Nigeria: Suicide attack on mosque in Maiduguri kills 11
Austrian court axes decision to shut down mosques
US: Homemade bombs in plot to attack NY Muslims real
Jammu & Kashmir: 44 Indian troops killed in Kashmir car bombing
Iran: 27 Revolutionary Guards killed in suicide bombing
Palestine: Jewish settlers attack 25 Palestinian homes in West Bank
India: Hotel fire kills 17 in New Delhi
Jammu & Kashmir: 5 Kashmiris killed by Indian forces in gun battle
Palestine: 2 Palestinian teens killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza
UN: Khashoggi killing ‘perpetrated by Saudi officials’
UK police probe Islamophobic assault at footballer Mohamed Salah
Burkina Faso: 5 soldiers killed in terrorist attack
Afghanistan: 58 die in fresh clashes between Taliban, Afghan forces
Afghanistan bleeds with 1,700 casualties in January
Austria: Muslim leader slams change to report cards
Over 200 migrants drown in Mediterranean in January
Mali: Muslim preacher stabbed, injured in Bamako
US: God wanted Trump to become President
Yemen: 6,700 children killed, injured, 358,000 suffer severe malnutrition
Turkey: Refugee boat sinks off Turkish coast, 12 dead
CANAKKALE, (AA): At least 12 people have drowned after a boat carrying refugees attempting to reach the Greek island of Lesbos sank in the Aegean Sea, Turkish official said on Saturday. Canakkale Governor Hamza Erkal said the boat carrying more than 48 refugees — most … Continued
Ukraine: Meskhetian Turks, fleeing Ukraine war, migrate to Turkey
ANKARA (AA): At least 150 people from the Turkish-speaking minority in eastern Ukraine, known as Meskhetian Turks, will flee to Turkey’s eastern region next week under Turkish asylum measures enacted in April, the general secretary of World Meskhetian Turks Association said on Friday. … Continued
European leaders change tough stand on Ukraine, Syria
By Zaiki Shaikh and Andrew Jay Rosenbaum LONDON (AA) : European leaders are changing their tough stand on the Ukraine conflict, softening their tone with Moscow. Many analysts now predict that EU leaders will compromise with Russia on … Continued
Turkey: Two die as refugee boat sinks off Aegean coast
IZMIR (AA): Two people have died after a boat carrying refugees — most of them Syrian — sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s southwestern Izmir coast on Wednesday. According to a statement from the provincial governorship the incident took place off the … Continued
Greece: Mosque in Western Thrace vandalized
KOMOTINI, (AA): A mosque in Greece’s Western Thrace region has been attacked by vandals, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. The Yeni mosque in Komotini, a town of 50,000 people, including many Muslims, was attacked Friday night and the doors … Continued
Kosovo: Opposition MPs throw tear gas in Parliament
PRISTINA (AA): Kosovo opposition MPs threw tear gas canisters in Parliament on Thursday to protest the latest EU-brokered agreements between Kosovo and Serbia. Opposition MPs first blew whistles and threw water at the speakers, but would succeed in ending the session just after … Continued
Germany: Council of Europe warns Germany over rise of racism
BERLIN (AA): The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights has praised Germany’s efforts in helping thousands of refugees but also warned authorities about the rise of racism and intolerance in the country. “Germany has made remarkable efforts to protect … Continued
Kosovo: MPs throw eggs at PM Mustafa in parliament
ANKARA (AA): Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa was attacked with eggs in the Parliament on Tuesday while addressing MPs on the latest agreements with Serbia of which opposition parties strongly disapprove. Kosovo MPs began throwing eggs at the prime minister while he insisted that the agreements … Continued
Croatia: 400 refugees enter Croatia from Serbia
VUKOVAR-SRIJEM, (AA): More than 400 refugees crossed from Serbia to Croatia Wednesday, Croatian officials said, after Hungary sealed its southern border. Migrants risked land mines left over from the 1990s war in former Yugoslavia as they crossed into Croatia’s Vukovar … Continued
Greece: 34 drowned as boat capsizes in Aegean Sea
ATHENS (AA): At least 34 people have drowned after a boat illegally carrying at least 100 migrants to Greek islands capsized in the Aegean Sea on Sunday, Greek media reported. The Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANAmpa) said the tragedy unfolded early Sunday morning as the boat capsized in waters … Continued
Turkish PM cautions against ‘Christian fortress Europe’
LONDON (AA): Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the strategy of some European leaders to invoke Christianity as a rallying cry to keep refugees out will not resolve the crisis at hand. In an article for the U.K. newspaper … Continued
France, Germany call for common EU refugee policy
PARIS (AA): French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have urged European leaders to adopt a concerted strategy as the EU faces an unprecedented influx of refugees fleeing from war zones in the Middle East and Africa. A statement issued by the … Continued
Denmark: Muslim graves come under ‘ax attack’ in Odense
Özlem Sara Cekic @cekicozlem Muslimsk gravplads udsat for hærværk,men politiet betragter det ikke som politisk motiveret. Hvorfor? http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/2015-06-06-muslimsk-gravplads-udsat-for-haervaerk-50-gravsten-vaeltet … #dkpol 6:47 AM – 6 Jun 2015 TV 2 Breaking | LIVE Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen om hærværk: Ikke til at holde ud Flere … Continued
Austria: ‘More than 70’ bodies, including children, truck tragedy
BERLIN, Germany, (AA): Austrian officials confirmed Friday that a total of 71 people, including women and children, were found dead in the back of a container truck on one of the country’s eastern highways earlier this week. “Seventy-one people died … Continued
Austria: Dozens migrants found dead in truck on Austrian highway
ANKARA (AA): The bodies of up to 50 people were found in the back of a container truck on an Austrian highway close to the Hungarian border on Thursday, local media said. Police spokesman Hans Peter Doskozil, speaking at … Continued
France: Hollande condemns mosque arson
PARIS (AA): French President Francois Hollande has condemned on Monday an arson attack on a mosque in Auch city southwestern France, after an investigation found the torching was deliberate. On Sunday the mosque was set on fire and destroyed at dawn. According to … Continued
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 … Continued
France: Paris, London sign agreement on Calais migrants’ crisis
PARIS (AA): France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May signed a cooperation agreement Thursday for reinforced security measures around the Channel Tunnel. The agreement calls for the establishment of a new “command and control center” to be set up … Continued
Libya: 25 dead as boat capsizes off Libya coast, 400 rescued
By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): A boat estimated to be carrying up to 600 migrants capsized off Libya coast on Wednesday, with nearly 400 of them rescued and 25 bodies recovered so far, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said. … Continued
‘Over 2,000 migrants die’ trying to cross Mediterranean
GENEVA (AA): More than 2,000 migrants have died so far in 2015 while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to reach Europe, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. “Over 2,000 migrants have died so … 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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