Mosque
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In a first, President Obama to visit a mosque today, to interact with community leaders
World | Feb 03, 2016, 08:59 AM ISTWashington: In a bid to highlight the importance of religious freedom and tolerance, President Barack Obama for the first time in his presidency will visit a mosque in the US today and interact with community
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Gunmen kill 4 security troops guarding mosque in Pakistan
World | Nov 20, 2015, 09:16 PM ISTIslamabad: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi on Friday, killing four members of the security forces who were deployed outside a mosque.Three of the paramilitary rangers were killed on the
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UK rejects new 'mega mosque' plans in London
World | Oct 30, 2015, 11:18 AM ISTLondon : The UK government has rejected plans by an Islamic group to build a new 290,000-square-foot "mega mosque" in east London, citing a "conflict" with authorities' local plans for the brought.Tablighi Jamaat's mosque with
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PM Modi visits Sheikh Zayed Grand mosque, meets Indian workers
World | Aug 16, 2015, 11:15 PM ISTAbu Dhabi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday began his two-day trip to the UAE by visiting the historic Sheikh Zayed Grand mosque, the world's third largest, and later met Indian workers there.After his arrival,
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PM Modi does a first: Visits Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in UAE
World | Aug 17, 2015, 02:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his first public engagement in UAE today visited the world famous Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. It was for the first time that PM Modi visited a mosque.The visit
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PM Modi to visit Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Mosque during UAE trip
National | Aug 13, 2015, 09:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a significant development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Mosque during his tour to United Arab Emirates (UAE) starting Aug 16.Narendra Modi's visit to Sheikh Zayed Mosque is
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Saudi mosque bombing targets police, at least 13 dead
World | Aug 06, 2015, 06:20 PM ISTRiyadh, Saudi Arabia: A suicide bomber struck a mosque in Saudi Arabia used by Interior Ministry special forces in the southwestern city of Abha on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, the ministry said.The Interior
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Cheraman Juma Masjid: India's first mosque built during Prophet Mohammad's lifetime
India | Jul 21, 2015, 08:14 AM ISTKodungallur: One will find nothing unusual about this place of worship for Muslims as one drives past this town in central Kerala, just 30 km north of Kochi. But it's when you go in and
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Bomb blast hits Afghan mosque, 29 wounded
World | Jul 14, 2015, 08:24 AM ISTKabul: An Afghan official says a bomb blast inside a mosque in Baghlan province north of the capital, Kabul, has wounded 29 people.The spokesman for the provincial police, Jawed Basharat, says the worshipers had finished
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President Pranab Mukherjee condemns terror attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait
India | Jun 28, 2015, 05:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Expressing concerns over the attacks in Tunisia and Kuwait, President Pranab Mukherjee today said that India strongly condemns all acts of terror and senseless violence.Mukherjee said India stands by the people of both the
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IS affiliate hits Shiite mosque in Kuwait, killing 25 people
World | Jun 26, 2015, 11:22 PM ISTKuwait City: A suicide bomber purportedly from an Islamic State affiliate unleashed the first terrorist attack in Kuwait in more than two decades on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding scores more in
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Swamy's mosque comments create uproar in Rajya Sabha
National | Mar 17, 2015, 01:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: There was an uproar in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday over comments by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in Assam where he reportedly said mosques are not religious places."Secularism is the biggest strength of
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Afghan president condemns Pakistan mosque attack
World | Feb 14, 2015, 05:13 PM ISTKabul: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a mosque in Pakistan."Killing of defenceless individuals, particularly those offering prayers, is a solely un-Islamic and inhuman act that is never
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Police: Blasts at mosque in Nigeria kill 120 people
World | Nov 29, 2014, 09:38 AM ISTKano: Multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Friday, killing 120 people, police said. One hundred and fifty others sustained various degrees of injuries in the blasts in the city
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Heavy gunfire near besieged mosque in Cairo, street clashes death toll 180
World | Aug 17, 2013, 11:25 PM ISTCairo: Islamist protesters today exchanged heavy gunfire with Egyptian security forces before the troops cleared a mosque where hundreds of supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi were holed up, even as the death toll in
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44 shot dead at Nigeria mosque
World | Aug 13, 2013, 08:25 AM ISTAbuja: At least 44 people have been killed in a shooting at a mosque in Nigeria's Borno state, BBC reported.A group of gunmen, suspected to be from the Islamist group Boko Haram, opened fire at
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SP leader who got Durga Nagpal transferred lays foundation of mosque in Greater Noida
India | Aug 03, 2013, 05:36 PM ISTGreater Noida, Aug 3: Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Narendra Singh Bhati laid the foundation stone of a mosque at Kadalpur village here on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Bhati said that the UP
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22 killed, 60 injured in twin blasts at Shia mosque in Quetta
World | Jun 30, 2013, 11:44 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 30: Two bomb blasts near a Shiite mosque killed at least 22 people in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta today. The blasts near Abu Talib Imambargah at the Shiite- majority Hazara town also
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Suicide Attack On Pak Mosque Kills 13
World | Mar 24, 2012, 08:48 AM ISTIslamabad, Mar 24: A suicide bomber targeted a mosque inside a base of a terror group in the Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan today, killing 13 people, a majority of them militants, and injuring
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Babri Mosque Demolition Badly Dented BJP's Image: Advani
India | Mar 13, 2011, 03:01 PM ISTNew Delhi, March 13 : Senior BJP leader L K Advani today said that he felt the demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992 had "badly dented" the credibility of his party.Recalling a newspaper article