Baquba: Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence.
Several other bombings claimed lives around the country - with 19 killed near a commercial complex in the west of Baghdad, as mounting violence intensified fears of a return to all-out civil conflict.
Attacks on Sunni and Shi'ite mosques, security forces and tribal leaders have mounted since troops raided a Sunni protest camp near Kirkuk a month ago.
The increasingly sectarian civil war in neighbouring Syria is emboldening Iraqi Sunni insurgents and straining relations between the two Muslim groups in Iraq, where tensions are at their worst since US troops pulled out at the end of 2011....
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06:41 AM, May 18, 2013
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India on Saturday to offer prayers at the Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer though no official meetings have been lined up so far, sources said on Tuesday. This is likely to be Ashraf's last foreign visit before the term of his government ends on March 16. ...
01:00 PM, Mar 05, 2013
According to sources, the Centre gave into the demands of state governments opposing the ambitious setting up of NCTC and said the proposed intelligence agency will not have the right to make arrests without the states' permission. ...
11:58 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The resignation of a top UK cardinal over allegations of inappropriate behaviour is the latest scandal facing the Catholic Church in the run-up to the election of the next Pope in March. ...
11:57 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Thousands gathered on Sunday in St Petersburg to listen to last prayer by Pope Benedict XVI before he steps down from his position as the head of the catholic church later this week. ...
06:36 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Thousands gathered on Sunday in St Petersburg to listen to last prayer by Pope Benedict XVI before he steps down from his position as the head of the catholic church later this week. Pope, speaking in his last Sunday address before becoming the first pope in some six centuries to step down, said he was following God's wishes and that he was not abandoning the Roman Catholic Church. ...
06:27 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Police have launched an investigation into the offering of prayers at a mosque in Kochi for Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged on November 21 for carrying out the Mumbai terror attack in 2008. The prayers were reportedly offered by an imam on November 23 after the Friday namaz at the mosque at nearby Trikkakara. ...
07:20 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Islamabad: LeT founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed led a gathering of thousands in offering funeral prayers for Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved in the Mumbai attacks who was hanged earlier this week, a media report said on Saturday. Saeed, mastermind of the 2008 assault on Mumbai, offered 'ghayabana namaz-e-janaza' (funeral prayers in absentia) for Kasab at the conclusion of a two-day training session of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah at its headquarters...
02:18 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Tirupati: Senior BJP leader L K Advani offered prayers at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala on Saturday. The veteran BJP leader arrived at Renigunta airport near here on Friday afternoon. After an overnight stay on the hills, he offered prayers at the temple early this morning, where he spent about half an hour, temple sources said. Advani was also presented with sacred prasadam, silk cloth...
01:09 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Srinagar: Violent protests after congregational prayers on Monday marred Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations in the city as a mob set ablaze a police vehicle and beat up three policemen in Eidgah area. As soon as the Eid prayers concluded at Eidgah in the Old City, hundreds of youth blocked the road and stopped a police vehicle on its way to Soura from Qamarwari and asked the policemen to alight from the vehicle,...
12:59 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Bangalore: Praying for rains has begun in Karnataka, following a government order to 34,000 temples to do special pujas and havans to invoke the rain god Varuna at a cost of Rs 17 crore. Call it a coincidence that the gods are listening to the monsoon-mantras, but the clouds have opened up to some extent it seems. Karnataka is seeing some rainfall on Friday. The BJP government has sanctioned a...
01:33 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: Even as Karnataka reels under its worst drought in 42 years, the state government is busy doling out money to temples instead of taking concrete steps. Reports suggest that the BJP government has sanctioned a total of Rs 17 crore for 34,000 temples across Karnataka, which means each temple would get Rs 5,000 for holding "special prayers" for rain. The circular forwarded to temples by the Department of...
07:45 AM, Jul 27, 2012
London: The right of Christian worship in British schools and Parliament faced a fresh assault after a High Court banned prayers at council meetings. In a landmark ruling on Friday on a case brought by the National Secular Society and an atheist councillor, formal acts of prayer in the chambers of town and city halls were outlawed by High Court Judge. Justice Ouseley issued a declaration that there was no...
11:04 PM, Feb 11, 2012
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I have always been keen to be at a holy place at the time of special occasions like the full moon or the eclipse. Watching ...
12:21 PM, Jun 16, 2011
Kunduz: The governor of the northern Afghan province of Kunduz and at least 11 other worshippers were killed on Friday when a bomb hidden inside a mosque exploded, officials said. Mohammad Omar was attending Friday prayers in Taliqan, the capital of the neighbouring province of Takhar, when the blast took place, said Faiz Mohammad Tauhidi, spokesman for the governor of Takhar. Tauhidi said that 12 worshippers, including Omar, were killed...
06:03 PM, Oct 08, 2010
A day after the verdict, all is calm in Ayodhya. Amid tight security, Friday prayers were held at the mosques in a calm and cordial atmosphere. ...
04:53 PM, Oct 01, 2010
Here's how the iPhone is helping Catholics keep the faith this season. ...
02:45 PM, Dec 27, 2008
There is a strict timetable to follow about time and directions for prayers in Islam. ...
04:28 PM, Sep 08, 2008
Women gathered on the banks of Kosi to plead her to save their lives. ...
10:34 AM, Sep 01, 2008
