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JERUSALEM (AA): Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers Thursday forced their way into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound where they performed Talmudic rituals, according to a Palestinian official. “Around 48 extremist settlers — backed by Israeli police — stormed the mosque compound through the Al-Mugharbeh Gate,” Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman for the Jordan-run Religious Endowments Authority, told […]

14th Mar 2017

Palestine: Palestinian killed in alleged knife attack in Jerusalem

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man, who allegedly stabbed two soldiers in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday, according to Israeli police. Two border police officers were moderately injured in the attack, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in a statement. He said four people have since been arrested in […]

18th Feb 2017

Weekly Report: Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (09 – 15 February 2017) Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) A Palestinian Civilian succumbed to his wounds in the West Bank Four Palestinian civilians were wounded, including 2 journalists, […]

23rd Jan 2017

Palestine: Muslim scholars slam US embassy move to Jerusalem

By Ali Abo Rezeg ANKARA, Turkey (AA): The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has warned against the planned relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “[Such a move] would be a brazen violation of UN resolutions,” the Doha-based body said in a statement released on Saturday. Newly-inaugurated U.S. […]

11th Jan 2017

Palestine: Palestinian Muslim leaders warn against US embassy move

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Palestinian Muslim leaders have warned that the planned relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be “dangerous”. In a Tuesday statement, the Supreme Islamic Council in Jerusalem said such a move — promised by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump during his electoral campaign — […]

9th Jan 2017

Palestine: 4 soldiers killed after truck rams into them in Jerusalem

By Kaamil Ahmed and Anees Barghouti JERUSALEM (AA): At least four Israeli soldiers, and Palestinian attacker were killed after a truck rammed into soldiers in Jerusalem on Sunday. Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said four Israeli soldiers were killed by the alleged attacker in the city’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. The Palestinian Health Ministry said […]

24th Oct 2016

Palestine: Israel arrests 19 in Jerusalem, closes West Bank

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli police have arrested 19 Palestinians during overnight raids in the occupied West Bank as the military closed off the occupied Palestinian territories ahead of a Jewish holiday starting Sunday. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld tweeted that those arrested had been involved in “riots” during the Yom Kippur holiday two […]

8th Oct 2016

Turkey: Muslim leaders warn Al-Aqsa Mosque ‘is in danger’

By Ilker Girit ISTANBUL (AA): More than 500 Muslim leaders and clerics from 30 countries met in Istanbul on Friday to warn that the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site that is located in Jerusalem, was in danger. The religious and political leaders, representing at least 50 civil society organizations and political parties in […]

14th Aug 2016

Palestine: 300 Israelis storm Al-Aqsa complex on Jewish holiday

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Hundreds of hardline Israelis stormed East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound and several were arrested during a Jewish religious festival on Sunday. Around 300 Jews visited the flashpoint compound, according to Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, who said seven were arrested for chanting or deviating from a route set by […]

21st Jul 2016

Palestine: Israeli army guns down Palestinian teen in West Bank

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH (AA) – A Palestinian teen was gunned down on Tuesday night by the Israeli army during clashes in the occupied West Bank. Muhey al-Tabakhi, 12, died after a rubber bullet fired by Israeli forces struck his chest during clashes in the central town of al-Ram, the Palestinian Health Ministry said […]

18th Jul 2016

Palestine: Palestinian child sentenced to 6.5-year sentence

IMEMC News: A 14-year old Palestinian boy was sentenced Sunday to 6.5 years in prison for allegedly attacking an Israeli security guard in Jerusalem last November. Moawiya Alqam was accused of trying to stab an Israeli security guard at the entrance to the illegal Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev, along with his 12-year old cousin […]

13th Jul 2016

Palestine: Jewish settlers enter holy sites in Jerusalem, Nablus

By Anees Bargouthi JERUSALEM (AA): Scores of Jewish settlers on Tuesday entered East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex and performed religious rituals, a Palestinian official told Anadolu Agency. They were led by the Rabbi Yehuda Glick, protected by Israeli security forces. “Around 285 Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli police, stormed the holy compound via […]

30th Jun 2016

Palestine: Israeli land theft: 440% increase in 2016

IMEMC News & Agencies: Israeli land confiscation policy has notably escalated in occupied Jerusalem and West Bank by 439% since the beginning of 2016, in comparison to last year, a Palestinian report revealed on Tuesday. Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ) revealed that Israeli authorities confiscated, since the beginning of the year, 7,773 acres of […]

13th Jun 2016

Palestine: 130 Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex

By Anees Bargouthi JERUSALEM (AA): More than 130 extremist Jewish settlers on Sunday forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, where they tried to perform Talmudic rituals, a Palestinian official has said. “Around 135 extremist settlers stormed the mosque holy compound through Al-Mugharbeh gate under the protection of Israeli police officers,” […]

11th Jun 2016

Palestine: Only 100,000 Muslims allowed for 1st Friday of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa

By Anees Bargouthi JERUSALEM (AA) – Thousands of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem marched to the Al-Aqsa Mosque today to perform the first Friday prayer of the Ramadan holy month. Men over 45, children under 12 and women of all ages were allowed by the Israeli army to enter occupied […]

10th Jun 2016

Palestine: After attack, Israel suspends West Bank travel permits

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Israel on Thursday prohibited Palestinians from the occupied West Bank from visiting Jerusalem during Ramadan following a deadly shooting attack one day earlier in Tel Aviv in which four Israelis were killed. According to the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Israel’s military authority in the West […]

24th May 2016

Palestine: Palestinian teenage girl shot dead after alleged knife attack

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA & Ma’an): A Palestinian teenager girl was shot dead Monday after an alleged knife attack near the Ras Biddu checkpoint north of Jerusalem. In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the name of the slain girl as17-year-old Sawsan Ali Dawud Mansur killed by Israeli soldiers. Israeli Police spokesman Micky […]

19th May 2016

Palestine: Israel absolves policeman who killed Palestinian boy

By Alaa al-Rimawi JERUSALEM (AA): The Israeli authorities have dropped all charges against an Israeli police officer who had been charged with killing 16-year-old Palestinian Mohamed Sunuqrut in Jerusalem in mid-2014. According to Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the case against the police officer was dropped due to a “lack of evidence”. The newspaper reported […]

10th Apr 2016

Palestine: Israeli detention of Al-Aqsa preacher condemned

By Anees Bargouthi JERUSALEM (AA) – Several Islamic institutions in Jerusalem on Saturday criticized the detention of an Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher by the Israeli authorities one day earlier, describing the move as “dangerous and unprecedented”. In a joint statement, the Supreme Islamic Council and the Council of Awqaf (religious endowments) and Islamic Affairs, along […]

29th Feb 2016

Palestine: 186 Palestinians killed by Israel over last 5 months

By Anees Bargouti RAMALLAH , (AA): According to the latest Palestinian figures, since Oct. 1 of last year, at least 186 Palestinians have been killed and another 15,645 injured by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip and in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Over the same period, according to Israeli figures, 33 […]

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Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

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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.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.