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FILE: The Al-Khair Mosque in Mitchells Plain reopened under strict conditions in June 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Supplied.

Mosque

Good Friday: Mitchells Plain mosque reopens for prayers amid COVID-19 concerns

By Jarita Kassen

Under level three lockdown regulations, places of worship are allowed to welcome their flocks back but under very strict conditions.

  • A Muslim prayer mat. Picture Abed Ahmed/EWN

    City of CT to conduct tests at Strandfontein mosque after 'noise notice'

    The Muslim Judicial Council and the municipality reached an agreement on Tuesday, after Masjidus Saligeen was issued with a notice to discontinue the adhan or call to prayer.

    861 days ago
  • Picture: Freeimages.com

    Cops continue probe into mosque attack in Springs

    It's understood Uzair Karolia was leaving the Taqwa Bakerton Mosque after prayers when he was confronted by two armed suspects.

    867 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS

    Forum urges Khayelitsha community to help police probe into mosque shooting

    Yusuf Silwana was shot dead almost a week ago outside the place of worship. Another man was also wounded.

    878 days ago
  •  Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) logo

    Muslim Judicial Council disturbed by attack at Khayelitsha mosque

    Unknown gunmen approached a worshipper at the mosque while he was working on his car.

    881 days ago
  • Afghan security personnel stand guard near the site of a suicide attack that targeted a Shi'ite mosque in Kabul on 25 August 2017. Picture: AFP

    Suicide attack at Kabul Shi'ite mosque kills 'at least 14 civilians'

    There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Islamic State militants have attacked minority Shi’ite targets in Afghanistan in the past.

    1336 days ago
  • A video grab shows overloaded cars and suspected looters carrying goods in a street in Bangui on March 24, 2013. Looters and armed gangs roamed the streets of the Central African Republic capital after rebels seized control of the city. Picture: AFP

    Hostages freed from mosque in Central African Republic

    Women, children and the injured had been set free earlier on Monday before the remaining men were evacuated from the building.

    1438 days ago
  • Picture: EWN

    Patricia de Lille condemns act of Islamophobia at CT mosque

    A pig's nose had been left at the entrance of a mosque in Simon's Town and blood smeared on the gate yesterday morning.

    1565 days ago
  • Knysna. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    Knysna Municipality to defend approval of plans to build mosque in court

    A group taking the municipality to court says the council-approved plans contravene several by-laws.

    1927 days ago
  • People spend a moment mourning the dead at the site of the attack at the Cafe Belle Equipe on rue de Charonne, prior to going to work early on 16 November 2015 in Paris, three days after the terrorist attacks that left over 130 dead and more than 350 injured. Picture: AFP.

    France shuts mosque, arrests man in crackdown after attacks

    Security officers found jihadist documents at the mosque where Wednesday's raids took place.

    1968 days ago
  • FILE: Cairo, Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    Suicide bombers kill 135 in Yemen mosque, Isis claims responsibility

    Security and medical sources said at least 345 people were injured in the blasts.

    2225 days ago
  • A screengrab taken on 9 November, 2014 from a new video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader Abubakar Shekau preaching to locals in an unidentified town. Picture: AFP.

    Bombs, gunfire kill 35 at crowded mosque in Nigeria's Kano

    Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the central mosque.

    2337 days ago
  • FILE:Israeli Border Police take position on a hill overlooking the east Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Issawiya, 11 November 2014. Picture: EPA.

    Palestinian mosque, Israeli synagogue damaged as tensions flare

    Tension has risen in recent weeks as disputes have mounted over Jewish access to Jerusalem’s holiest sites.

    2353 days ago
  • FILE: Cape Town's 'open mosque' welcomes homosexuals and even non-Muslims. Picture: Abed Ahmed/EWN.

    'Open mosque' founder calls for tolerance

    Taj Hargey says he's merely trying to dispel “the man-made lies” around Islam.

    2410 days ago
  • FILE: Around 300 worshippers were robbed at a central Joburg mosque on Thursday.

    JHB: Muslims targeted during Ramadaan

    Around 300 worshippers were robbed at a central Joburg mosque on Thursday.

    2482 days ago
  • Lebanese civilians gather at the site of a blast outside the Al-Taqwa Mosque in Tripoli on 23 August 2013. Car bombs exploded outside two Sunni Mosques killing 42 people. Picture: AFP

    Double explosions kill 42 in Lebanon

    Lebanon's Red Cross said more than 500 people were wounded in the two explosions.

    2799 days ago
  • A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi searches through the debris while a fellow demonstrator throws an object during clashes with police in Cairo on August 14, 2013. Picture: AFP.

    Egypt faces deepening chaos

    Muslim Brotherhood supporters fight security forces in a mosque while Egypt faces more chaos.

    2805 days ago
  • Britain. Picture: AFP

    Ukrainians face terrorism charges in UK

    Two Ukrainians who bombed mosques in the UK have also been accused of killing a Muslim man.

    2833 days ago
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