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          All the latest news and stories on Islam including Islamic religious festivals and Muslim holiday dates

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          Police protecting a mosque in Sunderland during the riots of summer 2024. Getty Images

          Far-right group offers cash to 'useful idiots' to attack mosques in UK

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          Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, speaks outside a Bronx Mosque on October 24. Getty Images via AFP

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          Prime Minister Keir Starmer greets a young boy during a visit to Peacehaven Mosque. PA

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          UKOctober 23, 2025
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          UAEOctober 17, 2025
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          UKOctober 09, 2025
          The burnt facade of the mosque in Peacehaven after what some have described as a terror attack. PA

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          CommentAugust 29, 2025
          Ibn Battuta in Egypt, Mid of the 19th century. Private Collection. Artist : Dumouza, Paul (1812-?). (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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