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Indian court allows survey of a 17th-century mosque to see if it was built over a Hindu temple
By Biswajeet Banerjee — August 3, 2023
LUCKNOW, India (AP) —The dispute over land ownership had been one of India’s most heated issues between India’s 80% majority Hindu community and Muslim minority.
The WWI propaganda mosque: A new exhibit showcases a Muslim POW camp
By Kathryn Post — January 27, 2023
(RNS) — A new online exhibit from the National WWI Museum and Memorial presents the overlooked story of the Halbmondlager, a WWI Muslim prisoner of war camp.
‘The White Mosque’: A Mennonite of color’s travel memoir rejects rigid storytelling
By Kathryn Post — October 26, 2022
(RNS) — Sofia Samatar intertwines her story with the stories of the German Mennonites who traveled to Uzbekistan in the 1800s to fulfill an apocalyptic prophecy.
Ahmadi Muslims inaugurate new mosque on site of historic ‘prayer duel’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 30, 2022
(RNS) — In a town built as a 'city of God,' the new Fath-e-Azeem Mosque sits within a block of two churches and a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Federal ruling paves way for Mississippi mosque construction project
By Joseph Hammond — January 12, 2022
(RNS) — In at least one instance, a municipal official who opposed the mosque admitted the plan was initially blocked ‘because they’re Muslims.’
In Kashmir, closed mosque belies India’s religious freedom
By Aijaz Hussain — December 16, 2021
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities see the mosque as a trouble spot — a nerve center for protests and clashes that challenge India's sovereignty over the disputed Kashmir region.
German city of Cologne permits broadcast of muezzin’s call
By Associated Press — October 11, 2021
Cologne mosques need to apply for a special permit in order to be able to broadcast the call. The initiative will be limited to two years and then be re-evaluated.
Treasury Department to release impounded religious tiles
By Associated Press — August 18, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — A letter from Customs and Border Protection had initially informed the mosque that the tiles must be shipped back to Iran or destroyed.
Sanctions on Iran block mosque from claiming religious tiles
By Matthew Barakat — August 11, 2021
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia mosque is asking the Biden administration to release a set of religious tiles that were confiscated at Dulles International Airport.
Study finds the American mosque increasingly a melting pot of Islamic traditions
By Joseph Hammond — August 3, 2021
(RNS) — The report, conducted every 10 years, found American Sunni mosques are blending various schools of Islamic jurisprudence or madhabs.
Like many hajj traditions in a pandemic year, Zamzam water gets a reboot
By Joseph Hammond — July 21, 2021
(RNS) — In an effort to keep COVID-19 transmission to a minimum, Saudi authorities have deployed 20 robots to serve bottles of Islam's holiest water to often bemused pilgrims.
Hilton hotel to be built atop demolished Uyghur mosque
By Joseph Hammond — July 1, 2021
(RNS) — The plans have been met with outrage and condemnation from various Muslim groups.
Report: Number of mosques in US grows overall, but African American mosques in decline
By Joseph Hammond — June 2, 2021
(RNS) — The majority of America’s new purpose-built mosques are found in suburban areas, a shift that reflects the demographic footprint of Muslims in America.
Muslims open Ramadan with social distanced prayers, vaccines
By Niniek Karmini — April 13, 2021
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — COVID-19 cases are spiking in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but vaccines are being administered and the government is loosening restrictions.
By Sea of Galilee, archaeologists find ruins of early mosque
By Ilan Ben Zion — January 30, 2021
TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) — The mosque's foundations, excavated just south of the Sea of Galilee, point to its construction roughly a generation after the death of the Prophet Mohammad.
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