New Zealand votes to amend gun laws after Christchurch attack
Lawmakers in New Zealand voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after its worst peacetime mass shooting, in which 50 people were killed in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch. Parliament passed the gun reform bill, the first substantial ...
Sunni mosques in Iraq attacked in apparent retaliation for Saudi execution of Shiite cleric
At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq and two people killed in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shiite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police said on Monday. Iraqi Shiites protesting the Jan. 2 execution of Saudi ...
Panic grips France's Muslim community as mosques suffer reprisals
French Muslims are braced for a backlash after terrorists shouting Islamist slogans killed 12 people Wednesday in Paris. Community leaders are urging Muslims to stay vigilant and calm as fears of reprisals grow following the massacre at the offices of a satirical magazine. The leaders ...
