LONDON (RNS) — The leading Muslim umbrella group in the U.K., the Muslim Council of Britain, has urged mosques to be extra vigilant and strengthen their security ahead of regular Friday prayers ...

Southport mosque chairman Ibrahim Hussein said he was trapped in the building with about eight others as the violence erupted. He said he only escaped at about midnight with a police guard. Mr ...

The unrest began when several hundred people, most of them men, began targeting a Southport mosque, setting vehicles and wheelie bins on fire and attacking a local shop. Bottles and bricks were ...

A 'terrified' imam who was trapped in a Southport mosque as it came under attack during violent riots has admitted that he feared the thugs would 'burn the place down' with him inside.

The chairman of the mosque attacked in violent disorder in Southport on Tuesday night has told ITV News the attack was "terrifying" and described the whole building shaking as missiles were thrown.

On nearby St Luke's Street, rioters chanting 'English till I die' surrounded the Southport Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre and began hurling rubble at police officers who had formed a ...

An Imam of a Southport mosque said the mental image of rioters attempting to destroy the site in summer "flash in his dreams" - but he will said his nightmares about the riots will not stop the ...

Police officers have been injured in disorder outside a Southport mosque - with the chaos erupting in the wake of a knife attack that left three girls dead in the Merseyside town. A crowd of men ...

Hundreds of pounds have been raised to fund repairs to a mosque damaged by rioters in Tuesday's riot as work to rebuild the damage begins. Rioters threw bricks at the Southport Islamic Centre on ...

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