Read more mosque stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8033/mosque.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:09:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73920/feds-to-seize-skyscraper-mosques-linked-to-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal prosecutors took steps today to seize four US mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government. In what could prove to be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in US history, prosecutors filed a civil...http://www.newser.com/story/73920/feds-to-seize-skyscraper-mosques-linked-to-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 17:13:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73599/feds-eye-hasan-link-to-911-imam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal investigators are probing a connection between Fort Hood rampage suspect Nidal Malik Hasan and the Muslim imam who was spiritual adviser to two 9/11 terrorists. Hasan attended the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in northern Virginia in 2001 when it was led by Anwar al-Aulaqi. The US-born imam, who now lives...http://www.newser.com/story/73599/feds-eye-hasan-link-to-911-imam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 7:53:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73364/swiss-to-vote-on-minaret-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwiss government and business leaders are having a panic attack over a referendum that would ban minarets on mosques—and, they fear, make the country a target for Islamic terrorism. The handiwork of the anti-immigrant Swiss People's Party, infamous for an earlier campaign poster showing a white sheep kicking a...http://www.newser.com/story/73364/swiss-to-vote-on-minaret-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 6:47:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69862/houses-of-worship-adapt-to-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlaces of worship across the country are adjusting holy rituals to head off swine flu, CBS News reports. On the Jewish New Year, one Massachusetts synagogue is skipping handshakes and promoting the use of hand sanitizer—and, in a substantial break from tradition, allowing worshipers to not kiss the Torah....http://www.newser.com/story/69862/houses-of-worship-adapt-to-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Sep 2009 17:56:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67497/overflowing-mosques-lead-muslims-to-synagogue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the Muslim population in the US booming, the start of Ramadan this weekend will see many worshippers overflowing into borrowed space, from ballrooms to synagogues, the Washington Pos t reports. The DC area's mosques are bursting at the seams; with the Koran's injunction against borrowing money at interest slowing...http://www.newser.com/story/67497/overflowing-mosques-lead-muslims-to-synagogue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Aug 2009 6:36:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66898/swiss-group-fights-against-islams-minarets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA debate on freedom of religion featuring ultra-nationalist zealots is playing out in the most unlikely of places: a sleepy hamlet in Switzerland. A group is trying to block the construction of a 30-foot tall minaret on a mosque in Langenthal (pop. 14,000) because it's a symbol of Islam's...http://www.newser.com/story/66898/swiss-group-fights-against-islams-minarets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 7:24:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65769/29-killed-in-baghdad-mosque-bombings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBombs exploded near five Shiite mosques in Baghdad today, killing at least 29 people, according to Iraqi police and hospital officials. The bombings, apparently part of a coordinated attack that targeted worshipers leaving Friday prayers, shattered a period of relative calm in the Iraqi capital. The deaths raised to at...http://www.newser.com/story/65769/29-killed-in-baghdad-mosque-bombings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 9:31:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65656/nigerian-troops-attack-militants-mosque-kill-100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNigerian security forces killed more than 100 militants yesterday as they shelled then stormed the mosque and compound of an Islamist sect blamed for days of violence across northern Nigeria. The bodies of barefoot young men littered the streets of Maiduguri this morning as the army conducted a house-to-house manhunt...http://www.newser.com/story/65656/nigerian-troops-attack-militants-mosque-kill-100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 6:52:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64029/china-closes-urumqi-mosques-imposes-curfew.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChinese authorities forced mosques in Urumqi to stay closed today and reimposed a curfew in the restive western city, reports the BBC. The curfew was lifted after thousands of troops had seemed to restore order between Han Chinese and Uighur Muslims, who have battled in the worst ethnic violence China...http://www.newser.com/story/64029/china-closes-urumqi-mosques-imposes-curfew.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 6:29:45 CDT