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Obama to make first visit to US mosque
By Reuters — January 30, 2016
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday (Feb. 3), Obama will visit the Islamic Society of Baltimore mosque, where he will hold a roundtable with the community and deliver remarks.
Attack on Saudi Shiite mosque kills four
By Reuters — January 29, 2016
DUBAI -- Security forces prevented two suicide bombers from entering the mosque, where one blew himself up, killing four. Security forces exchanged fire with the second man and arrested him.
Francis may become first pope to visit Rome mosque
By Rosie Scammell — January 20, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is studying an invitation received several days after his first visit to the city’s Great Synagogue.
Man accused of swinging machete through Florida mosque
By J.D. Gallop — January 5, 2016
"You can't help but feel this is a hateful act (because of) all of the negative media, the politicians who want to ban Muslims, close mosques," said an area Muslim leader.
Couple whom FBI, Obama call terrorists were once a ‘happy bride’ and her ‘sweet’ husband
By Reuters — December 5, 2015
All their mosque acquaintances knew of Tashfeen Malik and Syed Riswan Farook is that they were quietly devout. The FBI says they orchestrated "an act of terrorism."
France shuts mosque, arrests man in crackdown after attacks
By Reuters — December 3, 2015
Authorities had already closed two mosques last week -- the first time France has taken such action against places of worship suspected of nurturing what the interior minister called "Islamist radicalization."
Islamic State claims attack on Bangladesh shrine
By Reuters — November 27, 2015
Muslim-majority Bangladesh has seen a rise in Islamist violence in recent months, with two foreigners, four secular writers and a publisher killed this year.
GOP rivals call Trump’s Muslim database idea ‘wrong’ and ‘dangerous’
By Reuters — November 21, 2015
GOP rivals Gov. John Kasich and Jeb Bush objected immediately to Trump's proposal.
Arizona mosque, site of anti-Islam protest, holds ‘love not hate’ event
By Reuters — June 2, 2015
PHOENIX (Reuters) The Islamic Community Center of Phoenix said it was hosting a gathering to "show that when one of us is mistreated, our community responds with a message of Love and Not Hate."
Crowds gather for anti-Islam demonstration outside Phoenix mosque
By Reuters — May 30, 2015
(Reuters) The anti-Muslim event outside the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix was organized by an Iraq war veteran who posted photos of himself online wearing a T-shirt with a crude slogan denigrating Islam and waving the U.S. flag.
The Occasional Pilgrim: Sinan Pasha Mosque (Photos)
By Kimberly Winston — February 28, 2015
(RNS) Travel to the Sunan Pasha Mosque in the heart of Kosovo, the newest old country nestled in the heart of the Balkans in this slide show of a sacred place.
Jewish extremists suspected of torching mosque near Bethlehem
By Michele Chabin — February 25, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) Wednesday's attack occurred on the 21st anniversary of the shooting spree by Baruch Goldstein that left 29 Muslim worshippers dead.
Boko Haram terrorists aim at Nigeria’s Muslims, too, killing 120 Friday worshippers
By Fredrick Nzwili — December 1, 2014
(RNS) The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has waged a campaign of terror in this part of the country since 2009. It had previously targeted churches.
Turkish leaders want to convert the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque
By Jacob Resneck — December 4, 2013
(RNS) Recent conversions of former Byzantine-era churches from museums into mosques, encouraged by religious and political leaders, have caused alarm among religious minorities and Turkey's Christian neighbors.
Video: Faith in the Five Boroughs presents Allah on Bath Avenue
By Sally Morrow — April 24, 2013
"How do we understand ourselves as young Muslims in America?" asks Rami Kawas. He's camp counselor-meets-spiritual advisor for the nearly 500 young people who pray, play and hang out at the Muslim American Society (MAS) Youth Center.
