Nine worshippers killed in Pakistan mosque blast

At least nine worshippers were reportedly killed and several others sustained injuries when a blast ripped through a mosque Thursday evening in the troubled Bajaur tribal region of Pakistan. "Nine people were killed and several others injured as a result of an explosion that...

Bombs near Baghdad Shiite mosques kills 24

As Shiite worshippers left two Baghdad mosques on Thursday, suicide bombers set off two bombs, killing 24 people and wounding more than 50 others.Six Sunnis were also shot in a separate attack as they traveled in a minibus in the mostly Shiite town of Wajihiyah."The dead were...

25 worshippers, 30 Taliban militants killed in Pakistan

Immediately after new President took over in Pakistan there is fresh round of violence reported from there. It has killed 25 worshippers and even  30 Taliban militants."In a fresh spate of killings in Pakistan, at least 25 civilians were killed and 50 injured in a...

Bombings kill 43 in Baghdad, Kirkuk

Gunmen ambushed Shiite pilgrims in the a Sunni town south of Baghdad Monday. The pilgrims were marching to a major shrine there for a religious holiday.The area is a former stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq and was touted as one of the success stories of the US military surge,...

Many dead in Iraq shrine blast

"A female suicide bomber has attacked Shia worshippers in the city of Karbala, killing 49 of them on the street leading to one of Iraq's most revered mosques.   An Iraqi police officer and a witness said that Monday's bombing was carried out by a...

Suicide Attackers Strike Iraqi Shiites

Two suicide attackers targeted worshippers leaving a Shiite mosque Friday in the northern city of Tal Afar, killing at least three people and wounding 17, officials said.The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to help get coverage from people affected by this story. We...

Violence Erupts at Jerusalem Holy Site

"The situation grew especially volatile after some 150 protesters barricaded themselves inside the Al Aqsa mosque at the complex. But police did not enter the mosque. The protesters began to leave about 90 minutes after they holed up inside the building, following...

Pray Via Internet

This has broad implications for all faiths. One could do an e-pilgrimage. Or a virtual confession."Anyone who has visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem has heard the steady din of prayers and chants at the sacred Jewish site. These days, it turns out, some of the...

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City said to be terrorist breeding ground

"TETOUAN, Morocco, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A Moroccan seaport 3,000 miles from Iraq has become one of the world's most fertile recruiting grounds for jihadists, U.S. officials say. In the past eight months a group of young men, all worshippers at the same mosque, have left their...