Mosque
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India's Modi lays foundation for Hindu temple at site of demolished mosque
The site in Ayodhya in northern India has long been a religious tinderbox between Hindu nationalists and Muslims, providing the spark for some of the country's worst sectarian violence.
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Purley mosque receives planning
The mosque replaces an existing single-storey hall which has room for only half the congregation.
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Israeli settlers torch mosque in West Bank town of Al-Bireh
Palestinian sources, requesting anonymity, said the extremists stormed the city of al-Bireh, located 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) north of al-Quds (Jerusalem), in the early hours of Monday and scribbled racial slogans against Arabs and Muslims on the walls of the mosque, before setting parts of it on fire.
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Halifax Mosque launches community fridge
The fridge, stationed on the Mosque's grounds, will be open daily to enable residents and businesses to share surplus food and for anyone to help themselves to quality food that would otherwise be wasted.
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Turkish citizen travels from Germany to see Hagia Sophia's reopening as mosque
Tarık Balık, a 63-year-old Turkish citizen living in Germany, is one of those who was happy about the reopening of Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque after the structure served as a museum for 86 years.
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Muslim leaders praise Ankara's decision on Hagia Sophia Mosque
In letters and phone calls to Ali Erbaş, the head of Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), the leaders thanked President Erdoğan and hailed the reopening of Hagia Sophia as a mosque, said a Diyanet statement.
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'Hagia Sophia move shows will of Muslim country'
"Turkey has been siding with legitimate voices of the people and governments in the region," said Sami Al-Arian, an expert on global affairs.
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In Scotland Friday prayers held after months
Restrictions to guard against the spread of the coronavirus are in place, including limiting the number of attendees to 50, taking contact details and wearing masks. At the Baitur Rahman Mosque in Haugh Road, Glasgow, numbers have been further limited to 25 initially and temperatures were taken before entry.
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Imam excited to welcome worshippers back to Dundee Central Mosque
Since lockdown was enforced in March, Dundee Central Mosque’s members were forced to pray individually and celebrated the month of Ramadan, one of the biggest events in the Islamic calendar, in isolation from each other.
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Blackburn mosque suspends all prayers and closes
The Masjid Darussalam, based on Whalley New Road will be closing from today (July 15) citing the ‘current COVI-19 situation localised to Blackburn with Darwen.”
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Opposition leader backs Hagia Sophia being mosque again
Hagia Sophia should be opened for worship – as the government decided last week – but it should be “closed to politics,” a Turkish opposition leader said Tuesday.
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Medicine, food and social distancing at the mosque doing everything right in UK
With restrictions on places of worship now easing following the Covid-19 pandemic Raza Jamia Masjid, Accrington, has been identified nationally for their proactive response.
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Hamas expresses support for Ankara’s decision to convert iconic Hagia Sophia into mosque
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has expressed its support for the Turkish government’s decision to convert Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque. “Opening of Hagia Sophia to prayer is a proud moment for all Muslims,” said Hamas in a written statement.
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Friday prayers in mosques repeatedly banned in Kyrgyzstan
In connection with the difficult epidemiological situation in the country, the SDMK decided to suspend the Friday prayers.
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Mosque near Mumbai serves as free Oxygen centre for COVID patients
The facility was set up by the local chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Movement for Peace and Justice as well as Shanti Nagar Trust at Makkah Masjid in Shanti Nagar area in East Bhiwandi, which has recently seen a spike in COVID cases. The facility currently has five beds with oxygen cylinders attached with them to assist the patients facing difficulty in breathing. Additionally, JIH has also started a free-of-cost service to provide oxygen cylinders to patients at their homes.
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Coventry's churches, mosques and temples announce re-opening measures
No singing, stewards in PPE and praying from a distance are set to be the new normal as places of worship plan to re-open their doors to congregations from July 4.
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Manchester Mosque amazed people on Facebook by asking them if they need hot meal
The community-led food bank, based at the Qadria Jilania Islamic Social and Educational Centre, a mosque in Longsight, has been helping hundreds of people each day, many of whom wouldn't normally access this kind of service.
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UK police investigate after attacks on three Teesside mosques
The vandalism has been done at the sites on Bowesfield Lane, Dennison Street and Northcote Street.
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Glasgow mosque is taking part in Muslim Council of Britain virtual open day
Each year Muslim holy buildings open their doors to the public but this year, due to social distancing, the event will go ahead online.
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The Nottingham mosque that will open to the public virtually this weekend
Despite the lockdown, a Nottingham mosque will open its doors this weekend to the public with a virtual tour of its premises as part of a national initiative to 'reduce misconceptions' about Islam.
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Peterborough mosques to remain closed despite lockdown being eased
Muslim organizations such as MINAB , MCB, BBSI and many other organizations around the country including JMC are deeply disappointed with the government’s decision to reopen the places of Worship without allowing congregational/Jammat prayers.
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Russia church reject Turkey's Hagia Sophia mosque conversion plans
“Any attempts to change the museum status of Hagia Sophia Cathedral will lead to changing and violating fragile inter-confessional balances,” the church’s head of External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion, said.
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Man in hospital after assault at mosque in St Albans
The incident happened at around 11.35pm last Thursday (June 4). The man who is still in hospital suffered injuries including a fractured rib.
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Racist remarks about mosque on a UK planning website”
The issue was raised after a number of “racist remarks” were made about a planning application to transform part of the empty Trocadero at Piccadilly Circus into a mosque for up to 1,000 worshippers. The proposed mosque would be housed in the grade II-listed building’s two underground levels, which were used as a cinema until 2006 if the application gets the go-ahead.
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Mosque in Pakistan evacuated after hoax bomb threat
According to Liaquatabad SHO Liaquat Hayat, an unknown person phoned police helpline 15 and warned about the presence of a bomb at the mosque. After the call, he said they immediately went to the mosque and evacuated the worshipers, the mosque committee members and the students at the mosque’s seminary from the site.
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Mosque brings touch of goodwill to help hospital staff on coronavirus frontline
Volunteers at Cambridge Central Mosque have been preparing 30 meals each day since the first full day of Ramadan, before dropping them off at the hospital for staff in the critical care unit, security guards and paramedics.
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Turkey condemns anti-Muslim attack on mosque in Greek Cyprus
“We condemn the heinous attack carried out with Molotov cocktails against the Köprülü Hacı İbrahim Ağa Mosque in Limassol, in the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday, adding: "We share the statements made by the authorities of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus concerning the attack.”
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As lockdown eases, Iran's mosques to resume daily prayers
Rouhani also said on state television that shopping malls would be able to stay open beyond the 6 p.m. closing time imposed as part of the lockdown, a further step in the government’s plans to steadily ease the curbs.
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Park Road Mosque in Banbury providing food packs for community
Shameem Ramzan, one of the vulunteers from the mosque, said: "We quickly realised there was a need in the wider community as the current financial situation was having an enormous impact on families who were having to live off a reduced income.
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Former footballer raises $1M to build mosque in Spain
Starting more than one year ago, the French-born Malian player raised $1 million in an online mosque campaign called Kanoute4SevilleMosque.