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By Qais Abu Samra TULKARM, Palestine (AA): An elderly Palestinian man said Israeli soldiers tried to kill him the way US police murdered Black American George Floyd. Narrating the details of his abuse by Israeli soldiers during a rally condemning settlement in northern occupied West Bank, Khariy Hanoun, 64, described the incident as an […]

16th Jun 2020

BLM: American Muslims urge reform to end police brutality

By Beyza Binnur Donmez (AA): Dozens of American Muslim organizations joined Monday to the demands for changing policing practices in the US, after death of George Floyd under police custody last month. “The victimization of unarmed Black Muslims has a long and troubling history,” said Muslim Advocates, a national civil rights organization, in a […]

14th Jun 2020

US: Anger in Atlanta over fatal shooting of black man

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): As nationwide protests slowed in the death of George Floyd, anger again erupted Saturday in the US over the fatal shooting of another black man. Atlanta police officer has been sacked following the fatal shooting, and another has been placed on administrative duty, the police department has announced. The moves […]

10th Jun 2020

UK: Statue of slave trader Robert Milligan pulled down

LONDON (AA): A statue of 18th Century British slave owner and trader Robert Milligan was removed from outside the Museum of London Docklands Tuesday afternoon shortly after a statement from its owners. The move came as the reaction to statues of such individuals who had been involved in the slave trade or owned slaves is […]

8th Jun 2020

UK: Protesters topple slave trader statue in Bristol

Black Lives Matter protest in London June 6, London (Credit: Socialist Appeal/Flickr) By Karim El-Bar LONDON (AA): Tens of thousands of people took part in Black Lives Matter protests across the UK on Sunday, tearing down the statue of a slave trader, Edward Colston in Bristol and spraying graffiti on a statue of former Prime […]

4th Jun 2020

UK: Thousands protest in London for Black Lives Matter

By Karim El-Bar LONDON (AA): Thousands of people took to the streets of London Wednesday to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and protest the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died last week after being pinned down by a white police officer in the US state […]

26th Jun 2017

UK: Police battle violent protesters in East London

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): Riot police responded late Sunday to a violent protest as demonstrators erected barricades and set fires to roads near the Forest Gate police station. The disturbance followed a Black Lives Matter protest after the death of Edir Frederico Da Costa (Edson) six days after he was arrested by […]

9th Jul 2016

US on edge after police killings

NEW YORK (AA) – The U.S. is reeling Friday from a week of violence that started with fatal police-involved shootings of black men and ended in a coordinated attack on police in Dallas that killed five officers. “We are hurting,” Dallas Police Chief David Brown said during a press conference early Friday. “We are […]

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The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

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