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Al Aqsa Mosque :Clashes erupt as Israel bans Muslim men from praying
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], July 21 (ANI): Palestinian worshippers and Israeli police clashed Friday outside the Old City of Jerusalem amid tensions over the Israeli authorities' decision to bar male worshippers under 50 from entering the area for Friday prayers. Clashes erupted near al-Aqsa mo
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Friday prayers cancelled post attack in Jerusalem's Old City
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], July 14 (ANI): Three attackers were shot dead by the police during a shootout near the entrance to the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday morning, during an attack in which three people were wounded with two critically injured.
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Blast kills 10 near a mosque in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], May 12 (ANI): At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in an explosion near a mosque in Balochistan's Mastung area shortly after Friday prayers.
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Pakistan: Man attacked inside mosque for 'blasphemous remarks'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 21 (ANI): A mob brutally attacked a man inside a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Chitral for allegedly uttering blasphemous remarks following Friday prayers.
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Pakistan flag raised amidst stone pelting in Srinagar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb.17 (ANI): A protest that broke out near the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar saw protestors pelting stones and raising Pakistan flags shortly after Friday prayers.
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Canadians form 'rings of peace' in wake of Quebec mosque attack
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 5 (ANI): Hundreds of Canadians formed human shields around the Quebec mosque as the Muslims in the country marked their first Friday prayers after a gunman shot dead six men here.
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Abu asks Fadnavis for special break for Muslims to perform Friday prayers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai[India], Dec. 22(ANI): Samajwadi Party(SP) leader Abu Azmi on Thursday wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and requested him to pass an order to allow Muslim government employees a special break of 90 minutes to perform Friday prayers.
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'Special break' for all, not just for one community: Media Advis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Dec. 19 (ANI): Clarifying on the Uttarakhand Government's decision to provide a special 90-minute break to the government employees from the Muslim community for Friday prayers, Surendra Aggarwal, Media Advisor to Chief Minister Harish Rawat, said on Mond
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BJP questions Uttarakhand Govt's decision to give Muslims 90-min brea
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Dec. 19 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday questioned Uttarakhand Government's decision to give a 90-minute break to Muslim employees for Friday prayers.
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Cong welcomes decision to give break to Muslim employees for Friday prayer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Dec. 19 (ANI): Uttarakhand Congress president Kishore Upadhyaya on Monday said that the state cabinet's decision to give a 90-minute break to Muslim employees for Friday prayers should be welcomed as every religion should be respected.
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16 killed in suicide blast at Pak's Mohmand Agency mosque
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Islamabad], Sept. 16 (ANI): At least 16 people were killed and 23 others injured in a suicide blast that took place at a mosque in Mohmand Agency's Anbar tehsil during Friday prayers.
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