United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has strongly condemned Friday’s attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso, in a statement released over the weekend. Guterres expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and the nation, and promised the UN will continue to support efforts to bring peace and…
President Macky Sall was on hand Friday as a new mosque – billed as West Africa’s largest – opened in Dakar. Sall attended the ceremony, his motorcade winding among massive throngs that gathered in the Grande Mosquée Massalikoul Djinane in the Bope section of the city, where Senegal’s Mouride Brotherhood…
The attacks at two mosques in New Zealand that left 50 people dead have sent ripples across a world that mourns the victims and the violence, with new details about the Friday incident continuing to emerge. Another body found Saturday at the Al Noor mosque, targeted along with the Linwood…
Authorities in Saudi Arabia announced the official sighting of the moon on Thursday, and said the Eid Al-Fitr celebration will begin Friday for Muslims in Egypt, Morocco, Sudan and a host of countries. South Africa also is among nations observing the end of the holy month of Ramadan, which is…
As Ramadan begins, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa extended well-wishes to the country’s Muslim community while keeping in mind those grieving in Verulam, which has seen a Shia mosque attacked in recent days. “The importance and benefits of this holy month of fasting, piety and charity extends beyond the lives…
South African police are investing after a suspected bomb was found late Sunday at the Imam Hussaini Shia Mosque in Verulam, to the north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province. “The device found is a small cellphone connected via wires to a white capsule,” said emergency workers from Reaction Unit South…
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed concern Wednesday after images appeared to show summary executions at the site of an earlier bombing attack in Benghazi that has claimed 35 lives. “UNSMIL is alarmed by reports of brutal and outrageous summary executions in Benghazi today,” the mission, led…
At least 305 people have died in an attack on a mosque in Bir al-Abd, a village in the northern Sinai west of Arish. Another 128 people were believed injured, although the death toll continues to mount. The mosque attack came during Friday prayers at El Arish Al Rawda Mosque,…
A mosque serving a community with the largest Somali population in the United States was attacked early Saturday as people gathered for morning prayer. The Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, a suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul in the American state of Minnesota, was rocked by an improvised explosive device…
Canadian authorities have identified the six men of African origin who were killed during prayers Sunday night at a mosque in Quebec City, as their Canadian neighbors took to the streets in solidarity with the Muslim community. The men were killed when 27-year-old Alexandre Bissonnette, a student influenced by the…