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mosque

[mosk, mawsk] / mɒsk, mɔsk /


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The next day, he told the British detectives, the men had shown up at his local mosque in San Diego saying they needed a place to live.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

He came from a modest background: His father was a schoolteacher and an imam at a local mosque.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

After sunrise, villagers in Qusra, near the city of Nablus, walked through the scorched remains of the Al-Rahma mosque, broken tiles littering the ground, videos showed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

The force said there would be "high-visibility patrols" in the area around the mosque while people attended for prayers and officers would meet with the imam.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

“There is going to be a prayer at the mosque tonight for the victims of the bombing. We’ll also be doing a fund-raiser. We want you to come,” my mom says.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

He blended into the crowd, grew his beard, attended the mosques where the killers preached, listened, questioned, checked rumors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Local residents told the BBC several mosques were simultaneously targeted during prayers.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Agents with their faces covered up to their eyes, in unmarked black SUVs with tinted windows, would wait outside churches, mosques, schools, daycares, courtrooms, and hospitals.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

She said she was astonished by what has been built in less than three years: "new hospitals, schools, mosques and a stadium".

From Barron's Jun. 6, 2026

Thereafter, now and then I heard how Cassius showed up in Muslim mosques and restaurants in various cities.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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