Italy: Muslim association buys church to transform into mosque
A church will become a mosque after a Muslim association won the public auction of the Lombardy region, Il Giornale reports. The church that has been used until now by…
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Switzerland to ban the foreign funding of mosques
The Swiss National Council voted to ban the financing of mosques from abroad, Neue Zuercher Zeitung reports. Currently, as private organizations without a state recognition as a religious community, Islamic communities in…
98 mosques in Spain preach Salafism and half of them are in Catalonia
Half of the 98 Spanish mosques where Salafism is preached are in Catalonia, according to data from the state’s security and intelligence bodies, El Mundo reports. More than 30% of arrests in…
Qatar opens a mosque in Sweden, the largest one in Scandinavia
The Qatari Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs opened the Umm Al-Mu’minin Khadijah Mosque in Malmo, Sweden. The mosque, built by the State of Qatar at a cost of more…