones used in the attacks on two mos...

New Zealand

Suspected white supremacist charged with murder after New Zealand mosque shootings

By Reuters,

Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday after 49 people were killed and dozens wou...

New Zealand , white supremacist

In polarized climate, some US Muslims feel threatened

By VOA,

Shahed Amanullah, a Muslim American tech entrepreneur from Northern Virginia, says it was hard to sleep after watching a video of a right-wing extremi...

US military

Gunman drives into mosque, shoots randomly at worshippers

By Reuters,

A gunman opened fire on Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand killing many worshippers and forcing the city of Christchurch into lockdown, in what...

new zealand shooting

Tens of thousands attend first ever papal mass in Abu Dhabi

By Reuters,

Tens of thousands of Catholics and several thousand Muslims attended an unprecedented public celebration of Mass on Tuesday by Pope Francis, the first...

Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan , Pope Abu Dhabi

Imam dead as attackers slit throats of worshippers

By AFP,

Armed attackers struck a mosque outside the South African city of Durban, stabbing to death an imam and injuring two others. Three men entered the la...

South Africa mosque attack , South africa xenophobic attacks , xenophobia

18 killed in Nigerian church by suspected herdsmen

By AFP,

Two priests were among at least 18 people killed in a dawn attack on a church in central Nigeria, police said Tuesday, in violence condemned by Presid...

Boko Haram , Catholic Diocese , Nigeria , Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari

Gunman kills 9 in attack on Egypt church

By AFP,

A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on Friday, killing at least nine people in the latest apparent jihadist attack on the country's Christ...

At least 11 killed in ‘barbaric’ Nigeria church shooting

By AFP,

At least 11 worshippers were shot dead at a church in southeast Nigeria on Sunday, with authorities suggesting the bloodshed was due to a local feud. ...

24 Vigilante Members Killed By Boko Haram Militia , Boko Haram commander , Boko Haram Intensifies Attacks In Nigeria , Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari

Palestinians to end boycott of Jerusalem holy site

By AFP,

Palestinians were set to return to pray at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Thursday after Israeli authorities removed controversial new security me...