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By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): Muslims in Sri Lanka are facing abuses, according to a global human rights body, which has accused the Sinhalese government of complicity in excesses against the community. In a statement this week, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said members of the Muslim community are facing arbitrary arrest and […]

14th May 2019

Sri Lanka: Anti-Muslim mob kills Muslim man, attacks Muslim shops, mosques

By Omer Faruk Yildiz COLOMBO (AA): A mob in Sri Lanka’s Puttalam district has killed a Muslim man despite a nationwide curfew imposed following anti-Muslim rioting. The mob attacked the 45-year-old man, Mohamed Ameer Mohamed Sally, with sharp weapons, a police official told local media Monday. He died soon after being admitted to Marawila […]

24th Apr 2019

Sri Lanka: Death toll from terrorists bombings rises to 359

By Recep Sakar (AA): The death toll from Sunday’s multiple terror attacks in Sri Lanka has risen to 359, a police official said. More than 500 have been injured. Large number of Muslims in Sri Lanka have been attacked because of the bombings, The Muslim News can reveal. At least 45 children were among […]

22nd Apr 2019

Sri Lanka: Death toll in in terror attacks roars to 290

By Recep Sakar (AA): Death toll from the multiple explosions targeting on churches and hotels has risen to 290 in Sri Lanka, according to the police early Monday. The Sri Lankan police have arrested 24 people in connection with the bombings. A total of 290 people were killed and over 500 people were injured […]

21st Apr 2019

Sri Lanka: 138 killed, 400 injured in church and hotel bombings

The Muslim News & Agencies: 138 people were killed and more than 402 injured in multiple bomb attacks at three Sri Lankan churches and hotels in and around Colombo, on Easter Sunday, police said. Two of the blasts were suspected to have been carried out by suicide bombers. Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has called security […]

9th Mar 2018

Sri Lanka: Muslims attacked despite emergency decree

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AA): Violence against Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority continued Thursday, despite a state of emergency. Petrol bombs were hurled at a mosque overnight in the town of Kuruwita even as hundreds of police, soldiers and commandos had been placed on duty to quell violence in Sri Lanka’s Kandy District. […]

16th Jun 2016

Sri Lanka: 2 years on, Sri Lankans recall deadly anti-Muslim riots

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti DHARGA TOWN, (AA): Two years since anti- Muslim riots killed four, injured over 80 and displaced some 10,000 residents of Aluthgama, Beruwala and Dharga Town — three Muslim-populated coastal towns — many Muslims who remember the incident still harbor fears of renewed sectarian violence. Many of the families involved, who live […]

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.