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FILED - 13 October 2021, Norway, Kongsberg: Police officers investigate the center of Kongsberg after a violent crime. Several people were killed and injured during a violent armed attack in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday, according to the police. Photo: Hakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB/dpa

World

MULTIPLE STABBING

Norway attacker called himself 'a Muslim' with 'a mission' in a video

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/16/21

The man has admitted the facts of what happened but does not recognize any criminal guilt, a police spokesman said

14 October 2021, Norway, Kongsberg: People stand in front of flowers and candles laid in memory of the victims of the Violent armed attack in Kongsberg, which left five dead and two injured. Photo: Terje Bendiksby/NTB/dpa

World

TERRORISM

Suspect in deadly Norway attack to be brought before judge

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/15/21

Norwegian police had said there were signs that the suspect in the attack had become radicalized after recently converting to Islam

HANDOUT - 16 July 2021, Saudi Arabia, Mecca: Muslim pilgrims maintain their social distancing while performing the arrival circumambulation (Tawaaf Al Koudoum) around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the centre of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca during the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Photo: Hassan Alfahimi/Saudi Ministry of Media/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

RELIGION

Muslims start downsized Hajj in Saudi Arabia due to pandemic

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/19/21

In an attempt to prevent human contact and infections, robots have been introduced to hand out bottles of holy water to pilgrims in the Grand Mosque, Saudi media reported

12 April 2021, Egypt, Cairo: Muslims perform the first 'Tarawih' evening prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan At Al-Azhar Mosque. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month of the Islamic calendar, in which believers refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn to dusk. Photo: Sayed Hassan/dpa

World

RELIGION

Muslim fasting month of Ramadan starts Tuesday in many countries

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/13/21

During Ramadan, observant Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to sunset.

10 July 2020, Turkey, Istanbul: Muslims perform evening prayers in front of the Hagia Sophia museum, on the day of the court decision that revoked its status as a museum to be turned into a mosque. The former Istanbul museum will hold Muslim prayers today for the first time since it was reconverted into a mosque by a presidential decree on July 10. Photo: Yasin Akgul/dpa.

Finland

POLL

Muslims face discrimination in Europe, Foreigner.fi readers say

The Nomad Today 11/3/20

Foreigner.fi will ask a different question about Finland and Finnish lifestyle every Friday on its official Twitter account @foreignerfi

Finland

Finnish Tatars, two centuries of Muslim faith shaped by ice and snow

The Nomad Today 8/19/19

The presence of Muslims in Finland is not a new phenomenon. Since the early 19th century, the country has its own Islamic community, the Finnish Tatars, who practice a moderate form of…