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By Bilal Guler ANKARA, ACCEPTANCE /Afghanistan(AA) – At least eight people were killed and 18 others were injured in an explosion during a Shia Muslim community mourning gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Friday August 5. Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul Police, told Anadolu Agency that at least eight people were killed and […]

18th Aug 2021

Jammu & Kashmir: Dozens held, journalists beaten as police stop Muslim religious procession

By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Police in Indian-administered Kashmir detained dozens of people who were part of a Muslim ritual procession in the capital Srinagar and beat up journalists covering the event, witnesses said Tuesday. Rallies are held all over the world by Shia Muslims in Muharram, the first month […]

30th Aug 2020

Jammu & Kashmir: Indian police attack Muharram processions injuring 40 Kashmiris

By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) : Forty Kashmiris were injured on Saturday when Indian police dispersed a procession with disproportionate force, eye witnesses said. Indian forces fired shotgun pellets and tear gas shells at the Muharram procession. Nazir Ahmad, an eye witness, said hundreds of mourners were marching near the Hamadania […]

30th Sep 2017

UK: 14-year-old boy stabbed outside mosque in Birmingham in critical condition

By Ahmed J Versi London, (The Muslim News): A man has been arrested following stabbing of a 14-year-old boy outside the mosque in Herbert Road, Small Heath, Birmingham during the early hours Saturday. The 29-year-old was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is currently in custody. The boy’s uncle, Sayyid Fawad Ali Al Hussaini, in […]

30th Sep 2017

Afghanistan: Suicide attack targets Shia Muslim mosque in Kabul killing 5

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A suspected suicide attack on a Shia Muslim mosque in the capital Kabul killed at least five people and wounded 27 as worshippers prepare to commemorate Ashura on Sunday. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack on its Amaq news site. An Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed the attack on the […]

13th Oct 2016

Nigerian police ‘open fire’ on Shia Muslim Ashura procession

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, (AA): Nine people were killed as police opened fire on a Shia Muslim procession in Nigeria’s north on Wednesday, a spokesman for the group said. Harun El-Binawi, from the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), told Anadolu Agency that at least 20 were wounded when police fired on hundreds of Shia […]

12th Oct 2016

Afghanistan: 14 Shia Muslims killed, 36 wounded in Ashura attack

By Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL, (AA): At least 14 people were killed and 36 others wounded when a gunman attacked a Shia Muslim shrine in the Afghan capital Kabul, authorities said Tuesday. Police also said two grenades had been detonated during the attack. Interior Ministry Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said one of the victims of the […]

11th Oct 2016

Nigeria: Dozens of Shia Muslim group members held

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, (AA): Dozens of members of a Nigerian Shia organization were arrested when they embarked on a peaceful religious rally Monday in northwestern Kaduna state, a representative of the group said in a statement. Islamic Movement of Nigeria spokesman Musa Ibrahim said the arrests were carried out by armed policemen. “They […]

24th Oct 2015

Bangladesh blast at Shia Muslim Ashura gathering kills one, injures 87

By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, (AA): A triple bomb blast at a Shia Muslim gathering in Bangladesh left one person dead and 87 injured in the early hours of Saturday in capital Dhaka. The attack took place at Hussaini Dalan, Old Dhaka, where Shia Muslims gather for a special procession to commemmorate Ashura, when grandson […]

24th Oct 2015

Pakistan: Blast kills 22 Shia Muslims Ashura procession in Sindh

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 22 people were killed and dozens of other people were injured in a suspected suicide blast at a Shia procession in southern Pakistan’s Sindh province Friday evening, police said. The Muslims were commemmorating martyrdom of grandson of Prophet Muhammad, Imam Husayn, who was killed with his family […]

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.

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 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.