Thousands replaster Mali’s Great Mosque of Djenne, which is threatened by conflict
Thousands of Malians joined the annual replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that ...
Mosque attack in Nigeria’s north injures at least 24 people, including children
At least 24 worshippers, including four children, were injured in northern Nigeria’s Kano state after a man attacked the ...
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After Hagia Sophia, Turkey converts a second ancient Byzantine church into a mosque
ISTANBUL (RNS) — Hundreds of worshippers filled the narrow streets of Istanbul’s Fatih district on Friday to hear the sounds of Friday prayers ringing out from the newly inaugurated Kariye Mosque.
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Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque
Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul’s landmark Haghia Sophia into a Muslim ...
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new zealand mosque shootings
The new charge comes with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment upon conviction and will be a test case for New Zealand's terrorism law. New Zealand’s response to this month’s terrorist ...
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Turkey Formally Opens Another Former Byzantine-Era Church as a Mosque
Turkey Formally Opens Another Former Byzantine-Era Church as a Mosque ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a ...
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Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a Muslim ...