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Muslims advised to use less water to perform ablutions
3+ week, 1+ day ago (561+ words) The United Kingdom's water industry regulator has advised Muslims in the country to use less water for religious ablutions - the act of washing or cleansing the body - and Asian communities to reduce water use when washing rice. The advisory comes…...
‘We’re all punished’: New mosque closure fuels fear of rising state control over Muslim worship in France
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1545+ words) In Aulnay-sous-Bois, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, a recent court decision to uphold the six-month closure of a mosque for inciting violence and terrorism has caused a stir. The Montreuil Administrative Court rejected earlier this month an attempt to…...
After Gaza, can Muslims defend Al-Aqsa Mosque?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (791+ words) Al-Aqsa Mosque is in peril. For decades, Muslims have been warned that the status quo surrounding Islam’s third holiest site was becoming increasingly fragile. Today, those warnings no longer seem speculative. Discussions about altering the site’s administration, expanding non-Muslim religious…...
Israel formally allows Jewish prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque in violation of status quo
3+ week, 5+ day ago (642+ words) Israeli authorities have formally allowed Jewish prayer for the first time inside Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, in the latest violation of the site’s decades-old status quo. Israeli police allowed settlers raiding the site on Sunday to bring in…...
Israeli police ease restrictions on Jewish prayer in Al-Aqsa compound
3+ week, 6+ day ago (85+ words) Middle East Eye Israeli police ease restrictions on Jewish prayer in Al-Aqsa compound Israeli police have eased restrictions on Jewish prayer in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to Haaretz. A few months ago police allowed Jewish worshippers to bring prayer…...