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 Swiss to Vote 
 on Minaret Ban 

Referendum this month sparks fear of Muslim backlash

Nov 5, 09 6:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Swiss government and business leaders are having a panic attack over a referendum that would ban minarets on mosques—and, they fear, make the country a target for Islamic terrorism. The handiwork of the anti-immigrant Swiss People's Party, infamous for an earlier campaign poster showing a white sheep kicking a... More »

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Islam • Switzerland • minarets • mosque • Swiss People's Party • Swatch • religious persecution

 Houses of Worship 
 Adapt to Swine Flu 

Synagogues, churches, mosques get ready for H1N1

Sep 20, 09 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Places of worship across the country are adjusting holy rituals to head off swine flu, CBS News reports. On the Jewish New Year, one Massachusetts synagogue is skipping handshakes and promoting the use of hand sanitizer—and, in a substantial break from tradition, allowing worshipers to not kiss the Torah.... More »

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Islam • Jews • Muslims • Judaism • Catholicism • mosque • synagogue • Catholics • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - With the Muslim population in the US booming, the start of Ramadan this weekend will see many worshippers overflowing into borrowed space, from ballrooms to synagogues, the Washington Post reports. The DC area's mosques are bursting at the seams; with the Koran's injunction against borrowing money at interest slowing new... More »

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Islam • mosque • synagogue • Ramadan

(Newser) - A debate on freedom of religion featuring ultra-nationalist zealots is playing out in the most unlikely of places: a sleepy hamlet in Switzerland. A group is trying to block the construction of a 30-foot tall minaret on a mosque in Langenthal (pop. 14,000) because it's a symbol of Islam's... More »

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Islam • religion • Switzerland • minarets • Muslim • mosque • referendum

(AP) - Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques in Baghdad today, killing at least 29 people, according to Iraqi police and hospital officials. The bombings, apparently part of a coordinated attack that targeted worshipers leaving Friday prayers, shattered a period of relative calm in the Iraqi capital. The deaths raised to at... More »

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Shiite • Baghdad • Sunni militants • Iraq pullout • troop withdrawal • mosque • Iraq war

 Nigerian Troops Attack 
 Militants' Mosque, Kill 100 

Group blamed for wave of violence; leader escapes

Jul 30, 09 6:52 AM CDT
(AP) - Nigerian security forces killed more than 100 militants yesterday as they shelled then stormed the mosque and compound of an Islamist sect blamed for days of violence across northern Nigeria. The bodies of barefoot young men littered the streets of Maiduguri this morning as the army conducted a house-to-house manhunt... More »

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military • Nigeria • Islamic militants • mosque • raid • Nigerian violence • Mohammed Yusuf

(Newser) - Chinese authorities forced mosques in Urumqi to stay closed today and reimposed a curfew in the restive western city, reports the BBC. The curfew was lifted after thousands of troops had seemed to restore order between Han Chinese and Uighur Muslims, who have battled in the worst ethnic violence China... More »

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China • Islam • mosque • ethnic conflict • ethnic violence • Han Chinese • Xinjiang • Uighurs • Urumqi

(Newser) - One of Pakistan’s most prominent anti-Taliban clerics was killed today in a suicide bomb attack, the Times of London reports. Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi, who supported the Pakistan army’s campaign in the Swat Valley, died on the way to the hospital after an explosion at his Islamic college in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • suicide bombing • Muslim • mosque • cleric • Lahore • Pakistan army • Swat Valley • madrasa • Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi

(Newser) - Gunmen killed 11 people and injured 12 in a southern Thailand mosque today, AFP reports. Officials said between two and five armed men entered the mosque and fired “indiscriminately.” It’s the latest incident in a 5-year guerrilla war that has killed 3,700 in Narathiwat province. The... More »

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Thailand • mosque • shooting • insurgency • gunmen • Narathiwat province

(Newser) - A bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan killed about 40 people today, Reuters reports. The attack, which occurred near the troubled Swat Valley, took place as Pakistani leaders urged visiting US envoy Richard Holbrooke to ramp up US aid, notes the AP. Such attacks won't "deter the government... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • bombing • mosque • terrorist attack • Swat Valley • Richard Holbrooke

