TEHRAN (IQNA) – An inquiry into Christchurch’s mosques shooting massacre began hearing evidence on Monday, as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern prepared to co-host a meeting in France that seeks global support to tackle online violence.
News ID: 3468501 Publish Date : 2019/05/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Support is growing in Germany for a "mosque tax" to make Islamic institutions less dependent on potentially anti-democratic or "radical" foreign funding sources, a media report said Sunday.
News ID: 3468496 Publish Date : 2019/05/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 31 mosques and two major Islamic shrines in China's Xinjiang have been partly or completely demolished since 2016, according to a new report, as Beijing steps up a clampdown targeting Muslims in the northwestern region.
News ID: 3468464 Publish Date : 2019/05/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Mosques across Long Island, New York, are taking the unprecedented step of hiring armed guards for Islam's holy month of Ramadan after a string of terrorist attacks on houses of worship worldwide.
News ID: 3468436 Publish Date : 2019/05/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – In the floods that hit different provinces of Iran in recent weeks, some 700 mosques , religious centers and holy sites sustained serious damage, an official said.
News ID: 3468417 Publish Date : 2019/05/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Every year, a few days before the start of the holy month of Ramadan, mosques and holy sites across Iran are cleaned and prepared to host worshippers during the month of fasting.
News ID: 3468400 Publish Date : 2019/04/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Thousands of Pakistanis clad in white gathered in the central city of Jhang to make a human image of New Zealand's Al Noor mosque in Christchurch city, where 50 people were killed by a white supremacist four weeks ago.
News ID: 3468290 Publish Date : 2019/04/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Satellite imagery posted by activists appears to show that the Chinese government is systematically destroying landmark mosques in the Muslim Xinjiang Autonomous region.
News ID: 3468258 Publish Date : 2019/04/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A human chain of love is being organized for mosques around New Zealand, to show solidarity for the country’s Muslim population.
News ID: 3468172 Publish Date : 2019/03/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Some 4,000 mosques in Iran will host worshipers who are going to attend I’tikaf (seclusion for worship in a mosque) on the 13th to 15th of the lunar month of Rajab, an official said.
News ID: 3468155 Publish Date : 2019/03/17
London-Based Syrian Priest:
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Syrian cleric in London described the Friday attacks on two mosques in New Zealand as a crime against humanity.
News ID: 3468154 Publish Date : 2019/03/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Muslims will make up 30 percent of Russia’s population by 2034, the country’s grand mufti said Monday, adding that, therefore, more mosques are needed in the country.
News ID: 3468063 Publish Date : 2019/03/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A court in Austria annulled a government plan to shut down six mosques belonging to the Arab community, a Muslim body said.
News ID: 3467928 Publish Date : 2019/02/16
TEHRAN (IQNA) – For several months now, the US-led coalition in Syria has been deliberately targeting mosques – religious objects that have protected status under international law.
News ID: 3467923 Publish Date : 2019/02/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Egypt’s Awqaf ministry will reopen 44 mosques in the country after completion of their restoration process.
News ID: 3467871 Publish Date : 2019/02/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An international conference titled “Mosque, Base of Fraternity in Muslim World” will be held in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, an official said.
News ID: 3467778 Publish Date : 2019/01/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – There have been more than 2500 mosques built in Kyrgyzstan over the past 28 years, an official said.
News ID: 3467757 Publish Date : 2019/01/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Chinese authorities have shut down three mosques in Weishan town of the country’s southern Yunnan province, media reported.
News ID: 3467598 Publish Date : 2019/01/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – "Open Mosque Days” have become a great way of bridging the gap between Muslims and non-Muslims around the globe.
News ID: 3467548 Publish Date : 2018/12/27
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Lawmakers from Germany's grand coalition government said on Wednesday that they were considering introducing a "mosque tax" for German Muslims, similar to the church taxes that German Christians pay.
News ID: 3467545 Publish Date : 2018/12/26
