Leading pro-Taliban cleric is killed in a deadly bomb at an Afghan mosque.

According to Taliban authorities and a local doctor, an explosion that occurred on Friday in western Afghanistan tore through a crowded mosque, causing the deaths of 18 people, including a well-known imam. Over 21 people suffered injuries.

During Friday noon prayers, the pinnacle of the...

UAE summons Israeli ambassador to protest incidents at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque

On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates summoned the Israeli ambassador to let him know of the strong protest and denunciation by the emirates of the incidents that are taking place in Jerusalem and the holy mosque of Al-Aqsa.

Palestinian protesters clashed with the Israeli troops in the W...

Blasts at a mosque in Afghanistan, 12 wounded

The latest attack in a series of blasts to hit mosques in Afghanistan. This has eroded the Taliban claims of restoring security in the country almost after decades of war.

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•        A mosque in Afghanistan atta...

Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem’s Old City

Palestinians have clashed with Israeli police just outside Jerusalem’s Old City, when thousands of people were celebrating a Muslim holiday. Earlier this type of violence led to the 11-day Gaza war in May earlier last year.

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• Palestinian...

ISIS claims responsibility for mosque blast in Kabul

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• The Islamic State group claims responsibility for the attack
• United Nations condemns the attack on mosque

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack near a Kabul mosque. This attack took place a...

ABU DHABI TO TRY VACCINE TRIALS, PARTICIPANTS NEED NOT UNDERGO TESTS UPON ARRIVAL; MOSQUES PRAYER TO BEGIN

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• The Abu Dhabi Crisis, Emergencies, and Disasters Committee have affirmed measures for members of Phase III clinical preliminaries of the Covid-19 antibody and those under the National Vaccination Program

The measures will apply from ...

HONG KONG MOSQUE STAYS OUT OF ANTI-FRANCE PROTESTS

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• Hong Kong's biggest mosque has distanced itself from an anti-France fight, which was organized on its entryways outside, a week ago

After Friday's petitions at Kowloon mosque, a gathering of around 100 Muslims showed against ...

GREECE CRITICIZED TURKEY’S DECISION TO CONVERT ANOTHER MUSEUM INTO MOSQUE

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• Greece criticize Turkey on the decision of converting the 1,000-year-old Byzantine Greek Orthodox church into a mosque
• The foreign ministry of Greece said that, Turkey is now insulting the character of another cultural heritage monument wi...

MOSQUES TO REOPEN IN UAE

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• UAE has declared reopening of mosques from July 1
• Proper care and precautions will be taken to avoid the spread

The mosques will re-open from July 1 said The Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department (IACAD) in ...

SEOUL: MOSQUES IN THE COUNTRY REOPENED FOR RAMADAN

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• People coming in mask will maintain social distancing along with use of hand sanitizers, face mask and writing names in register

• More than 150,000 Muslims stay in South Korea and make up 0.3 percent of total population

After recording zero ne...

THOUSANDS OF SRI LANKAN VIOLATORS ARRESTED FOR DISOBEYING CURFEW ORDERS.

• Thousands of offenders arrested for disobeying the curfew.
• They were a clutch of people who were offering prayers in a mosque.

Sri Lankan police were the ones who paid heed to the crisis situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic early on and were not to be ...

Why do we always seem to be unaware of the upcoming disasters

After a tragic event, we undergo national paroxysms of guilt, but we seem to be making the same fundamental mistake again and again.

The reputational damage caused by this recent tragic event will not be remedied quickly. The majority of the victims are tourists from abroad and some int...