Mosque

Turkey opens three mosques in Gaza as Ankara expands religious influence

Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation opened three mosques in Gaza ahead of Ramadan, part of Ankara’s broader effort to expand religious and political influence in the enclave.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Turkish charities operating in the southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2025
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

The draft constitution also called for the "right of return" for refugees, caring for families of "martyrs, prisoners, and exiles," and reaffirming the PLO's position as representing Palestinians.

|ByJAMES GENN
Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who shot and killed worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks, listens as Crown prosecutor Mark Zarifeh delivers his submission during Tarrant's sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 27, 2020.

New Zealand mosque gunman appeals conviction, says guilty plea was irrational

He is serving a life sentence in prison without parole - the first time a New Zealand court imposed a sentence requiring a person to spend the rest of their life in prison.

|ByREUTERS
People mourn as they attend a funeral for victims following the suicide explosion at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque, in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 7, 2026.

China denounces deadly Islamabad mosque attack, pledges support to Pakistan

An attacker opened fire at the gates of the mosque before setting off a suicide bomb and killing at least 31 people in the deadliest attack of its kind in Pakistan's capital in more than a decade.

|ByREUTERS

Man charged over hate crime at mosque near Toronto, police say

28-year-old Sharan Karunakaran allegedly tore up a Koran and ranted at worshippers

APRIL 9, 2023ByREUTERS
Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Over 200,000 Palestinians at al-Aqsa for second Friday prayers of Ramadan

2,300 Border Police officers operated in the Jerusalem area and the West Bank on Friday in preparation for the Friday prayers.

MARCH 31, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
Worshippers pray on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock, on the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 24, 2023

Two Israeli teens indicted for firebombing mosque in Herzliya

The two Israelis were originally planning to jump an Arab citizen but abandoned that idea and decided to attack a mosque instead.

MARCH 17, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
The Sidna Ali Mosque in Herzliya, Israel.

Renewed protests in Iran's restive southeast, mosque surrounded

As with previous bouts of unrest, authorities appeared to have disrupted internet services on Friday.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023ByREUTERS
Iranian Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a campaign meeting at the Mosalla mosque in Tehran, Iran

Rising terrorism in Pakistan may destabilize regional security

January 2023 was Pakistan’s deadliest month for terrorism in five years, and experts believe that the situation could continue to deteriorate.

FEBRUARY 20, 2023ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
People stand amid the rubble, following a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan February 1, 2023.

Abrahamic Family House shows success of Abraham Accords coexistence - analysis

There is a lot that is unique about this site and also how it symbolizes and embodies the kinds of initiatives that have blossomed since the Abraham Accords.

FEBRUARY 18, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Abrahamic Family House on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi in the UAE.

Suicide bomber kills 83 in Pakistan mosque used by police

The mosque was located close to a police housing block, and there were some 260 people inside when the blast occurred.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByREUTERS
A man walks amid the damages at the prayer hall after a bomb blast inside a mosque during Friday prayers in Peshawar, Pakistan, March 4, 2022.

On This Day: The Muslim conquest of Mecca in 630 CE

Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is home to Masjid al-Haram, the largest mosque in the world which has within it the Ka'ba toward which all Muslims pray.

JANUARY 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca on September 21, 2015

Pro-Taliban cleric among 18 dead in Afghanistan mosque blast

Al Jazeera Media Network, citing unnamed sources, said 28 people had been killed and 45 injured. Mujib Rahman Ansari - the pro-Taliban cleric - was among the dead.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022ByREUTERS
Afghan men pray in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 17, 2021.

21 killed, 33 wounded in mosque explosion in Kabul

A huge explosion struck a mosque in Kabul during evening prayers. Many people are feared to be dead or injured.

AUGUST 17, 2022ByREUTERS
Afghan policemen inspect inside a Sikh religious complex after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan March 25, 2020