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By Bilal Guler and Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) : Afghan girls who educate the children of poor families living in caves in a classroom in Bamyan, one of Afghanistan’s most deprived provinces, instill hope for the future of the children. Ruya Serferaz (18) and her English class friend Besbegum Havari (19) set off […]

30th Sep 2022

Afghanistan: 19 Hazara Shia Muslims killed, 28 injured in school suicide bombing

By Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD (AA): A suicide bomber blew himself up at an educational center in the Afghan capital Accept, killing at least 19 people and injuring 28 more on Friday morning. The suicide bomber targeted Shia Muslim Hazara students, both boys and girls, at the Kaaj educational institution in the Dasht e Barchi […]

9th Aug 2022

Afghanistan: 8 killed, 18 injured in ISIS bombing at Muharram gathering

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 […]

22nd Apr 2022

Afghanistan: Bombing in mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif leaves dozens dead & wounded

By Abdul Adil London, (The Muslim News): On Thursday, a blast in Si-Dukan Mosque left dozens of Shia Muslim worshipers dead and wounded, according to eyewitnesses. 400 worshipers attended the mosque during holy month of Ramadan. The head of the provincial department of security, Mohammad Asif Waziri, confirming 10 deaths and 15 people wounded […]

20th Apr 2022

Afghanistan: 35 killed, 70 injured in bomb attacks on school in Kabul

By Abdul Adil London, (The Muslim News): At least thirty five people were killed, including children, and 70 others injured after multiple blasts hit Abdul Rahim Shaheed High School and near the Mumtaz Education Center, both of which are located within the predominately Hazara Shia Muslim neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi in West Kabul. According to […]

2nd Apr 2022

Afghanistan: 12 people were killed, 25 injured in bomb attack in Herat

(Agencies): At least twelve people were killed in a bomb attack in western Afghanistan on Friday, said a local hospital. According to a statement by Herat Hospital, 25 people, including some in critical condition, were injured in the attack that hit the Jibril area of Herat city. “The death toll of the blast in PD […]

16th Oct 2021

Afghanistan: 47 killed during Friday prayers in Fatimiya mosque bombing in Kandahar

By Mehmet Alaca, Bilal Guler, Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat, and S. K. Khan KANDAHAR/KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The death toll from a bomb blast that hit a Shia Muslim mosque in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province during Friday prayers rose to 47, according to local officials. The terrorist attack in the Taliban’s heartland was claimed by Islamic […]

18th Aug 2019

Afghanistan: 63 killed in suicide bombing at Shia Muslim wedding party

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Authorities in Afghanistan on Sunday confirmed over 63 Shia Muslims were killed and nearly 200 injured in late last night’s suicide attack at a wedding party in the capital Kabul. Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi told Anadolu Agency the suicide bombing at the Dubai City wedding hall […]

25th Apr 2019

UN strongly condemns 37 executions in Saudi Arabia

By Bayram Altug GENEVA (AA): The UN on Wednesday strongly condemned the executions of 37 men in Saudi Arabia, who were accused of alleged terrorism charges. The execution took place on April 23. 34 of those executed were Shia Muslims. Prime Minister, Theresa May, has not commented on the executions. “I strongly condemn these […]

16th Aug 2018

Afghanistan: 48 Shia Muslims dead in Kabul suicide attack on education center

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 48 young men and women were killed and more than 67 others injured when a suspected suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a private student coaching center in Afghan Shi’a Muslim neighborhood of capital Kabul on Wednesday, according to officials. Police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told […]

7th Jun 2018

Iraq: Twin bombing kills 18, injures 100 in Sadr City

By Ali Semerci BAGHDAD (AA): At least 18 people were killed and 100 injured Wednesday in twin suicide blasts in the Iraqi capital, according to a hospital authority and a local police officer. The blasts occurred when unidentified terrorists detonated two bombs planted near a mosque used by Shia Muslim community in Baghdad’s Sadr […]

29th Dec 2017

Afghanistan: Suicide attack in Shia Muslim cultural centre in Kabul claims 41 lives

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A suicide attack at a facility hosting a news agency and a cultural center in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday has claimed 41 lives. Nasrat Rehimi, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told Anadolu Agency 41 people, mostly civilians, were killed and 80 others injured. “Most […]

21st Oct 2017

Afghanistan: Suicide attacks on mosques kills 70, injures over 50

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): In two back to back suicide attacks aimed at the Shia and Sunni Muslim community mosques in Afghanistan on Friday, close to 70 people were killed, officials have confirmed. Daesh group has claimed responsibility for the attack at a Shia Muslim mosque in the capital Kabul that […]

17th Sep 2017

Lebanon: Survivors recall 1982 Sabra, Shatila massacre

By Rabea Damaj BIRWA, Palestine (AA) – Although 35 years have passed since the horrific massacre in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camp, those who survived cannot forget the ghastly scenes they witnessed there. Shortly after Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, Phalange party – a Lebanese Christian militia – in collaboration with the Israeli […]

26th Aug 2017

Afghanistan: Terrorists kill 30 people during Friday prayers in Shia Muslim mosque in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 30 civilians, including women and children were killed and 40 injured in a terrorist attack on a Shia Muslim mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. Armed men stormed the Imam Zamin Mosque, affiliated with the Shia Muslim […]

2nd Aug 2017

Afghanistan: 29 dead in suicide attack on Shia Muslim mosque in Herat

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – At least 29 people were killed and 60 others wounded when a suspected suicide bomber struck a Shia Muslim mosque in western Herat province Tuesday evening, according to a hospital official. Death toll may increase as many of those injured are in critical condition. The incident […]

24th Apr 2017

Iraq: One person killed, scores injured as Shia Muslim pilgrims stampede

By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): One elderly man was killed, 250 of Shia Muslim pilgrims were injured in a stampede in Baghdad on Sunday, panicked by rumors a suicide bomber was about to blow himself up, according to an Iraqi police officer. A visitor began to tear his clothes in Kadhimiya area in northern […]

1st Apr 2017

Pakistan: 24 killed in suicide explosion in NW Pakistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 24 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide attack in a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, officials and local media reported. Among the dead and injured were women and children. The blast hit a busy Noor market in the far flung […]

30th Mar 2017

Iraq: Vehicle bomb attack kills 15 in Baghdad

By Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA & The Musilm News): At least 15 people were killed Wednesday and 40 others injured when a vehicle bomb exploded at a checkpoint at the southern entrance this capital city, security sources said. A booby-trapped vehicle – an oil tanker laden with explosives – was exploded at a crowded […]

11th Feb 2017

Yemen: Houthis manufacturing drones, long range missiles

By Zakaria al-Kamaali SANA’A, Yemen (AA): The leader of Yemen’s Houthi group said Friday that it had begun manufacturing unmanned aerial drones and surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). In a statement broadcast by Yemen’s Houthi-run Al-Maseera television channel, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said the group was now “manufacturing artillery shells and air defenses”. These, he said, included surface-to-air […]

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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.