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Netanyahu Inches Closer to Power with New Parliament Speaker

Israel's parliament on Tuesday elected a new speaker closely allied to the country's likely next prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, setting the stage for a flurry of contentious new legislation to appease the former leader's expected coalition partners. Lawmaker Yariv Levin's election as speaker comes as Netanyahu continues negotiations to forge…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘We lived there once’: An underwater mosque resurfaces in India

A mosque’s appearance stirs memories of displacement for people who lost their village when it was flooded 34 years ago.

Al Jazeera

Lebanese Muslim Association in Sydney facing calls to allow women to become members

Muslim women are launching a petition to change the constitution of the caretaker of Sydney's Lakemba Mosque, which restricts membership to men of Lebanese heritage. A constitution "so old it was printed on a typewriter".

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Glasgow councillor spat on and had hijab ripped off after 7/7 bombings

The shocking attack was revealed during a debate on Islamophobia, as another councillor revealed he had been asked if he was carrying a bomb in his bag as he returned from a mosque.

Glasgow Live

Charity Commission probes Brighton Mosque after trustee’s terrorism conviction

The mosque was issued with an official warning earlier this year after former trustee Abubaker Deghayes was convicted of encouraging terrorism.

The Independent UK

Federal judge sides with mosque in four-year legal battle with Michigan city

A federal judge has ruled in favor of a newly opened mosque in Troy, Michigan, that sued the city four years after it was denied a zoning variance request so the facility could be built in 2018.

Tribune News Service

Bidar school students clean places of worship as part of ‘Swachhateye Seve’ campaign

As part of the cleanliness drive, students of Shaheen Group of Institutions cleaned temples, churches and mosques

The Hindu

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Israeli Settlers Continue to Storm Al-Aqsa on Jewish New Year

Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday, which marked the second day of the celebration of the Jewish New Year. They were protected by Israeli police forces, who restricted Muslim worshipers from entering the mosque. This led to violent clashes.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mosque helps Christian neighbours fundraise to save 150-year-old village church

Sabah Ahmedi, who is one of Britain’s youngest Imams, said projects like this can ‘help build bridges’ between different faith groups.

The Independent UK

‘Everybody was devastated’: 4 people killed, 5 others wounded in string of violence across Oakland

A torrent of violence during an 18-hour stretch Monday evening and Tuesday left four people dead and five other people wounded by gunfire across Oakland, California, including three men who had just finished praying at a local mosque and a teen girl who was left gravely injured.

Tribune News Service

Indian court to hear Hindu plea for worship in contested mosque

(This September 12 story corrects last paragraph to drop reference to Hindu temple being built)

Reuters

India court allows plea seeking Hindu prayers at Gyanvapi Mosque

Court rejects Muslim organisation’s plea challenging request by Hindu women to pray at 17th-century Gyanvapi Mosque.

Al Jazeera

Mosque at 'heart' of Merseyside town hoping to 'build bridges' across region

Wirral Deen Centre first opened its doors in 2016

Liverpool Echo

Easton Jamia Mosque opens its doors as part of national 'Visit My Mosque' day

'No question is offensive to me, I think it’s really important to be open and honest and allow people to express themselves'

Bristol Post

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Morning mail: wrongly imprisoned Indonesian boys plead for mercy, new emissions plan, Kabul mosque blast

Thursday: two children imprisoned as adult people smugglers ask attorney general to intervene. Plus: would you watch a 24 hour VR epic set in a rainforest?

Dublin Live

Gay man feels no longer welcome in Dublin mosque after 'lifestyle' condemned

Dr Al-Qadri defended reported comments about gay sex and the spread of monkeypox within the LGBTQAI+ community

The Hindu

Mosque on temple land faces threat of demolition in Chennai

Former tenant had played fraud and sold the land to Nungambakkam Muslim Welfare Association in 1981

The Hindu

Mathura mosque-temple dispute: Hindu plaintiffs move revision petition in Mathura district court

They challenge decision to hear Masjid panel first in Shahi Idgah Mosque-Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi civil dispute

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A new mosque in northern Tasmania is helping attract young professionals to the region

Mosques are few and far between in regional Australia, but they can play an important role in attracting and retaining young professionals to places outside major cities.

The Hindu

Supreme Court to await Varanasi judge’s decision in Gyanvapi case

Special Bench did not act on plea of mosque caretakers to first decide correctness of local court’s order to appoint advocate commissioner

The Hindu

We are not looking for a shivling in every mosque but we are looking for it where it existed, says VHP leader Alok Kumar

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international working president Alok Kumar spoke to The Hindu on issues such as the Kashi and Mathura mosques, suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma and the violence that followed her statement. Mr. Kumar said Kashi and Mathura continued to be an agenda of the Hindus, including the…

The Hindu

Madras High Court permits Tiruppur mosque to function until disposal of appeal by Housing Secretary

It directs the Secretary to dispose of the appeal against Collector’s refusal to grant NOC by July 26 and inform it to Wakf board within three days thereafter

The Independent UK

Mosques’ safety ‘shattered by one night of hatred’ as Muslims ‘on edge’ over rising Islamophobic attacks

Muslim community leaders are calling for better protection and safeguarding from the government and police following a rise in Islamophobic attacks

Manchester Evening News

Three-storey mosque set to be built in Bolton

The Makkah Mosque has had plans to demolish its exisiting building and gradually redevelop the site approved

The Independent UK

Bleak, hidden and uninviting: It’s time to improve women’s prayer spaces in UK mosques

Having grown up feeling isolated from her local mosque, Saman Javed speaks to other Muslim women about their experiences and examines how the worship space came to be dominated by men

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