Red Mosque

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  12 Injured In Clashes At Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque: Report

  Fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound injured 12 people on Friday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, following weeks of violence at the flashpoint site.

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  Athens' First Mosque In Nearly 200 Years Opens For Friday Prayers

  After years of delays caused by red tape, cutbacks and opposition from religious and political factions, the first government-funded mosque in Athens since 1833 opened its doors to worshippers on Friday.

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  Amid Outrage, Mamata Banerjee Asks 'Fatwa' Cleric To Take Off Lal Batti

  A day after chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque Noor ul Barkati proclaimed he has 'permission of the British government' to use the red beacon or lal batti, a man was seen removing the beacon from his vehicle. The cleric's bizzare claims had led to at least three complaints being registered against him in police stations in and around Kolk...

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  British Gave Me Right To Use Lal Batti, Claims Bengal's 'Fatwa Cleric'

  Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned red beacons or lal battis across the country, one man says no power can make him drop it. "I have the permission of the British government," says the chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque, Noor Ul Barkati.

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  Suicide Attack Near US Diplomatic Site In Saudi Arabia's Jeddah

  State-linked Saudi news sites are reporting that a suicide bomber has carried out an attack near a US diplomatic site in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.

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  Islamic State Claims Yemen Shiite Mosque Attack That Killed 28

  A suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 28 people in the Yemeni capital Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions ahead of the first White House summit between the US and regional power Saudi Arabia.

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  Saudi Blogger To Be Publicly Flogged For Insulting Islam

  A Saudi blogger who was sentenced last May to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes will be publicly flogged for the first time after Friday prayers outside a mosque in the Red Sea coastal city of Jiddah, a person close to his case said on Thursday.

• Pakistan's Sorcerers Promise the World, for a Price

  From winning the heart of your beloved to getting a promotion at work, Pakistan's practitioners of black magic say there is nothing they can't help you achieve.

• Pakistan Taliban negotiator pulls out of talks

  Pakistan's fledgling peace talks with the Taliban suffered a fresh blow on Friday as a negotiator for the militants said he would take no further part until the agenda included the imposition of Islamic sharia law.

• Saudi Arabia migrant crackdown closes shops, raises fears

  Garbage is piling up on streets around the mosque housing the burial site of the Prophet Muhammad. Grocery stores have shut their doors and almost half of Saudi Arabia's small construction firms have stopped working on projects.

• Pakistan to probe Pervez Musharraf's role in Red Mosque raid

  Pakistani police say they have opened a murder investigation into former president Pervez Musharraf's role in the death of a cleric killed during a raid of Red Mosque in Islamabad in 2007. Around a hundred people were also killed in that raid.

• Bombs kill 42 outside mosques in Lebanon's Tripoli

  Bombs hit two mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli today, killing at least 42 people and wounding hundreds, intensifying sectarian strife that has spilled over from the civil war in neighbouring Syria.

• Car bombs at Lebanon mosques kill 29, wound 500

  Powerful car bombs exploded today outside two Sunni mosques in a Lebanese city riven by strife over the war in neighbouring Syria, killing 29 people and wounding 500, officials said.

• Egypt Prime Minister edges closer to forming cabinet

  Egypt's new prime minister edged closer to forming a cabinet on Saturday as supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi vowed to keep fighting for his reinstatement with further protests.