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Mosque under construction in Mali to honor US teen slain during Ramadan
By Lauren Markoe — June 22, 2017
(RNS) It took less than 24 hours to crowdsource the funds to build a mosque that will be called Masjid Nabra, which is already under construction.
Shock and anger in Mosul after ISIS destroys historic mosque
By Reuters — June 22, 2017
MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) For many in Mosul, the city can never be the same after Islamic State militants blew up the leaning minaret that had graced the city for nearly 850 years.
ISIS blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
By Reuters — June 21, 2017
MOSUL/IRBIL, Iraq (Reuters) It was from this medieval mosque three years ago that the militants' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a self-styled "caliphate" spanning parts of Syria and Iraq.
Finsbury Park attack a window onto two Britains: One seeking tolerance, the other revenge
By Catherine Pepinster — June 20, 2017
LONDON (RNS) In Britain, some people cynically describe friendly relations between members of different faiths as 'tea and samosas,' but others suggest expressions of solidarity are growing despite the recent attack.
Van rams worshippers leaving London mosque; Prime minister calls it a ‘sickening’ terrorist attack
By Reuters — June 18, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Shortly after midnight, the rented vehicle swerved into a group of people leaving prayers at the Muslim Welfare House and the nearby Finsbury Park Mosque in north London, one of the biggest in the country, witnesses said.
NJ mosque wins $3.25 million in settlement in discrimination case
By Lauren Markoe — May 30, 2017
(RNS) The mosque met every local zoning requirement but the town made up new ones that applied to no other religious community.
Quebec mosque shooting thought to be ‘lone wolf’ attack
By Reuters — January 31, 2017
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) - A French-Canadian university student was the sole suspect in a shooting at aQuebec City mosque and was charged with the premeditated murder of six people.
Canadian PM says mosque shooting a ‘terrorist attack on Muslims’
By Reuters — January 30, 2017
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) - Six people were killed and eight wounded when gunmen opened fire at a Quebec City mosque during Sunday night prayers, in what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a "terrorist attack on Muslims."
Appealing mosque ruling could cost NJ town millions, expert says
By Yonat Shimron — January 4, 2017
"The township right now is on the hook," says Robert Tuttle, professor of Law and Religion at George Washington University School of Law.
Three California mosques receive hateful letters mentioning Trump
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 27, 2016
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hateful letters sent anonymously to three mosques in California with a warning that President-elect Donald Trump would "cleanse" the United States of Muslims have stirred fears among congregants, a community leader said.
With construction of a new mosque, Greek Muslims look to come out of the shadows
By Umar Farooq — November 2, 2016
ATHENS, Greece (RNS) Decades of legal restrictions and a lack of funding have meant only three prayer spaces are registered properly with authorities. But that's about to change.
Kansas trio plead not guilty in plot to bomb apartment, mosque
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 18, 2016
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) Three men charged with plotting to bomb an apartment building in western Kansas where Muslim immigrants from Somalia lived and had a mosque plead not guilty but remain in jail.
How Cat Stevens helped Nashville’s Muslims find a home
By RNS staff — September 29, 2016
On Sunday — almost 40 years after his initial, unexpected donation — the British musician and convert to Islam paid a visit to the center he helped establish.
Members vow to rebuild fire-damaged mosque where Pulse shooter worshipped
By RNS staff — September 13, 2016
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — Whoever set fire to a portion of the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce has “terrorized our community,” a spokesman said, but the mosque will be reused as soon as possible. The blaze at the facility — where Orlando Pulse nightclub mass shooter Omar Mateen used to worship — started at 12:40 […]
Campaign seeks to block mosque construction near Pisa’s tower
By Josephine McKenna — August 23, 2016
(RNS) Italian Muslims decry a challenge to their religious freedom.
