Tag Archives: Mosques

 Israel has targeted a children’s hospital in Gaza as the regime’s brutal aggression on the besieged strip has entered its 31st day. Palestinian sources said the Israeli army hit Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in the early hours of Monday, leaving an unspecified number of people killed and injured. Fifteen Palestinians were …

Mosques have begun to be caught up in a wide-ranging project under the BJP to rewrite India’s history according to Hindutva ideology. According to the lawyers, this grand white-domed mosque, one of the largest and oldest in India, is not a mosque at all. “No no, this is a Hindu temple,” asserted BP Singh. “It’s …

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has held Open Door Day at 200 Mosques in an interfaith event. The two-day event “Visit My Mosque” was held on Saturday and Sunday 27-28 August 2022 as the Mosques opened doors for the public to visit the worshiping site for Muslims and get …

 Right-wing elements file back-to-back petitions in courts, claiming that UNESCO protected monuments and Mughal-era Mosques are temples. A campaign by the Hindu right-wing groups to claim Mughal era monuments and historic mosques has raised a wave of concern among minorities, historians, and archaeologists across India. Hindu extremist groups in India …

 France are shutting Mosques for promoting what they call  “cultivating a feeling of hate towards France”. Mosque representatives say these allegations are backed up with scant evidence. According to Reuters, a growing number of Mosques are being closed by France using powers that rights activists, the United Nations, and Muslims say give …

Two mosques in Dar es Salaam are hosting itikaf rituals for the first time in the history of Tanzania. This is according to Hojjatul-Islam Ahmad Ramezani, Lecturer at Al-Mustafa International University’s branch in the African country. Speaking to IQNA, he said that the rituals have been organized thanks to the …

Mosques in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya have been turned into temporary accommodation for flood victims. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Idris Ahmad said he had instructed the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) to coordinate the …

IQNA: In an article published in mid-October, ArchDaily has taken a quick glimpse at the distinctive architecture of Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to an enormous number of religious adherents – within which there is extraordinary diversity in religious expression. Iconic buildings serving a religious purpose are …

The Ruler of Johor, a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula, consented to allow Muslims in the state to perform prayers at Mosques and surau (religious sites). This includes the five daily congregational prayers, Friday prayers and Eid Al-Adha prayers on July 20.The decision by Sultan …

Al-Abbas Islamic Centre is the first mosque within UK opening its doors for vaccination to take place. In Birmingham, Al-Abbas Islamic Centre vaccinates two people at a time in a multi-purpose hall. The mosque expects to vaccinate up to 500 people in the upcoming weeks.Health workers at the mosque began …