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By Fatih Karakaya PARIS (AA): The Great Mosque of Paris is filing a complaint against French writer Michel Houellebecq over his Islamophobic remarks, it announced on Thursday. The decision was taken after a “long conversation” between Houellebecq and another writer, Michel Onfray, was published in magazine Front Populaire in November, said the statement. In […]

24th Dec 2022

France: Gun attack at Kurdish community killing 3, was a ‘terror attack’

By Nur Asena Erturk and Murat Temizer ANKARA (AA): A 69-year-old “caucasian” gunman of French nationality, killed three people and injured three others at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday. The motivations for Friday’s mass shooting in Paris remain unknown, according to France’s interior minister. However, the Kurdish Democratic […]

8th Jan 2022

France: Lawyers training school in Paris accused of Islamophobia

By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): A young Muslim student accused France’s foremost legal institution of Islamophobia after being threatened with expulsion from an oath ceremony for wearing a headscarf. Graduating lawyer Sara, who only revealed her first name, told Revolution Permanente, a far-left digital news site, that she was singled out for wearing a […]

15th Feb 2021

France: Protest in Paris over anti-Muslim draft law

By Alaattin Doru, Yusuf Ozcan PARIS (AA): Protesters gathered in Paris on Sunday to demonstrate against a proposed law that they said was discriminatory toward Muslims. The crowd gathered in the Trocadero Square against the bill dubbed Charter of Republican Values. French lawmakers will vote on Tuesday on the draft law, which is expected to […]

18th Sep 2020

France: MPs leave meeting over student wearing hijab

By Alaattin Dogru PARIS (AA) : Right-wing and republican lawmakers walked out of a meeting in France’s parliament Thursday due to the presence of a woman wearing a Muslim headscarf. During the meeting in Paris, which was discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on young people, some right-wing members of parliament as well […]

9th Mar 2020

France: Gunman opens fire in Paris mosque, wounding one

PARIS (Agencies): A man opened fire in a mosque in northeastern Paris on Sunday night, seriously wounding one person. The mosque is located on Rue de Tanger in the city’s 19th administrative district, he headquarters of ACIMA (Adda’wa Islamic Cultural Association Mosque)l, is reigiously and culturally diverse part of the capital. The gunman, wearing a […]

15th Aug 2017

France: Car rams pizzeria near Paris, killing young girl

By Murat Unlu PARIS (AA): A 13-year-old girl was killed and 12 others were injured when a man drove his car into the outdoor terrace of a pizzeria east of Paris, officials said late Monday. Speaking to French broadcaster BFM television, Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet confirmed the incident, saying four of those injured […]

7th Jun 2017

France: Paris police shoot attacker near Notre-Dame Cathedral

By Hajer M’tiri PARIS (AA): A police officer shot and injured a man who used a hammer to attack police near Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Tuesday afternoon, triggering a major security operation, according to authorities. “Situation under control, a policeman was wounded, the perpetrator was neutralized and sent to hospital,” the Paris Police […]

8th May 2017

France: Paris Grand Mosque welcomes Macron’s election

By Hajer M’tiri PARIS (AA): The Grand Mosque of Paris welcomed on Sunday the victory of centrist Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election and his win over far-right leader Marine Le Pen. The polls placed Macron first with 63.10 percent ahead of Le Pen who got 36.90 percent of the votes in the run-off […]

21st Apr 2017

France: Policeman killed in Paris ‘terrorist’ attack

By Hajer M’tiri PARIS (AA): One police officer was killed and two others were seriously injured Thursday when a gunman opened fire at a police patrol on the famous Champs-Elysees boulevard here, according to the Interior Ministry. Daesh has claimed responsibility. A male suspect got out of a car and directly targeted police, ministry […]

22nd Nov 2015

Italy: Muslims rally against terrorism

ROME (AA) – Muslims held rallies across Italy on Saturday against terrorism after last Friday’s deadly terror attacks in the French capital Paris. Numerous Italians also accompanied Muslims who gathered at squares in several cities across the country –hundreds in Rome, Milan and Genoa — under the slogan “Not in my name”, aimed at distancing Islam from terrorism. In Rome, hundreds stood in silence for one minute in […]

22nd Aug 2015

France: Three injured in shooting on Amsterdam-Paris train

PARIS (AA): A gunman has opened fire on a Thalys train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris, wounding three people before he was arrested at Arras in Pas-de-Calais, Northern France, the Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said Friday. According to Brandet, two of the victims — American and British — were seriously injured and the French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade suffered a light injury in his […]

5th Jun 2015

Global coalition intensify campaign against ISIL

Comment By Tobias Ellwood MP The fall of Palmyra and Ramadi in Iraq, has filled our newspapers with yet more stories and images of the violence and brutality of the terrorist group known as ISIL. We have seen once again the untold misery and suffering they cause in areas they occupy, largely amongst […]

3rd Jun 2015

France: US-led coalition to ramp up operations against IS

Military leaders have agreed to bolster strategic operations in Iraq against “Islamic State” militants. The decision comes after a one-day meeting in Paris of 25 countries in the US-led coalition against the terrorists. The 25 countries that make up the US-led coalition against “Islamic State” (IS) militants have pledged to ramp up their strategy […]

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.