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By Mohamad Misto and Adham Kako DEIR EZ-ZOUR, Syria (AA): At least 17 civilians were killed on Sunday when the U.S.-led coalition launched airstrikes at a mosque in Syria’s eastern Deir Ez-Zour province. Local sources told Anadolu Agency that the airstrikes were carried out in the Daesh-held Hejjin district on the eastern outskirts of […]

15th Dec 2018

Palestine: Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians near Ramallah

By Esat Firat RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Friday near the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Mahmoud Yousef Nakhleh, 18, and Mohammad Nahla, 16, were killed by Israeli troops during a demonstration near the Al-Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah, said a ministry statement. […]

13th Dec 2018

Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians in raids in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli authorities on Thursday. In a statement, the army said a Palestinian being sought over an alleged drive-by shooting near the West Bank settlement of Ofra was killed. The army identified the Palestinian as 29-year-old Saleh Omar […]

13th Dec 2018

Turkey: 7 killed, 46 injured in high-speed train crash

By Mohamad Misto, Burak Karacaoglu, Esref Musa ANKARA (AA) At least seven people were killed and 46 injured when a high-speed train crashed into a pilot engine traveling along the same rails near a station in Turkey’s capital Ankara. According to the latest inspections carried out at the scene, seven people were killed including […]

12th Dec 2018

France: Shooting near Christmas market leaves 3 dead, 13 wounded

By Yusuf Ozcan PARIS (AA): At least three people were killed and 13 others injured Tuesday when a gunman opened fire in the French city of Strasbourg, according to local authorities. The incident took place close to the historic Christmas market in Place Kleber square. Manhunt against the gunmen continues. Interior Ministry says they […]

11th Dec 2018

Palestine: Jewish settlers storm Jerusalem’s Aqsa Mosque compound

By Abdelraouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Scores of Israeli settlers forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday, according to a Palestinian official. Hundreds of Jewish settlers also stormed Joseph’s Tomb near Nablus city. “Around 127 Jewish settlers broke into the holy compound this morning,” Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman for Jerusalem […]

10th Dec 2018

Jammu & Kashmir: 3 militants, including teenager, killed in Kashmir

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Three militants, including a 14-year-old, were killed on Sunday after Indian forces attacked a militant hideout in Mujgund near Srinagar, the capital city of Kashmir. The gun battle started on Saturday evening and lasted for around 18 hours before ending on Sunday. “The three slain […]

8th Dec 2018

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory (29 Nov – 5 Dec)

Gaza, Palestine, (The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights): Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (29 November – 05 December 2018): Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in occupied Palestinian territory. On International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian with a disability in Tulkarm, West Bank, […]

7th Dec 2018

Iran: Suicide bombing kills 2 in southeastern Iran

TEHRAN (AA): At least two people were killed, 43 injured, in a car bombing in Iran’s southeastern port city of Chabahar, Sistan-Balouchestan Province.on Thursday, according to a local official. Provincial governor Rahmdel Bamri told local media a booby-trapped vehicle attempted to enter a police headquarters in the city. However, the bomb went off at the […]

6th Dec 2018

US Muslim Republican official faces ouster for religion

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): A Muslim doctor in the state of Texas is facing calls to step down from his county seat because of his religion. Shahid Shafi defied many odds by winning a city council seat, serving as a delegate to Texas Republican conventions and being appointed to serve as vice chairman […]

5th Dec 2018

Palestine: Mentally ill Palestinian killed by Israeli forces

By Qays Abu Samra TULKARM, West Bank (AA): A mentally disabled Palestinian was killed on Tuesday by Israeli army fire in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, according to a local medical source. Mohammed Hossam Habaly, 18, was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers during a dawn raid in western Tulkarm, the source […]

4th Dec 2018

Nigeria: Muslims sue Nigerian premier varsity over hijab

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Muslim parents on Monday sued Nigeria’s premier university of Ibadan after a school owned by the varsity barred 11 Muslim girls from wearing their religious head covering in their classrooms. The case was filed following weeks of controversy on the Muslim girls’ head covering in the International School […]

3rd Dec 2018

Palestine: 811 Israeli violations against journos in 2018

By Esat Firat JERUSALEM (AA): Israel committed at least 811 violations against journalists in Palestine this year, the Palestinian Information Ministry said Sunday. The ministry said in a report on Israel’s violations against freedom of the press that Israeli forces breached against journalists 282 times in Gaza, and 529 times in occupied West Bank […]

2nd Dec 2018

Two US police departments cancel training with Israel

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): Two police departments in the New England region of the United States canceled their annual visit to Israeli police forces and engagement in training, amid pressure from organizations affiliated with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The Vermont State Police and the Northampton Police Department in Massachusetts both […]

1st Dec 2018

US drops nearly 6000 bombs in Afghanistan in 2018

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA):In what appears to be statistical proof of evident upsurge in the Afghan war, the US announced to have dropped close to 6000 bombs in Afghanistan this year so far. According to the figures by the US Air Force Central Command (AFCENT), the US forces released 5,982 munitions […]

30th Nov 2018

Syria: US-led coalition strikes kill dozens in eastern Syria

By Mohamed Misto, Adham Kako and Ashraf Musa DEIR EZ-ZOR/IDLIB, Syria (AA): U.S.-led coalition warplanes struck a building used as a prison by the Daesh terrorist group, killing scores of people, including dozens of civilians, local sources told Anadolu Agency on Thursday. The coalition has continued to target the Hejjin district and surrounding towns […]

28th Nov 2018

Palestine: Israel to seize Palestinian land in Jordan Valley region

By Anees Suheil Barghouti RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): The Israeli authorities on Tuesday issued confiscation notices for hundreds of dunums of church-owned land in the Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank. (An Ottoman-era unit of land measurement, one dunum is roughly equivalent to 1,000 square meters.) Mutaz Bisharat, a Palestinian Authority (PA) official, […]

27th Nov 2018

Somalia: Two separate terror attacks kill 26 people

By Gamze Turkoglu Oguz (AA): Two terror attacks on Monday killed a prominent Muslim cleric and his 17 followers in northern Somalia and at least eight people were killed and wounded 15 others in Somali capital Mogadishu, police said. Ahmet Awale, of Galkayo police, said that two suicide bombers exploded in front of residence of the […]

26th Nov 2018

Jammu & Kashmir: Indian troops kill 6 militants, 1 civilian

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Six militants and an Indian army soldier were killed in Kashmir’s south after the troops attacked a militant hideout on Sunday, police said. One teen civilian was killed by Indian forces during protests by Kashmiris. “Based on a credible input about the presence of militants […]

25th Nov 2018

Syria: Civilians killed by Syrian Govt & US led attacks

By Ashraf Musa IDLIB, Syria (AA): At least five civilians were killed in attacks by Syrian Government forces and allied militias in Syria’s northern Idlib province, according to the controversial White Helmets civil defense agency on Saturday. Meanwhile, twenty civilians, including women and children, were killed in airstrikes carried out by US-led coalition in […]

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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.

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.