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By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): A Hindu man was arrested on Saturday for assaulting a Muslim boy for drinking water at a temple in a city near India’s capital New Delhi. The attack took place in Ghaziabad, a town in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, some 33 kilometers (20 miles) from the […]

27th Jan 2021

India: Construction of alternate Babri Mosque begins despite objections

By Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI (AA): The groundbreaking ceremony for the alternate Babri Mosque was held Tuesday in Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A flag hoisting ceremony and a tree plantation drive was held to mark the official start of its construction. The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation Trust will oversee the […]

14th Dec 2020

India: New law targets interfaith couples

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): Haidar Mansuri, 34, and 28-year-old Shabila Chand [both Muslim] in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh decided to get married after a year-long courtship. Shabila left her home in Azamgarh to marry Kushinagar resident Haidar. As they were about to get married on Dec. 8, someone informed the police […]

7th Dec 2020

India: ‘Never forget’: India MP on Babri mosque demolition anniv

By Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI (AA): India’s most recognized Muslim politician and President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday asked people to “never forget” about the demolition of Babri Masjid. On Dec. 6, 1992, the 16th century mosque in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh was torn down by Hindu hardliners, […]

30th Jul 2020

India: Somber Eid for Muslims during pandemic

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): This year the Meerut district’s animal market in India’s most populous northern state of Uttar Pradesh is deserted. With days before the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha, the biggest animal market in western Uttar Pradesh should be bustling with buyers and sellers. Muslims have requested BJP-led Uttar Pradesh govt […]

21st Oct 2019

India: BJP leader asks Hindus to buy sword ahead of Ayodhya mosque verdict

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): A ruling party leader in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has asked members of his Hindu community to “buy swords made of iron instead of gold jewelery and silver vessels,” on Dhanteras. Dhanteras is a Hindu festival celebrated before the festival of Diwali and according to tradition, […]

8th Mar 2019

India: Hindus assault Kashmiri vendors in UP

By Shuriah Niazi New Delhi (AA): Amid heightened tensions with Pakistan over Kashmir, two Kashmiri men have been assaulted by local Hindus in northern India, media reports said Thursday. The two men were abused, slapped and beaten with a stick apparently because of their identities in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state on […]

15th Sep 2017

India: 22 drown as boat capsizes in northern India

By Shuriah Niazi New Delhi (AA): At least 22 people were killed on Thursday in northern India when a boat carrying 50 people capsized, local media reported. “The boat was carrying more passengers than its capacity,” District Magistrate, Bhavani Singh told daily Hindustan Times. “Most passengers of the ill-fated boat were women. As soon […]

20th Aug 2017

India: 23 dead, 150 injured as train derails in Uttar Pradesh

By Shuriah Niazi New Delhi (AA): At least 23 people were killed and 150 others injured after a passenger train derailed in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, governmental officials said. The incident took place in the town of Khautali of Muzaffarnagar district — some 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the capital […]

15th Jul 2017

India: Hindu mob brutally assaults Muslim family on the train

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): A Muslim family was brutally assaulted by a mob in a passenger train in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, one of the victims said. The incident took place on the Shikohabad-Kasgang passenger train on Wednesday, however, a video of the incident became viral on Friday, after which […]

12th May 2017

India: Google search shows Modi as world’s most stupid PM

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): A first information report (FIR) has been registered against Google in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh for an alleged search result in which Narendra Modi was shown as the world’s most stupid prime minister. Police filed a case under the Information Technology Act against the Internet giant […]

4th May 2017

India: Hindu group beats Muslim man to death in Uttar Pradesh

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI, India (AA): A Muslim man in northern Uttar Pradesh state was beaten to death on Tuesday by suspected members of a right-wing Hindu group for allegedly helping his neighbor elope with a Hindu girl, Indian media reported on Wednesday. Police official Bulandshahar told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday: “We have […]

27th Apr 2017

Indian Hindu priest in UP forms ‘people’s army’ to fight Kashmiris

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA): An Indian Hindu priest has formed a so-called people’s army in Kanpur city in northern Uttar Pradesh state to fight against the pro-independence Kashmiri Muslim demonstrators in Jammu and Kashmir. Balyogi Arun Puri Chaitanya Maharaj, the priest who heads the so-called army named Jan Sena, told […]

20th Nov 2016

India: 107 dead in north India train derailment

By Shuriah Niazi BHOPAL, India (AA): At least 107 people were killed in a train derailment in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state on Sunday, police said. More than 200 passengers were injured, many seriously. Images on local media showed seriously damaged coaches lying on their sides as crowds of people stood around. 300 people […]

4th Jun 2016

India: Two dozen killed in violence in Uttar Pradesh

By Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI (AA): Two dozen people were killed, including two police officers, when violence erupted in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday after police attempted to evict illegal squatters. According to local officials, the violence occurred when police arrived to evict illegal squatters — believed to be members of […]

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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.