LONDON (AA) – For the Muslim community in London, the holy month of Ramadan has started this year with a sense of trepidation. A spike in Islamophobia spurred by Israel’s war on Gaza and recent break-ins at mosques have heightened fears and sparked calls for increased security measures. Since mid-February, there have been a series […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The imam of the Great Omari Mosque insists on reciting the adhan — the Muslim call to prayer — and performing congregational prayers amid the rubble of the mosque that was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the old town of Gaza City. In one corner of the mosque, Sheikh Fadi […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – More than 181,000 housing units have been damaged in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Government Media Office said Monday. “More than 20,000 units were totally destroyed or rendered uninhabitable,” Salama Marouf, a spokesman for the office, told a press conference in Gaza City. He said [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli attacks have destroyed seven mosques in the Gaza Strip since Saturday. Israeli warplanes attacked the Al Abbas Mosque in central Gaza with many rockets. The attacks have now led to the destruction of seven mosques. Israel had previously hit the al-Susi, Al-Yarmouk, Al-Amin Muhammad, Ahmed Yassin, Al-Habib Mo...
LEFKOSA, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (AA) – The number of attacks on mosques under the Greek Cypriot Administration has radically increased, according to an official of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TNRC). “Attacks have increased in recent years and pose a danger,” Ibrahim Benter, general manager of the Cyprus Foundati...
