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French mosque reopens after protest disruptions
Reuters India 15 March 2010
By James Mackenzie
DRANCY - A French mosque, whose imam says he has received death threats over his promotion of dialogue with Jews, reopened for Friday prayers after it was forced to close down this 
Mosque foes now angry over Buddhist ceremonies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 13 March 2010
By Shane Blatt
The same Lilburn residents who protested a giant neighborhood mosque in November are now seething over what they say is a Buddhist temple that has sprung up on Hood Road. More Gwinnett news »
Mosque opposition grows in run up to decisive vote
Get Surrey 5 March 2010
By Mike Wright
OPPOSITION is mounting to an application to build a new mosque in Camberley, as councillors prepare to take the final vote next week. English Heritage, the government body that oversees historical
Mosque at Lakemba opens door to Sydney's mind
Sydney Morning Herald 5 March 2010
By Edith Bevin
ISLAM comes from the Arabic word Salem meaning peace but for Sydney's Lebanese Muslims the past few years have been anything but peaceful. Tensions between Sydney's Muslim population and the wider
Another mosque collapse in Morocco
Associated Press of Pakistan 1 March 2010
RABAT - One person died and three others were injured when the dome of a mosque collapsed in northern Morocco just over a week after another mosque accident killed 41 people, the interior
Switzerland Unruffled by Qaddafi’s Call for ‘Jihad’ in Wake of Its Ban on New Minarets
NYTimes 27 February 2010
By STEVEN ERLANGER
The Swiss government reacted blandly on Friday to the latest rhetorical sally from the eccentric Libyan leader, Col.
Political opponents clash over mosque debate
Daily Mail 17 February 2010
By Mike Wright
SURREY Heath Liberal Democrats have launched an attack on the area’s Conservative MP Michael Gove over his stance against the plans for a traditional mosque in Camberley. Alan Hilliar, the Lib Dem
February Fundraiser for Convicted Terrorist Supporter in Al-Awlaki’s Mosque
Big Government 15 February 2010
On Saturday, February 13, the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia – about 20 minutes from the White House - held a fundraiser dinner to raise money for Sabri Benkhala’s various
Friday Muslim prayers to be held in two locations
Borehanwood Times 12 February 2010
By Suruchi Sharma
FRIDAY prayers for the Muslim community will be held at two different locations in the Borehamwood area. The Borehamwood Islamic Society will be held at the Allum Lane Community Centre, in Allum
Mosque damaged after cow slaughter in Himachal
HimVani 12 February 2010
Shimla: In a rare incident of communal tension in Himachal, about 500 local people staged a protest at Nerwa suburb in the district, about 110 km from here, this morning, and damaged a mosque to
Islamic society donates 17,000 textbooks
New Vision 4 February 2010
By Madinah Tebajjukira
THE World Islamic Call Society has given 17,650 Arabic text books to Muslim-owned schools in Uganda. The books were handed over to head teachers last week at Gadaffi National Mosque in Old
Banks: Mosque plan 'getting the runaround'
Madison County Journal 4 February 2010
By STEVEN G. WATSON
MADISON - Supervisor Karl Banks on Monday told proponents of a mosque they were wasting their time and should go elsewhere. Banks, who represents District 4, spoke frankly about the mosque
French Muslims fear rise in "Islamophobia" after mosque attack
France24 3 February 2010
France's top council of Muslim representatives on Monday condemned a weekend attack on a mosque north of Paris and called for a national debate on Islamophobia. Vandals painted "Islam get out of
Muslim leader blasts gay lifestyle
Jamaica Observer 1 February 2010
By KARYL WALKER
PRESIDENT of the Islamic Council of Jamaica, Mustafa Muhammad, says he agrees with the Sharia law which prescribes death for people who openly flaunt homosexual behaviour. Muhammad did not mince
German Mosques Raided Over Wife-Beating Manual
Gates of Vienna 28 January 2010
By Baron Bodissey
JLH, who frequently translates German-language material for us, has compiled a report about a nationwide raid on German mosques. His account is based on two articles, one from SWR.de and the other
France: Muslim Mob Storms Mosque of Moderate Imam
ANSAmed 28 January 2010
PARIS - Tension is high in France where Hassen Chalghoumi, the imam at the Drancy mosque, who in recent days sided in favour of a law that bans the use of the full veil has been hit by
London’s Mega-Mosque Blocked For Now
Human Events 28 January 2010
By James Delingpole
Islamists’ plans to build one of the largest mosques in Europe within a stone’s throw of the site of the 2012 London Olympic Games hit a bureaucratic snag when the planners failed to meet a deadline.
Islamic university plan for city landmark
Lancashire Evening Post 28 January 2010
By Emma Broom
The new owner of one of Preston's landmark buildings has confirmed he wants to turn it into a "national beacon" for Islamic studies. Yousuf Bhailok, who paid £298,000 for the Harris Institute, is
Pig heads found at Malaysia mosques amid Allah row
Reuters India 27 January 2010
By Razak Ahmad
KUALA LUMPUR - Pig heads were found at two mosques on Wednesday near a neighbourhood hit by an ethnic clash nine years ago, Malaysian police said, following a series of recent arson and
Minaret ban was a "symbolic gesture”
Swissinfo 25 January 2010
Voters who supported a people’s initiative to ban minarets last November wanted to make a symbolic gesture against the spread of Islam in Switzerland. A survey of voters carried out by Swiss
