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Afghan blast kills 14 as militants target Shias INTERNATIONAL

Afghan blast kills 14 as militants target Shias

At least 14 Shias were killed on Wednesday in a powerful blast at a mosque in northern Afghanistan, the second deadly attack on the minority in as many days during the major festival of Ashura.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bombs hit mosque, congress centre in Germany INTERNATIONAL

Bombs hit mosque, congress centre in Germany

Bomb attacks hit a mosque and a congress centre in the eastern German city of Dresden, police said Tuesday, adding that they suspected a xenophobic and nationalist motive.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Air strike kills 16 members of Yemeni imam's family ASIA

Air strike kills 16 members of Yemeni imam's family

At least 16 members of the extended family of a Yemeni mosque imam were killed in an air strike on their family home in northern Yemen by the Saudi-led Arab coalition, a Reuters witness, a medic and a resident said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
New York police hunt for gunman in Muslim cleric's killing INTERNATIONAL

New York police hunt for gunman in Muslim cleric's killing

New York City police searched for a gunman who killed a Muslim cleric and his associate as they left prayers at a mosque in the borough of Queens, a crime that sowed fear and sadness in their budding Bangladeshi community.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Muslim cleric, associate shot dead on New York street INTERNATIONAL

Muslim cleric, associate shot dead on New York street

A Muslim cleric and an associate were fatally shot by a lone gunman on Saturday while walking together following afternoon prayers at a mosque in the New York City borough of Queens, authorities said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Senior Egypt pro-government cleric escapes shooting ASIA

Senior Egypt pro-government cleric escapes shooting

Gunmen opened fire at former Egyptian mufti Ali Gomaa in a Cairo suburb on Friday, missing the pro-government cleric but wounding a bodyguard, the interior ministry said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Awqaf Ministry endorses Ezdan village mosque ARABIA

Awqaf Ministry endorses Ezdan village mosque

The Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments) and Islamic Affairs has officially endorsed Ezdan Village 37 mosque in the Al-Wukair area as a place to perform Friday prayers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Religious tensions bristle in Myanmar after mosque destroyed INTERNATIONAL

Religious tensions bristle in Myanmar after mosque destroyed

Scores of police have been deployed to guard a village in central Myanmar where religious tensions are running high after a Buddhist mob destroyed a mosque, authorities said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Denmark eyes measures against 'hate preachers' INTERNATIONAL

Denmark eyes measures against 'hate preachers'

The Danish government is considering tightening legislation to prevent imams who ‘preach hate’ from spreading their views, Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
4 dead in suicide attack at Cameroon mosque INTERNATIONAL

4 dead in suicide attack at Cameroon mosque

Four worshipers were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in northern Cameroon on Monday, a security source said, five days after a similar attack left 12 people dead.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man who drove car at troops ‘not linked to terrorist group’ INTERNATIONAL

Man who drove car at troops ‘not linked to terrorist group’

French investigators have found no evidence that a man who drove his car into troops guarding a mosque in southern France on New Year's Day was linked to a terrorist group, a local prosecutor said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man drives car at troops protecting French mosque INTERNATIONAL

Man drives car at troops protecting French mosque

A soldier and an elderly Muslim man were slightly injured when a man drove his car at troops protecting a mosque in Valence in southern France.

4:45 AM November 25 2016