The Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey is strongly opposing plans to reconvert Istanbul’s Hagia Sofia basilica into a mosque. ”We want Santa Sofia to remain a museum. It was a Christian church for over 1000 years,” Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has said. ”If it is to be reconsecrated, then it should go back Read more
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First mosque in Marshall Islands opened 
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Friday, September 28th, 2012
History was made in Majuro last week with the official opening of a newly built mosque for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Located in the downtown section of the capital, directly across the street from the courthouse, the new mosque was blessed and then people enjoyed food as part of the celebration. The opening included reading Read more
Terrorist attacks on church and mosque in Nigeria Comments 0
Friday, August 10th, 2012
A terrorist attack on an evangelical Christian church in central Nigeria, in which at least 20 people including the pastor were killed, has been followed a day later by a similar attack on a mosque. The assault on the main mosque of Okene showed the true nature of the terrorist attacks by the Islamist insurgency Read more
Foundation of the largest Mosque in New Zealand Comments 0
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of New Zealand will lay the foundation stone of a new Mosque in Manukau on Friday. It will be the largest purpose built Mosque in New Zealand which will accommodate over 600 worshippers. Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Supreme Head of Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, approved the project which is being funded Read more
Thousands pray for Istanbul landmark to become mosque Comments 0
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Thousands of devout Muslims prayed outside Turkey’s historic Hagia Sophia museum on Saturday to protest a 1934 law that bars religious services at the former church and mosque. Worshippers shouted, “Break the chains, let Hagia Sophia Mosque open,” and “God is great” before kneeling in prayer as tourists looked on Turkey’s secular laws prevent Muslims Read more
Police on hand as mosque factions meet Comments 0
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Police were involved in a meeting between two Mosque factions on Tuesday. The meeting was between board members of an Auckland Islamic centre and supporters of a Salafist imam whom they have banned from the mosque.
The NZ Muslim Association, which runs the Avondale Islamic Centre, has accused Sheikh Abu Abdullah and his supporters of trying to take over the mosque.
Read the article...Ground Zero mosque moves forward slowly Comments 0
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
The Ground Zero Mosque is moving forward, but more under the media spotlight it has received. There will be no more imams as the public religious face of the project, and Sharif El-Gamal, the lead developer and Chairman of the 45-51 Park Place property says he has been trying to regroup and reach out to Read more
