US: Muslim woman attacked in front of her children in coffee shop
Canada: Quebec passes religious symbols ban
Nigeria: 30 killed, 42 injured in multiple explosions
Norway: Islamophobic group insults Muslims, harms Qur’an
Somalia: Double car bomb blasts kills 9, wound 25 in Mogadishu
UK claims Iran ‘almost certainly’ behind tanker attacks
Afghanistan: 8 killed, incl children, in suicide attack
India extends president’s rule over Jammu and Kashmir
Germany: 3 mosques attacked in 2 days
Mali: At least 95 killed in suspected ethnic attack
Bosnia unearths 12 bodies of Muslims from mass grave
US: Animal rights group slams Muslim ritual
Sudan: African Union suspends Sudan as death toll rises to 113
UK: Tens of thousands protest Trump’s visit in London
UK: Queen rebukes US President on his rejection of international institutions
Sudan: 35 killed as forces clear protest camp in capital
Denmark: Danish far-right members burn Qur’an during iftar in city’s square
Greece: ‘Attack on Muslim cemetery shows rising Islamophobia’
Burkina Faso: 5 soldiers killed in terrorist attack
By Alaattin Dogru (AA): Five soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in a terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso, the country’s military said Tuesday. In a statement, the military said one of the terrorist groups in the … Continued
Ethiopia: 2 mosques torched
By Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA): Two mosques have been burned down in northeastern Ethiopia, in a suspected campaign to encourage inter-faith conflict, the regional state Islamic Affairs Supreme Council said Monday. The mosques were torched yesterday, in Este, … Continued
Mali: Muslim preacher stabbed, injured in Bamako
By Alaattin Dogru DAKAR, Senegal (AA): One of the leading Islamic preachers in Mali’s capital Bamako was stabbed and injured by six people on Wednesday, another leading imam said. Adam Sakho, one of the imams of Hippodrom-2 Mosque, was … Continued
Angola’s Muslims long to be legally recognized
By Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA): Despite being one of the world’s largest religions, Islam remains officially unrecognized in Angola. The southern African nation has a population of nearly 30 million people, 75 percent of whom are Christians … Continued
Kenya: Thousands of Muslims commemorate terror victims
By Andrew Wasike and Magdalene Mukami NAIROBI, Kenya (AA): Thousands of Muslims took to the streets on Friday to show solidarity with the victims of a deadly terror attack on a Nairobi hotel compound Tuesday that killed at least … Continued
Kenya: 15 killed as al-Shabaab terrorists attack hotel in Nairobi
By Andrew Wasike, Magdalene Mukami and Hassan Isilow NAIROBI, Kenya/JOHANNESBURG (AA): At least fifteen people were killed Tuesday when al-Shabaab terrorists attacked an upscale hotel in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. All the five terrorists have been killed, and a … Continued
Sudan: Protests leave at least 24 dead
By Mohammed Amin KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 24 people have been killed in Sudan since protests began on Dec. 19 over the country’s deteriorating economy, the country’s public officer said on Saturday. A total of 131 people were … Continued
Egypt police kill 40 suspected terrorists after tourist bus attack killed 4
CAIRO (AA): Egyptian police killed dozens of suspected terrorists in security raids, one day after the killing of three tourists and a guide in a roadside bomb blast in Cairo, according to the official MENA News Agency. Three Vietnamese tourists … Continued
Nigeria: 13 security forces killed in Boko Haram ambush
By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): The Nigerian army has said at least 13 members of state security forces — including soldiers and policemen — were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in the restive northeast. The … Continued
Sudan protests spread to Khartoum; 8 killed across the country
KHARTOUM (AA): Demonstrations in Sudan spread to capital Khartoum on Thursday while at least six protesters were killed in the eastern city of Gadarif. Two other protesters were killed in the city of Atbara, 400 kilometres east of Khartoum, governorate … Continued
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 … Continued
Nigeria: 39 soldiers killed in Boko Haram attacks
By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Nigerian chief of army staff on Wednesday confirmed 39 were killed by recent Boko Haram attacks in the country’s northeast. Yusuf Buratai’s remarks followed the calls of the local media — which claimed … Continued
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 … Continued
Nigeria: Muslim body slams school banning headscarves
By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Shutting out Muslim girls from school for wearing headscarves amounts to unacceptable religious bigotry and a violation of the Constitution, Nigeria’s apex Muslim body said on Saturday, a day after nine pupils were … Continued
Somali: Triple car bombings kill 23 in Mogadishu
By Mohamed Dhaysane and Nour Gelle Gedi MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 23 people were killed and several others wounded on Friday in triple car bombings in the Somali capital, emergency officials said. Abdullahi Mohamed, a police officer in … Continued
Egypt: Killing of 7 Coptic Christians roundly condemned
By Serdar Bitmez, Ali Semerci and Zeynep Tufekci CAIRO (AA): At least 22 countries and organizations have condemned a deadly terrorist attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt. At least seven Coptic Christians were killed and 13 others injured in … Continued
Nigeria: Boko Haram attack kills 8 in village outskirts of Maiduguri
By Olarewaju Kola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, (AA): At least eight people, including children, were killed in a Boko Haram attack on a village near an internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, Borno State … Continued
Tunisia: Female suicide bomber injures 20 in Tunis
By Adil Essabiti and Gulsen Topcu TUNIS, Tunisia (AA): A 30-year-old woman blew herself up in the center of the Tunisian capital Monday, according to the country’s interior ministry. The explosion targeted a police vehicle on near Le Palmarium … Continued
Somalia: US airstrike kills 60 al-Shabaab terrorists
By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. military carried out an airstrike last week against the al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia, killing at least 60 terrorists, the U.S. Africa Command announced Tuesday. The airstrike was launched using two unmanned … Continued
Nigeria: Death toll from floods hits 108
By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Death toll from Nigeria’s floods has risen to 108, the country’s official relief agency said on Monday. In a statement, the National Emergency Management Agency said 441,251 people were affected in 50 municipalities. … Continued
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.
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