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Kabul: Dozens Killed in Attacks on Mosques

Kabul: Dozens Killed in Attacks on Mosques

Afghan citizens in Kabul criticised the government’s inability to guarantee the security of its people during the commemoration ceremony of Ashura after an attack on a mosque killed at least 14 people. At least 14 people including a child died during the attack on a...
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Muslim migrants who live in Greece pray at the Greek-Arab Cultural Center, a Muslim prayer site in Athens, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. Lawmakers in Greece have approved construction of a state-funded mosque near central Athens, a proposal that triggered dissent within the country’s coalition government amid a heated public debate on how manage the migrant crisis. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)


Greece to Build Athens Mosque

Greece to Build Athens Mosque

Lawmakers in Greece on Thursday approved the construction of a state-funded mosque near central Athens — a proposal that was not well received within the coalition government amid a heated public debate on how to manage the Syrian refugee crisis. The proposal,...
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France’s Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve (C) meets with Vice President of the French Muslim council CFCM Abdallah Zekri (L) and CFCM Head Anouar Kbibech (R) at the Ministry of the Interior on August 1, 2016 in Paris. Muslims across France were invited to participate in Catholic ceremonies on July 31 to mourn a priest whose murder by jihadist teenagers sparked fears of religious tension. Masses will be celebrated across the country in honour of octogenarian Father Jacques Hamel, whose throat was cut in his church on August 2 in the latest jihadist attack on France. “We are all Catholics of France,” said Anouar Kbibech, the head of the French Muslim council CFCM, in an expression of togetherness in the wake of the attack. / AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHON /


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Muslim worshipers gather after a suicide bomber detonated a device near the security headquarters of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.


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