Jammu & Kashmir: Blockade in Kashmir a ‘collective punishment’, says UN
Bangladesh: Fearful, Rohingya Muslim refugees reject repatriation
Palestine: Fires still engulfing Al-Aqsa Mosque
US Muslims fundraise $125,000 for detained migrants
Yemen: UAE-backed separatists withdraw from Aden
Palestine: Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians near Gaza fence
Afghanistan: 63 killed in suicide bombing at Shia Muslim wedding party
Pakistan: Blast at mosque after Friday prayers killed kills 4 in Quetta
Palestine: Palestinian killed by Israeli police in Jerusalem
Kashmir in lockdown a military prison, children detained, activists report
Subdued Eid in Jammu and Kashmir amid clampdown by India
Palestine: 1,700 Jewish settlers storm the Al-Aqsa mosque during Eid al Adha prayers
Norway: Police launches terror probe on mosque attack
Palestine: Israeli forces attack Palestinian worshipers in Al-Aqsa
Weekly Report: Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory (1– 7 Aug)
Jammu & Kashmir: One killed, hundreds injured in brutal clampdown by India
Germany’s Muslims call for an Islamophobia commissioner
Yemen: 335 Yemeni children killed, 600 injured in past year in attacks
Israel to join US & UK in tanker war against Iran in Persian Gulf
Jammu & Kashmir: Top leaders in Indian occupied Kashmir arrested
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
Turkey: Tatars call for intervention in Crimea
ANKARA (AA): Crimean Tatars called for “international intervention” against the Russian occupation of their homeland on Sunday. In a statement issued at the end of a two-day meeting in Turkish capital Ankara, the forum of 184 Tatar groups from 12 … Continued
France, UK seek to send Calais migrants back
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum ANKARA (AA): After more than 1,500 migrants attempted to storm trains using the underground rail link between Great Britain and France this week, both countries are moving to end the chaos at Eurotunnel’s terminal at Calais. The situation outside … Continued
Sweden: Malmo rocked by fourth grenade attack in a week
ANKARA (AA): Sweden’s southern city of Malmo was rocked Sunday by a grenade attack, the fourth in a row this week, media reports said. Sweden’s SVT television reported that a handmade grenade exploded in the early hours of Sunday in a street … Continued
Bosnia: 30 victims from Bosnian War buried in Prijedor
PRIJEDOR, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AA): The remains of 30 Bosniaks killed by Serb forces in the Prijedor area of northwestern Bosnia in 1992 were buried Monday after their bodies were located in different mass graves, and identified. “Today is a day that illustrates the traitorous … Continued
Greece passes austerity measures on night of anguish
By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS (AA): The Greek parliament approved a bill of tough measures and economic reforms early Thursday morning in a vote that split the ruling Syriza coalition. The harsh austerity package proposed by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, aimed … Continued
Austria: No extention in nuclear talks beyond Monday: Iranian FM
[Photo: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R), Deputy for Legal and International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi (L), Hussein Feridun (2nd L), the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and negotiator Mohammed Niya (3rd L) are seen … Continued
Bosnia: 136 Srebrenica genocide victims make last journey
[Photo: Relatives mourn near the coffins of the victims of Srebrenica massacre, in the old battery factory used as a base by the UN soldiers during the war, in Potocari on July 9, 2015, ahead of the mass burial of … Continued
Denmark: Danish group promises to show Muhammad cartoons
By Fatjon Prronı ANKARA (AA): A Danish anti-Islam group has pledged to display the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that were the focus of a U.S. exhibition targeted by gunmen earlier this year, a local radio reported on Wednesday. Anders … Continued
Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis resigns
[Photo: Supporters of the YES vote to referendum hold a demonstration in front of Greek Parliament in Athens. Photographer: Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency] By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum ANKARA (AA) – Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has announced his resignation with a note … Continued
Greeks head for polls in bailout referendum
[Photo: Supporters of YES vote to the upcoming referendum hold a demonstration in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Photographer: Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency] By Bahattin Gonultas ATHENS (AA): Millions of Greeks headed to the … Continued
France: Islamophobic attacks increase by 23.5 %
[Photographer: Muslims perform this year’s first ‘Tarawih’ prayer on the eve of Islamic holy month of Ramadan at the Great Mosque in Paris, France on June 17, 2015.Onur Usta/Anadolu Agency] By Ayşe Hümeyra Atılgan PARIS (AA): – Islamophobic acts in France … Continued
Bosnia: Ban accepts UN failed Srebrenica victims
[President of UN General Assembly Sam Kutesa (L), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) and Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to UN Mirsada Colakovic (R) stand in silence during commemoration ceremony for Srebrenica Genocide held at UN headquarters in New York, NY … Continued
Greece: Banks, stock exchange shut until referendum
[Photo: People withdrawing money from cash machines in Athens on 28 June. AA] By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS, (AA): The Greek government closed banks and imposed capital controls on withdrawals leading panicked savers forming lines at ATMs to pull as much of their funds as possible. … Continued
Greek parliament votes for referendum on bailout deal
[Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks during a parliament session in Athens. