http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mosque/ en-us Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:30:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2067706/posts ANTIOCH — A year after a suspected arson fire destroyed the Islamic Center of the East Bay, Mohammad Chaudhry stood in an asphalt parking lot and gestured toward a new building rising on the same spot. "Beauty will emerge from the ashes," said Chaudhry, founding president of the Islamic Center. On Wednesday night, close to 50 people gathered at the Islamic Center's West 18th Street site for a prayer service and vigil to mark the anniversary of the fire and to mark the unity that somehow came out of the incident. The new mosque, still under construction, is set to... ContraCostaTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2067706/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:30:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063030/posts A disagreement over religious views at the Khadeeja Islamic Center in West Valley City Friday afternoon escalated into a 100-person melee, police said. The fight started about 2:30 p.m. after the midday prayer, which routinely draws large crowds to the mosque, located at 1019 W. Parkway Ave., said West Valley City Police Lt. Bill Merritt. Two different groups whose "religious views vary a little bit" attend the mosque, Merritt said, and sometimes get into verbal spats. As the crowded parking lot emptied Friday, one such disagreement between a 26-year-old man and a juvenile turned violent when the man pulled out... Salt Lake Trib http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063030/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:37:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057427/posts There are those who still delude themselves by preferring to believe that Islam has not made as many inroads into the United States as it has in other parts of the world, such as Europe. Facts prove otherwise. According to a National Portrait, a survey released in April 2001, there were at least 1,209 mosques in the US. According to the latest report, this number has sky-rocketed to as many as 6,000 mosques in 2008 Two years ago, the Islamobil debuted in Germany to teach the German people what a peaceful religion Islam really is. The concept of Islamobil appears... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057427/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:30:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053461/posts (IsraelNN.com) A brief Chabad-sponsored course on the Temple, to be held in Israel this week and the next, has angered Islamic organizations, who call it a threat to the Al-Aksa Mosque compound. "We view this as a serious and drastic move toward the fruition of extremist organizations to establish a temple in place of al-Aksa Mosque," said Zahi Nujidat of the Islamic Movement. "This represents a real danger to al-Aksa." The Aksa Foundation issued a similar statement. The course, offered at roughly 200 locations throughout Israel, comes during the two weeks leading up to Tisha B'Av, the fast day that... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053461/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:35:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051187/posts Mosques are multiplying across the country and their inspiration may come as a bit of a surprise – Christian megachurches. Similar to many megachurches, new mosques are popping up as extension campuses to a main mosque with the stated goal of making it more convenient for Muslims in an area to worship. These extended mosque sites are sometimes referred to as “mosque chains” and tend to be adopted by more progressive Muslim congregations. "Because of how streamlined we are, you can get off the highway from anywhere and find a mosque that is well-maintained, well-structured and that will always be... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051187/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:24:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048842/posts MUSLIM SUBWAY ADS LINKED TO TERROR PLOTS - New York Post Jul 21, 2008 ... An Islamic group plans to blitz 1000 subway cars with advertisements this September in a campaign being promoted by a Brooklyn imam whom ... nypost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048842/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:39:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048457/posts URL only posted..... 2008 © Copyright by The Times Examiner. The Times Examiner [Greenville, SC] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048457/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:53:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047368/posts This now available from the U.S. State Department: "2009 Mosques of America Wall Calendar: Limited Edition for Ramadan." "Yep, you read that correctly. It's 'perfect for Muslim outreach efforts," according to a commentary at the Gates of Vienna blog. "Where's the ACLU on this one?" The product was being advertised by "Global Publishing Solutions," a division of the U.S. State Department, until bloggers started talking about the product. Officials then apparently hid the page behind the security of a password-protected wall. However, a number of sources said the "offering" still was available in a Google cache of the website. According... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047368/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:40:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047253/posts The planned construction of over 180 mosques in Germany is mobilizing right-wing xenophobes but also an increasing number of leftist critics. They fear the Muslim places of worship will facilitate the establishment of a completely parallel society. ... the media reported "turmoil" and an "enraged" audience in a school auditorium in Ehrenfeld, a district of the German city of Cologne. The mood was almost comparable to that of the protest gatherings once held against nuclear missiles or reactors. Instead the outrage was directed at a huge mosque planned for the area. Still, the words used by the project's opponents called... Spiegel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047253/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:43:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043869/posts BEIJING: Chinese authorities have replaced top police and security officials in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang province, which is the hotbed of separatism and political violence. They have also closed down 41 "illegal" places of worship.These places of worship were used as training ground for conducting a "holy war", Chen Zhuangwei Chen, the police chief of Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang province, said. Xinjiang, which borders central Asia and Pakistan, has been the scene of a pro-independence movement by a section of the eight million Uighurs living there for a long time. The authorities also announced they have detained 82 "suspected terrorists"... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043869/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:10:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043826/posts A prominent Muslim leader of Scotland is facing jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing teenage girls. Farooq Hussain, who owned a string of restaurants and held high-profile charity events, was convicted after a weeklong trial at Perth Sheriff Court. The jury found that Hussain, 56, had sexually assaulted a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old girl. Sentence was deferred for background reports. Hussain's name was added to the sex offenders' register, the BBC reported. The married restaurant owner, who held high-profile charity events with politicians, attacked a 15-year-old girl in 2002 and twice assaulted a 14-year-old girl last year. Outside... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043826/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042123/posts A controversial mosque in the Italian city of Milan is to be shut down, the country's right-wing government says. The Jenner mosque attracts about 4,000 Muslims each week, with Friday prayers often spilling out on to the street. Now, after years of complaints from local residents, Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has said he will close the mosque by August. A leading Roman Catholic has accused Mr Maroni of behaving like a fascist. He has rejected that charge. Rendition The Jenner mosque is based in a converted garage. Since it opened as an Islamic cultural centre in 1988, it has... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042123/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:02:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041788/posts WALKERSVILLE, Md. (AP) - Officials of a rural Maryland town illegally discriminated against a Muslim group by barring them from building a mosque and holding annual conventions on land zoned for farming, the property's owner claims in a federal lawsuit. Developer David Moxley and his father had planned to sell 224 acres in Walkersville to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA for about $6 million. The Silver Spring-based religious group canceled the deal earlier this year after the town's three-member Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously to reject their request for a special exception to land-use restrictions. (snip) David and Robert... WTOPNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041788/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:05:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041468/posts As the global war on terror approaches the start of its eighth year, the NYPD says it has never been more prepared - but also warns that the city can never let its guard down. In a two-part series, Daily News reporter Patrice O'Shaughnessy looks at the terror threat in New York - and around the world. Sunday's installment focuses on an NYPD undercover officer who dug deep into the potential terrorists in our midst. A young undercover city detective spent four years in the shadowy world of terrorist wanna-bes - taking part in jihadist discussions and training in parks... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041468/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:48:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040608/posts CALGARY, July 2, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will unveil Canada's largest Mosque Complex and a stunning architectural landmark in Calgary on Saturday, July 5th, 2008. With a total area of approximately 48,000 sq. ft. the new Mosque will be a symbol of peace and social harmony. The Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad will inaugurate the new mosque. The Prime Minister, Stephen Harper - Leader of National Liberal Party, Stephene Dion - His Worship Dave Bronconnier, Mayor of Calgary, together with other senior community and political figures and the... FoxBusiness.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040608/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:03:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035724/posts BEIJING – Chinese authorities in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have demolished a mosque for refusing to put up signs in support of this August’s Beijing Olympics, an exiled group said on Monday. The mosque was in Kalpin county near Aksu city in Xinjiang’s rugged southwest, the World Uyghur Congress said. The spokesman’s office of the Xinjiang government said it had no immediate comment, while telephone calls to the county government went unanswered. “China is forcing mosques in East Turkistan to publicise the Beijing Olympics to get the Uighur people to support the Games (but) this has been... saudigazette.com.sa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035724/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:31:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035417/posts BEIJING: Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have demolished a mosque for refusing to put up signs in support of this August's Beijing Olympics, an exiled group said on Monday. The mosque was in Kalpin county near Aksu city in Xinjiang's rugged southwest, the World Uyghur Congress said. "China is forcing mosques in East Turkistan to publicise the Beijing Olympics to get the Uighur people to support the Games (but) this has been resisted by the Uighurs," World Uyghur Congress spokesman Dilxat Raxit said in an email. Beijing says al-Qaida is working with militants in Xinjiang to use terror to establish an... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035417/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:44:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035392/posts As Senator Barack Obama courted voters in Iowa last December, Representative Keith Ellison, the country’s first Muslim congressman, stepped forward eagerly to help. Mr. Ellison ...volunteered to speak on Mr. Obama’s behalf at a mosque in Cedar Rapids, one of the nation’s oldest Muslim enclaves. But before the rally could take place, aides to Mr. Obama asked Mr. Ellison to cancel the trip because it might stir controversy. Another aide appeared at Mr. Ellison’s Washington office to explain. “I will never forget the quote,” Mr. Ellison said, leaning forward in his chair as he recalled the aide’s words. “He said,... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035392/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:40:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033468/posts - Top Islamic Proselytizer As soon as I heard about the Muslim women in hijabs being excluded from sitting behind Barack Obama at a Michigan rally, I knew what you probably knew: that CAIR and ADC and MPAC and ISNA, the alphabet soup of terrorist-sympathizing, pan-HAMAS/Hezbollah Islamofascist grievance theater, would milk the story like there's no tomorrow. It was ripe fodder for their PR branch of the jihad against America and the West. Now, I've come to learn that one of the hijab-encrusted, rejected whiners, Hebba Aref, was an official of the Muslim Students Association (MSA), in charge of proselytizing.... debbieschlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033468/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:07:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033118/posts Sunni Group Claims Bombing of Iran Mosque June 19, 2008 Reuters DUBAI -- A little-known Iranian Sunni dissident group says it was behind a deadly mosque bombing in southern Iran, which Tehran blames on the United States, Britain, and Israel, according to an Internet statement. "This is the very first operation and the signal to the criminal (Shi'ite) regime of Iran ... to stop its oppression, cruelty and injustice towards ... Sunnis," the Jihadi Movement of the Sunna People of Iran said. The group said it carried out the attack, which killed 14 people in the southern city of Shiraz... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033118/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:47:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032254/posts The historic flooding of the Cedar River last week sent water into the Mother Mosque of America, likely destroying nearly a century's worth of records, documents and artifacts, officials said Monday. Imam Taha Tawil, executive director of the mosque, 1335 Ninth St. SW, said no one expected the floodwaters to come as far as the building, the oldest surviving mosque in the United States. "I couldn't even believe that this would happen or that it would come close to us," Tawil said Monday. "In 1993 I was there, and it didn't reach even Second or Third Street." Tawil said he... Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032254/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030758/posts For years, the Dar al Hijrah mosque was an isolated, slightly mysterious presence in Falls Church -- a stark stone building hidden behind a row of trees, rarely visited by non-Muslims in the multi-ethnic Culmore neighborhood, and known mostly for traffic jams on Leesburg Pike as worshipers arrived for Friday prayers. These days, the mosque bustles with visitors chattering in Spanish and Vietnamese as well as Persian and Urdu. Immigrants from a dozen countries gather there each Thursday, many with toddlers and baby strollers, to pick up donated chicken, bread, fruit and vegetables. On weekends, the doors are thrown open... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030758/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:43:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028075/posts Belgium's dwindling churches to be converted into mosques By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels Last Updated: 12:38AM BST 09/06/2008 Churches in Belgium are to be turned into mosques as Christian congregations decline while Muslims demand more places to worship. Philip Heylen, Antwerp's deputy mayor, has called on the city to "break the taboo" over the many empty and unused churches. "It's a looming issue yet it seems impossible to have a debate about this," he said. "Churches were built as places of worship and they should not be used as shopping malls. We've had a positive response from members of the... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028075/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 23:53:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025573/posts The City of Miami says it plans to give $150,000 to a civilian patrol group known as the Peacemakers, to be run by the Progressive Land Development International, an organization that shares a mailing address with the Nation of Islam in Miami. ... While the Peacemakers say they are not officially affiliated with the Nation of Islam, the group is headed by Rasul Muhammad, a prominent Nation of Islam member and the son of former leader Elijah Muhammad, and its corporate offices are at the group's Miami mosque FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025573/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:25:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018782/posts The government of Oppenao (Verona), Italy, refused to build a mosque and is about to build instead a plaza in honor of author Oriana Fallaci, Italy's La Republicca reports. On May 17, bulldozers destroyed the little building that was used as a preach room and which was thought by Oppenao's muslims to become a mosque. The Oppenao mayor told journalists his citizens didn't want the mosque and they supported the idea of honoring Fallaci instead. Oriana Fallaci is known for her fight against islam. She died of cancer in 2006. La Republicca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018782/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 19:28:49 GMT