Wales: Kind mosque families raise £500 to help twins’ parents MEMBERS of a Swansea mosque have raised £500 in just 48 hours to help a couple who say they are struggling to visit their premature twins in hospital. Families at the Swansea University site said they were inspired to help after reading about the story in the Evening Post.
Wales: Kind mosque families raise £500 to help twins’ parents MEMBERS of a Swansea mosque have raised £500 in just 48 hours to help a couple who say they are struggling to visit their premature twins in hospital. Families at the Swansea University site said they were inspired to help after reading about the story in the Evening Post.
Switzerland: Radical Muslims turn to Gulf states to finance mosque Via the Local : The Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS) is trying to raise enough funds in the Gulf states to enable the construction of a 20-million franc ($21 million) prayer centre in the capital Bern. With three storeys, the planned mosque would be the biggest in the country. In addition to a prayer room for 270 men and 174 women, plans show that the building would have conference and training rooms, shops, underground parking and a garden
Netherlands: Dutch language gaining ground in mosques Via RNW : Dutch mosques are beginning to phase out Arabic-only sermons. Research at Utrecht University has shown that Surinamese Muslims are leading in this respect.
Cyprus: Pop hits halt call to prayer Via Famagusta Gazette (h/t Turkish Digest ): THE religious affairs directorate in the Turkish controlled sector of Cyprus has claimed that deliberate interference caused popular Greek-Cypriot radio programmes to broadcast from mosque rooftops instead of the Islamic call to prayer.
Birmingham: Man held over mosque bomb threat Via the Independent : A man has been arrested after a message was posted on Facebook threatening to bomb a mosque. Officers from West Midlands Police detained the 25-year-old after a warrant was executed at an address in Rugeley, Staffordshire, at 5.15am today. Police said the threat was made against Birmingham Central Mosque, in the Highgate area of the city, which was later searched for explosives.
Thessaloniki: Mayor Launches Initiative to Build a Mosque Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris said that his city launched initiatives to build a mosque.
France: Prayer demonstration for mosque About 350 Muslims prayed outside the Nanterre city hall on Friday, to demonstrate for a mosque building permit.
UK: Stoke-on-Trent mosque arsonists jailed Via the BBC : Two men have each been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of deliberately setting fire to a Stoke-on-Trent mosque. Ex-soldier Simon Beech, 23, and Garreth Foster, 29, both from Stoke, were found guilty of setting fire to Hanley’s Regent Road mosque on 3 December. The pair had denied committing arson with intent to endanger life.
Belgium: Truck company set up mini-mosque for customers Via nieuwsblad (Dutch): Degroote Trucks en Trailers, a Belgian company selling trucks, set up a little mosque on their premises for their customers. According to the owners they’re catering to a large part of their clientele that otherwise had to pray in the cafeteria.