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Trump says would consider closing some US mosques Billionaire Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump said that the United States should "strongly consider" shuttering some mosques.

17 November 2015 12:12

Mosque blasts kill 55 in NE Nigeria Two bomb blasts ripped through mosques in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 55 people and injuring more than 100.

24 October 2015 12:56

Silk Road explorers from Kazakhstan: Minarets of Xinjiang The expedition group from Kazakhstan has immersed itself into the spiritual life of the ancient and enigmatic city of Kashgar.

30 August 2014 15:37

Children's Quran recital competition at Almaty Mosque The Central Mosque Almaty has announced a Quran recital competition among children.

11 July 2014 17:12

Man shot dead in Thailand mosque attack: police Gunmen opened fire at a mosque in insurgency-hit southern Thailand, killing one man and injuring another a day after Muslims began observing the holy month of Ramadan, police said.

01 July 2014 12:03

One killed, several wounded in Zanzibar bombing One person was killed and several others were wounded in a bomb attack near a mosque on Tanzania's Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar on Friday, police said.

14 June 2014 12:00

Vandals leave anti-Arab grafitti on Israel mosque Vandals left anti-Arab graffiti on a mosque in northern Israel overnight and damaged a door on the building, police said.

18 April 2014 15:04

Chechen president dedicates Israel's biggest mosque The head of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, inaugurated Sunday Israel's largest mosque, in a village near Jerusalem whose inhabitants claim descent from Muslim migrants from the Caucasus.

24 March 2014 13:15

Morocco threatens to expel Syrians for mosque 'disruption' Morocco on Friday threatened to expel some Syrian refugees it accused of "causing disruption to mosques and the faithful" in several towns, after a first warning earlier this month.

15 March 2014 10:39

Kazakhstan’s mosques free of extremism teachings: Head of Kazakhstan’s Agency for Religion He emphasized that the country’s young are primarily indoctrinated by misleading religious groupings in Internet-based communities.

07 February 2014 22:57

Rihanna ordered out of UAE mosque complex over photo shoot Pop star Rihanna was asked to leave Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque complex for posing for "inappropriate" pictures outside one of the world's largest Muslim places of worship.

22 October 2013 16:54

At least one dead in blast near mosque in Russian Caucasus At least one person was killed early on Friday when a bomb exploded outside a village mosque in the Russian Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria.

19 October 2013 10:01

Former student of Almaty mosque denied persecution of imams The former student of the Central Mosque of Almaty accusing imams of sexual harassment has been denied persecution of her religious teachers.

19 September 2013 15:56

Mosques in West Kazakhstan to broadcast namaz prayers on Skype The newest IT solution has been implemented by 13 mosques based in Atyrau oblast, with 6 of them being based in Atyrau.The newest IT solution has been implemented by 13 mosques based in Atyrau oblast, with 6 of them being based in Atyrau.

17 September 2013 21:35

Almaty Central Mosque comments on sex row Almaty Central Mosque commented on the sex row over the Mosque’s school.

13 September 2013 12:23

Former student of Almaty Mosque's school turns to prosecutors A former student of the Islamic school for women of Almaty Central Mosque filed a complaint to the prosecutor’s office asking to check on the activities of the school.

10 September 2013 11:31

Sexual row unfolds over Almaty Central Mosque One of the students of the Madrasah for Women of Almaty city's Central Mosque complains that the school’s students are forced to become wives of the imams.

27 August 2013 17:51

Prayers for 'Egyptian martyrs' in Bosnia's mosques All mosques in Bosnia on Friday heeded the country's top iman's call to hold prayers for the "Egyptian martyrs" killed in a crackdown by security forces of supporters of the ousted Islamist president.

18 August 2013 13:38

Women promote mosques 'for all' in Britain In the damp basement room of a Caribbean restaurant in London, Naima leads prayers for an audience of male and female worshippers.

09 August 2013 14:19

Yemenis battle for mosques in Sunni-Shiite divide Sunni Muslim extremists and Shiite Zaidi rebels in Yemen are waging a battle for the control of mosques, in a spillover of the sectarian face-off rattling the Middle East.

22 July 2013 11:00

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