More than 100,000 Muslim worshippers performed Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem, the holy site’s Islamic authority reported, after it reopened the previous day following a truce agreed between the United States and Iran. Jerusalem’s Old City is home to major holy sites for all three Abrahamic religions, which had been shuttered […]
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12 worshippers killed in mosque blast near Kabul
KABUL – A blast at a mosque on the outskirts of the Afghan capital during Friday prayers killed at least 12 worshippers, police said, shattering the relative calm of a three-day ceasefire. Ferdaws Framurz, spokesperson for Kabul police said, that the death toll has jumped to 12 including the imam of the mosque and […]
Pakistan condemns Israel’s attack on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned the attack on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, third holiest in Islam, in Jerusalem by the Israeli forces who fired rubber bullets and stun grenades amid growing anger over the eviction of Palestinians from their homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers. “We pray for speedy recovery of injured, reiterate our […]
Masked merriment: sacred Laos ‘ancestors’ honoured for new year
Barefoot and cloaked in swinging bamboo ropes, two masked performers dressed as Laos’ legendary “ancestors” walk the streets of Luang Prabang on an annual outing for raucous new year celebrations drawing hundreds of worshippers to the normally sleepy city. Revellers splash water on the pair and their gold-studded masked lion cub during the annual procession […]