The UN cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a remnant of the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group’s rule over the area. The mosque, famous for its 12th-century leaning minaret, was destroyed by IS in 2017 and has […]
Angry drivers have slammed ‘Britain’s worst parking’ after cars were dangerously abandoned on a busy city roundabout outside one of the UK’s biggest mosques. Thousands of Muslims descended on Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif in Small Heath, Birmingham, after celebrating Eid-al-Adha on Monday (17/6). But shocking photos show how dozens of worshippers sparked traffic chaos […]
Officials at a Minneapolis mosque fear it will be targeted again, two days after one of its members was injured in an alleged hit-and-run attack in the parking lot. The attack was the latest in a string of incidents — from mosque burnings to Muslims being attacked at their mosques with pepper spray or, in […]
A 37-year-old man was charged Friday with striking a man with a minivan outside a Minneapolis mosque where he has allegedly committed other violent acts. Jesse E. Suttles, of Minneapolis, was charged with second-degree assault in connection with the hit-and-run crash midday Wednesday outside the Alhikma Islamic Center in the 100 block of E. 32nd […]
A pedestrian was hit and injured by a minivan midday Wednesday in a south Minneapolis mosque parking lot, and police say they are investigating it as a possible targeted hate crime. Police were called to the pedestrian hit-and-run that happened just before noon at the Alhikma Islamic Center, at 116 E 32nd St., according to […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least eight worshippers were killed and 16 others injured early Wednesday morning after a man attacked a mosque with a locally made explosive in northern Nigeria’s Kano state, resulting in a fire outbreak, the police said. The suspect, a 38-year-old local resident, confessed that he attacked the mosque in Kano’s […]
At least 11 worshippers have been killed and dozens others injured after a man attacked a mosque in Nigeria’s northern Kano state, police say. A man allegedly sprayed the mosque with petrol and locked its doors before setting it on fire, trapping about 40 worshippers, they said. The attack was triggered by a family dispute […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 24 worshippers, including four children, were injured in northern Nigeria’s Kano state after a man attacked the mosque where they were praying early Wednesday morning, resulting in an explosion, the police said. The suspect, a 38-year-old resident of the area, confessed that he attacked the mosque in Kano’s remote […]
A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police lieutenant conspired with his wife to take $1,600 from her old employer after she was fired, court filings allege. To do it, the couple used a company credit card, a small business app and a mosque, the records say. Lt. Warith Muhammad, 47, has been charged by CMPD with financial card fraud […]
Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel has generated a flurry of false claims on social media. Among these, several posts claimed that a video showed Palestinians gathered at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem cheering Iran’s attack. But the claim is false: AFP Fact Check found that the clip was already online days before […]
A Muslim college student was reportedly attacked as he was walking back to campus after praying at a local mosque, Texas advocates said. The student told the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that three men approached him and his friend and started mocking Islamic phrases and the Arabic language, according to a news release from […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A San Francisco mosque had its windows smashed by a man wielding a skateboard on April 4, the San Francisco Police Department said. On Tuesday, the suspect was seen near the Masjid Al-Tawheed mosque again. The apparent smashing of the windows was caught on surveillance video, which was posted on X. […]