A suspected gunman accused of an attempted terrorist attack on a mosque in Norway and separately killing his teenage stepsister “will use his right not to explain himself for now” in a detention hearing, his defence lawyer has said.

A former mayor of Kilkenny has said that opposition to the planned mosque and Islamic centre in the city was not an issue of religion, but one of traffic management.

The Islamic community wanted to build on a site at the Hebron Industrial Estate on the edge of Kilkenny city.

An investigation involving counter-terrorism officers has been launched after four mosques had their windows smashed with a sledgehammer overnight.

The arrival of a woman at the mosque bearing flowers was a “beautiful gesture”, one that meant a lot to the Muslim community, a senior member of the mosque said.

A teacher in a Dublin mosque who displayed an “unhealthy interest” in a six-year-old girl he went on to molest has received a partially suspended sentence.

Austria's government is closing seven mosques and plans to expel imams in a crackdown on "political Islam" and foreign financing of mosques.

A Kilkenny councillor has described a public meeting regarding a planned mosque in Kilkenny as 'regrettable'.

Angry scenes marred a public information meeting on a planned mosque which took place in Kilkenny yesterday.

The man accused of killing six men at a Quebec City mosque has changed his mind and pleaded guilty.

Latest: Militants attacked a mosque with explosives and gunfire during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 200 people in the deadliest attack on Egyptian civilians by Islamic extremists.

Clonskeagh Mosque in Dublin has announced it's opening its doors to homeless people ahead of an expected cold snap.

A US state governor has condemned the bombing of a suburban mosque as "so wretched".

An imam guarded the van driver who mowed down Muslim worshippers until the police arrived, telling a crowd: "Do not touch him."

A leading Imam said worshippers, including children, could have been seriously injured in a rock attack on his mosque in Galway, in which one of its windows were smashed.

One of the country’s busiest mosques has, for the past two months, had security guards in place and is to receive additional policing over the holy month of Ramadan, which begins today.

Worshippers are returning to the scene of the weekend's Quebec City mosque shooting to view the aftermath of the carnage.

The university student charged with killing six Muslim men during evening prayers at a mosque in Canada was known for far-right, nationalist views and his support of the French rightist party led by Marine Le Pen.

At least 27 civilians were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, an official has said.

At least 24 worshippers were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a Sunni mosque in north-west Pakistan on Friday, and 28 were wounded, officials said.

The shooting dead of a New York City mosque leader and a friend as they left afternoon prayers is being described as a hate crime by shocked members of the community.

After allowing believers one last chance to pray, French authorities demolished a makeshift church and mosque on Monday as part of a security operation at a camp in Calais populated by thousands of migrants.

A man has been arrested in connection with an attack on a mosque in which bacon sandwiches were thrown at the door and abuse was shouted at worshippers.

At least 12 people have been killed after two female suicide bombers attacked a mosque in Cameroon.

An Islamic State group affiliate in Bangladesh says it was behind an attack on a Shiite mosque in the country’s north that killed one man and wounded three others.

A large fire has broken out at a mosque in Morden, South London

A Yemen-based affiliate of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the rebel-held capital of Sanaa that killed 25 people during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha

A Taliban attack on a Pakistani military base has killed 29 people including 16 worshippers who were gunned down when the militants stormed a mosque inside the compound during prayers.

At least 20 people have been killed by two bombs that blew up at a mosque in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

A decision on planning permission for a mosque in Tralee, Co Kerry, has been stalled pending confirmation over whether a call to prayer public address system is to be installed in the 23m high minaret attached to the structure.

A leading Muslim cleric has called for dialogue amid concerns that a planning row over an Islamic centre in Cork could fuel anti-Muslim sentiment.

Planners have issued a warning letter to the owner and developer of a Muslim information centre at the centre of a planning row in the historic core of Cork City.