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Fake Security Alert Triggers Evacuation of KP Offices

A security alert regarding a possible threat to mosques at the Civil Secretariat during Friday prayers triggered the evacuation of several government offices in Peshawar. Employees hurriedly left their workplaces after receiving the alert. Chief Minister Sohail Afridi later dismissed the threat as fake, saying the scare was intended to spread panic. Several departments reportedly remained largely deserted after the warning. Read More…

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Syeda Mubeena Hashmi Posted in World

Pakistan voices concern over developments in India

Pakistan on Sunday expressed strong concern over the demolition of a historic mosque in India’s Uttar Pradesh. Foreign Office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan called the action reprehensible and warned of growing religious intolerance. He recalled the 1992 Babri Mosque demolition as a symbol of prejudice and hatred. Pakistan urged the international community to take notice of alleged persecution of Muslims and called for accountability over threats to minority rights and heritage. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Palestinian presidency warns of escalating ‘religious conflict’ over Al-Aqsa Mosque

The presidency of the Palestinian Authority has warned of an intensifying danger from what it calls a religious war by Israeli forces and settlers against Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy sites. “Systematic attacks have crossed all red lines and could ignite a wider religious conflict with serious consequences for the region and the world,” it said in a statement reported by the Wafa news agency. Attempts to set fire to a mosque in the town of Beita, northwest of Nablus, and spray racist slogans on its walls coincided with Israeli… Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Israeli forces detain Al-Aqsa Mosque religious leader after Friday prayers

Israeli forces detained Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, after Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Wafa reported. Local sources said Israeli troops took Hussein into custody shortly after he delivered the Friday sermon and led prayers at the mosque. No further details were immediately available about the reason for his detention or where Israeli forces had taken him. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Funeral prayers for Khamenei, family members held in Qom 

Funeral prayers for slain Iranian slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his four members of his family were held at the Jamkaran Mosque on the outskirts of Qom, Al Jazeera reported. Footage posted online by an Iranian news outlet news agency showed large crowds of mourners gathered at the mosque for the prayers. Khamenei’s coffin will next be taken to Iraq for further rites before his body is returned to the Iranian city of Mashhad for burial on Thursday. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Hamas condemns settlers setting fire to West Bank mosque

The Palestinian group has denounced Israeli settlers for setting fire to a mosque in the village of Jiljilya near Ramallah. The group also slammed recent attacks on the property of Palestinians “in various governorates of the West Bank”, saying Israeli actions represent “a dangerous escalation in their ongoing aggression against our people, land, and holy sites”. “These Zionist crimes reveal the extent of the extremism and hatred that govern the behaviour of these unhinged gangs, who will find nothing but a firm response and continued confrontation from our people and… Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Indian court rules historic Bhojshala mosque site a temple

Muslims will no longer be able to offer Friday prayer at a disputed mosque-temple complex in India's Madhya Pradesh after a court declared the site a Hindu temple and authorities allowed daily Hindu worship there. An Indian court ruling has ended a two-decade worship arrangement at the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque complex, with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) allowing daily Hindu prayers after the site was declared a temple. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

San Diego Islamic Centre shooting leaves five dead, police says threat ‘neutralised'

At least five people were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Centre of San Diego, the region’s largest mosque, after scores of law enforcement officers converged on the complex following reports of an active shooter, with police later saying the threat had been “neutralised.” Police are considering the shooting at the Islamic Centre of San Diego as a possible hate crime, the San Diego Police Chief said, adding that the attack left three victims dead, along with two suspects who were also killed. One of those killed at the… Read More…

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