Tag: mosques

UAE mosques ordered to shorten Fridays sermons during heat of summer

By Tala Ramadan DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has instructed mosque preachers across the country to limit the duration of Friday sermons and prayers to a maximum 10 minutes as searing heat continues to engulf the region, the state news agency said on Thursday. The directive, issued by the UAE’s General Authority for […]

Churches and mosques burnt in Nigeria as curfew imposed in Mangu

Mosques and churches have been burnt in Nigeria’s central Plateau state after a row over cattle turned deadly. Eight people died in the clashes in Mangu when cattle escaped on to a road where they were blocking traffic. The state governor has imposed a 24-hour curfew there to halt the violence, though burials are being […]