Besieged Zamboanga mosque gets facelift
By
Roel Pareño
| October 14, 2013 - 6:04pm
The grand mosque in Sta. Barbara, Zamboanga City besieged by the rebels of Misuari-faction Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) got a facelift from the government troops in time for...
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Crisis committee turns over mosque previously held by rebels
By
Roel Pareño
| October 10, 2013 - 4:50pm
The local crisis management committee (CMC) have turned over Thursday the besieged grand mosque in Barangay Sta. Barbara that was formerly occupied by the rebels and snipers of the Misuari-faction Moro National...
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Mosque in Baclaran demolished
By
Perseus Echeminada
| September 26, 2013 - 12:00am
A mosque in Baclaran, Parañaque City was demolished yesterday reportedly to give way to the construction of a shopping center.
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Troops recover mosque from rebels
By
Roel Pareño
| September 11, 2013 - 7:00pm
Government forces recovered the mosque occupied by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) faction of Nur Misuari after...
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Security forces storm protester-held Egypt mosque
By
Maggie Michael and Tony G. Gabriel
| August 18, 2013 - 5:40am
Egyptian security forces stormed a Cairo mosque yesterday after shooting at armed men firing down from a minaret, rounding up hundreds of supporters of the country's ousted president who hid there overnight after...
World
Death toll soars to 638 in Egypt violence
By
Maggie Michael
| August 16, 2013 - 9:07am
Weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied, unclaimed dead in a Cairo mosque near the smoldering...
World
13 youths die in Myanmar mosque fire
April 2, 2013 - 1:09pm
A fire engulfed a mosque housing Muslim schoolchildren in Myanmar's largest city Tuesday, killing at least 13. Authorities,...
World
Grenade attack in NCotabato town
By
John Unson
| March 25, 2013 - 1:17pm
Tension spread in an old Moro farming enclave in Midsayap, North Cotabato after unidentified gunmen blasted Sunday night a powerful grenade near a mosque surrounded by houses of local farmers.
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Egypt's Alexandria gripped by feud over future
December 19, 2012 - 4:12am
The Qaed Ibrahim mosque, revered by Alexandrines as the embodiment of their Mediterranean city's cosmopolitan heritage, has become a battleground between the two visions fighting over the future of Egypt, l...
Mosque caretaker killed in blast
By
John Unson
| July 3, 2011 - 12:00am
A caretaker of a mosque was killed in a bomb attack here Friday night, police said.
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