White Privilege wages jihad: Kansas “militia members” aren’t considered “terrorists” because they’re not Muslim
The three white men planned to unleash a killing spree and to bomb a house of worship — what should we call them? Chauncey DeVega On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that they had arrested three white men, Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright and Patrick Stein, who as part of a militia group called […]
Germany: Dresden mosque bombed in ‘xenophobic’ attack
Bomb attacks hit a mosque and a convention centre in the eastern German city of Dresden, police said on Tuesday, adding the motive appeared to be xenophobia and nationalism. No one was injured in the explosions late on Monday in a city that has become a hotspot for far-right protests and hate crimes following a […]
Australia mosque targeted in firebomb attack
A suspected petrol bomb has struck outside an Islamic centre in the city of Perth, Australia, as hundreds of worshippers attended an evening prayer service inside. The explosion outside the Thornlie Mosque on Tuesday night caused no injuries but damaged four vehicles, with one completely gutted by the fire, police said. Anti-Islamic graffiti was later […]
Iraq: Suicide bombing in Abu Ghraib mosque ‘kills 12’
At least 12 people were killed and 32 wounded when a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives attacked a mosque west of the capital Baghdad, officials have said. The blast struck a Sunni mosque in Abu Ghraib, roughly halfway between Baghdad and the city of Fallujah, as worshipers gathered after midnight to pray, […]
Amnesty Urges Myanmar to Impartially Probe Attack on Mosque
TEHRAN (FNA)- Amnesty International slammed as a “criminal offense” the ransacking of a mosque by extremist Buddhists in Myanmar, saying the new act of violence against Muslim minorities must not go unpunished. On Friday, a group of about 200 Buddhist extremists have raided a Muslim area of Thuye Tha Mein village in Myanmar’s Bago Province, […]
Muslim community lives in fear after attack
We rarely go to the mosque for prayers. We are now feeling exhausted and very vulnerable.’ These are words from members of Utemini Ibanda Mosque, Mkolani-Mwanza who, despite the fact that other muslims have been fasting on this holly month of Ramadhan for the past few weeks, they claim to be insecure. Some of them […]
9 killed in suicide bombing at Iraq Sunni mosque
A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Sunni mosque near Baghdad where worshippers were gathered for prayers, killing at least nine people, officials said on Tuesday.The attack on the mosque in Abu Ghraib, which also wounded at least 28 people, took place during evening prayers on Monday as Muslims mark the holy fasting month of […]
Perth mosque targeted in petrol bomb attack
SYDNEY – The Western Australian (WA) police were investigating a racist firebomb attack at a mosque in Perth while hundreds did evening prayers, Perth Now reported on Wednesday. No one was injured in the attack on Tuesday night, during which a parked car burst into flames outside the mosque. It is believed petrol or a […]
Two Suicide Bombers Blow Self Up in Failed Maiduguri Mosque Attack
Two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers blew themselves up near Sulemanti Mosque in Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State, in the early hours of yesterday. The suspects, according to Borno State Police Command, strapped with Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, targeted a mosque in Sulemanti. However, the bombs went off, killing the two suspects during midnight Ramadan prayers. […]
Amnesty Urges Myanmar to Impartially Probe Attack on Mosque
TEHRAN (FNA)- Amnesty International slammed as a “criminal offense” the ransacking of a mosque by extremist Buddhists in Myanmar, saying the new act of violence against Muslim minorities must not go unpunished. On Friday, a group of about 200 Buddhist extremists have raided a Muslim area of Thuye Tha Mein village in Myanmar’s Bago Province, […]