Mosque Bombers Kill 22 in Nigeria
Two female bombers killed at least 22 worshippers in an attack on a mosque on Wednesday, Nigerian rescue officials say. The attack took place on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri – the birthplace of the Boko Haram armed group. Abdul Mohammed, of the State Emergency Management Agency, told The Associated Press news […]
Palestinian Calls For International Protection: Israel Rejects Call
Israel on Friday rejected Palestinian calls for a protection force to be deployed in east Jerusalem to quell violence around the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque. “Let me be crystal clear Israel will not agree to any international presence on the Temple Mount. Such a presence would be a change in the status quo,” Israeli deputy Ambassador […]
People in Finland would be happier living near a drug rehab center than a mosque
Attitude survey finds that a Muslim prayer room is second only to a drug users’ needle exchange in terms of unpopular neighbourhood services, while support centres for alcoholics or mental health patients would be more warmly received. Finns would prefer to live near an alcohol rehabilitation centre than to a Muslim prayer room, a new […]
Violence Continues in Nigeria – Militants Kill 29 in Maiduguri
A suicide bomber has killed at least 16 people at a mosque in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, police say. Dozens more were wounded in the attack. It follows an overnight assault on the north-eastern city by Boko Haram, in which at least 13 people were killed before troops were able to push back the […]
Mosque collapse, amid heavy rains killing 9
At least nine people have died after a wall surrounding a mosque collapsed, amid heavy rains in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, according to authorities. Many people are feared to be trapped beneath the rubble after the wall fell on shanty homes in the Mukuru slum area of the city. Rescue workers have been looking for […]
120 people feared dead as suicide bombers storm mosque in northern Nigeria
Kano, Nigeria-At least 120 people are feared dead and 270 more injured after gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a mosque in northern Nigeria during Friday prayers this afternoon.Witnesses reported three separate explosions and said the gunmen opened fire on worshippers in the assault at the Grand mosque in Kano, in the west African country’s second-largest […]
