JILJILIYA: A mosque in a village in the occupied West Bank was damaged in an apparent arson attack on Wednesday, with Palestinian officials accusing Israeli settlers of carrying out the incident. According to Osama Abdullah, head of the village council in Jiljiliya, north of Ramallah, settlers allegedly set fire to part of the village’s main […]
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Three killed in mosque shooting in San Diego
A shooting at a mosque complex in San Diego, California, left three people dead on Monday in what authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime. Police said emergency teams responded to reports of an active shooter at the Islamic Center of San Diego, where officers discovered three victims outside the mosque complex. Read More: […]
Tarlai mosque bomber had returned from Afghanistan last year: Khawaja Asif
ISLAMABAD: The suicide attacker responsible for the deadly blast at a mosque in Islamabad’s Tarlai area had returned to Pakistan from Afghanistan last year, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Friday, as investigations into the attack intensified. According to the minister, the attacker had travelled to Afghanistan around one-and-a-half to two years ago before returning […]
Six detained as probe widens into Islamabad suicide bombing
PESHAWAR: Authorities have taken six people, including two brothers of the suicide bomber, into custody as investigations continue into the deadly suicide attack on a mosque in the Tarlai area near Rawalpindi, government sources said on Saturday. Read More: Condemnations, protests follow deadly suicide bombing in Islamabad According to officials, the detained individuals were in […]
Yemen rebel strike on mosque kills at least 22
At least 22 people were killed in a Huthi rebel missile strike on a mosque south of the strategic Yemeni city of Marib, officials said on Monday. “Twenty-two people, including children, were killed and 19 others were injured in a Huthi missile attack on a mosque in Al-Jawba district” on Sunday night, a pro-government military […]
Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim riots
Sri Lanka blocked Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms on Monday after anti-Muslim riots hit several towns in the latest fallout from the Easter Sunday suicide attacks. Christian groups attacked Muslim-owned shops in a sign of the continued religious tension in Sri Lanka since the April 21 attacks by jihadist suicide bombers on three […]