(Newser) - Iran publicly hanged three men today in connection with the bombing of a Shi’ite mosque last week that killed at least 30, Reuters reports. Responsibility for the blast has reportedly been claimed by the Sunni militant group Jundollah, which Iran says is part of the al Qaeda network and... More »

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Iran • Sunni militants • execution • bombing • mosque • public executions • shi'ite

 Iran Mosque Bombing Kills 30 

Sunni rebels blamed for deadly blast at Shiite mosque

May 29, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bombing at a Shiite mosque in Iran killed at least 30 people during evening prayers yesterday, Reuters reports. At least 80 others were injured in the bombing in Zahedan city, near the Pakistan border. A Sunni group of anti-government rebels is active in the province, and government officials say... More »

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Iran • bomb • mosque

London Teen: How I Was Recruited for Jihad

Group meeting in mosque invited boy to outside gatherings

May 17, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Islamists approached him in the mosque, and before he knew it a 15-year-old Londoner was watching jihadist videos and being encouraged to train in Pakistan, the boy tells the Times of London in the “first inside account” of the recruitment process. “A lot of people think that... More »

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terrorism • London • jihad • extremists • recruitment • mosque • Britain • martyrdom • teenager

 6 Car Bombs Kill 48 in Baghdad 

All target Shiite areas as violence rises

Apr 29, 09 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six car bombs rattled predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad within four hours today, killing 48 and injuring 81. The three bloodiest explosions went off in quick succession in Sadr City, a dense Shiite neighborhood, CNN reports. The bombings were similar to seven coordinated attacks earlier this month, which the US... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Baghdad • US military • car bomb • mosque • attacks

20 Dead in Pakistan
Mosque Blast

Suicide bomber strikes annual religious event

Apr 5, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 20 people were killed in a suicide bombing early this morning at a Pakistani mosque, reports CNN. The blast tore through a crowd at the mosque's front gate as worshipers gathered for an annual event in the Punjab province. Sectarian violence has been mounting in the Punjab in... More »

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Pakistan • sectarian violence • suicide bombing • mosque

 Suicide Bomb Kills 48 
 at Pakistan Mosque 

80 injured; locals dig through ruins for survivors

Mar 27, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A suicide bombing in a packed northwestern Pakistan mosque killed at least 48 people and injured scores more today, AP reports. The blast badly damaged the mosque in Jamrud, a town near the Afghan border in an area beset by Taliban attacks as well as vicious feuds between rival tribes... More »

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Pakistan • suicide bombing • mosque

 Sri Lankan Mosque 
 Blast Kills 10 

Tamil Tiger suicide bomber targeted government ministers

Mar 10, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - An explosion at a mosque in southern Sri Lanka has killed at least 10 people, the BBC reports. The suicide attack by the Tamil Tigers was aimed at a group of government ministers visiting the Matara mosque. One cabinet minister is believed to be among more than 20 people seriously... More »

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suicide bomber • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • suicide bombing • mosque

(AP) - Israel bombed a mosque it says was used to store weapons and destroyed the homes of more than a dozen Hamas operatives today, the seventh day of a blistering offensive in Gaza. In what appeared to be a new Israeli tactic, the military called at least some of the houses... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • mosque • Arab Israeli conflict

Architects Compete for Massive Mecca Makeover

Vast complex to be tripled in capacity to fit Hajj pilgrims

Nov 28, 08 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid are among the 18 architects reportedly in the running for the daunting job of remaking Mecca: designing a mosque complex to accommodate the 3 million pilgrims making the yearly Hajj. The "new architectural vision" would more than triple the complex's capacity and make... More »

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Mecca • mosque • hajj • architect

9 Dead, 100 Wounded
in Iran Mosque Blast

Attack scatters meeting of extremist Shiite organization

Apr 12, 08 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bomb killed nine and wounded more than 100 in an Iranian mosque today, scattering members of an extremist Shiite group, the BBC reports. Police and militia have cordoned off the area while medics attend to victims and local media call for blood donations. No one has claimed responsibility for... More »

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Iran • Shiite • Sunni militants • bombing • mosque • Wahhabism • Persepolis

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