The Grand Mosque has been seized and police are searching for a man who has been seen on CCTV allegedly breaking down a fence on the site.A man was seen on video apparently breaking down the fence and allegedly leaving the mosque before it was seized.Officers are investigating the incident and are appealing for anyone
Police have arrested a man in Israel who they said opened fire on a synagogue during a service on Monday.The man was born and raised in New York, and the suspect was reportedly a “felon” who lived in the city, the Jerusalem Post reported.A spokesperson for Israel’s police said the man was in Israel at
Muslims pray at a mosque in San Francisco, California on February 5, 2018.The new law was passed by a landslide in the state, with 56 percent of voters approving it.Muslims pray at the mosque in Santa Ana, California, on February 1, 2018, on the heels of a deadly shooting at a historic black church in
The Greatest mosque in America.That’s how the Associated Press and the National Muslim Business Council define “the greatest mosque in the United States.”That’s what a Muslim Business Roundtable of America report calls “the largest mosque in North America.”That honor goes to the Al-Shifa Islamic Center in San Bernardino, Calif., which is the oldest Muslim-owned business
by LISA WELSON via Wired article Posted May 03, 2019 06:20:13A fully autonomous spacecraft has been built using a “spherical” shape to create an automated control center, according to a research paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters.The shape, which was developed by researchers at the University of Bath and the University in Vienna,
An archaeological site in northern Syria’s Idlib province was seized on Monday by rebel fighters who took control of the historic site, one that dates back to the 12th century, a monitoring group said.The site is a symbol of the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo, which fell to rebels in a four-year civil war.Syria’s antiquities
A mosque in Tokyo has been the focus of an anti-Islam backlash for years.But the controversial structure was the brainchild of a local politician, and now some locals are calling it a symbol of Japanese racism.The mosque is a popular spot for local residents, who say it was built to accommodate a large Muslim community
New Zealand’s largest Muslim congregation has one of the world’s largest mosques, with one of its largest gatherings.It’s a rare place where all faiths can congregate in a single space, and it has attracted a growing number of new Muslims from around the world, especially in the US.But a group of New Zealand Muslims has
Russia has banned Facebook “counter-terrorism” pages, following a string of deadly attacks that have targeted the country’s largest mosque and its iconic, Kremlin-backed leader.The ban comes as the Kremlin struggles to contain a wave of violence targeting its security forces and its allies in the region.In June, a gunman opened fire on a police checkpoint
The Minneapolis mosque that will house the National African American Museum of History and Science was named for a Somali man who went missing in Somalia in 2014.The mosque is part of the $100 million project to restore the mosque to its former glory in the city, and is being built on the site of