Tag: #Mosque
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Is Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Museum or Mosque? Decision to be made today
In Turkey today, the Council of State has to decide whether Hagia Sophia in Istanbul can be converted into a mosque or not. Built in the sixth century during the reign of Byzantine King Justinian I, it was the largest church in the world for nearly a thousand years. When the Ottoman Empire conquered the…
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Mosque could be the best platform to bring about social change: President
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi Sunday said that mosques and the religious scholars could be the best source to bring social change if they also guided the people on health, environment, good governance and other societal issues, besides the religious ones. “This is the platform which has changed the world and if…
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NZ cops trial armed patrols after mosques shooting
Wellington, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): New Zealand police announced the introduction of armed patrols Friday in response to the Christchurch mosques massacre in which 51 Muslim worshippers were killed. The force prides itself on operating largely as an unarmed service, but Commissioner Mike Bush said changes needed to be implemented after the worst mass shooting in…
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UN chief strongly condemned deadly Burkina Faso mosque attack
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned Friday’s attack on a mosque in Burkina Faso, an Islamic country in West Africa. In a statement, Guterres expressed his deep condolences to the families of the deceased, and the people and the Government of Burkina Faso, and wished a speedy recovery to…
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Huge crowds for inauguration of Senegal’s mega-mosque
Dakar, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):Tens of thousands of people from across Senegal converged on the capital Dakar on Friday for the inauguration of a huge mosque, claimed to be the largest in West Africa. Muslim faithful arrived by bus, car or on foot in the poor district of Bopp, home to the new Massalikul Jinaan mosque,…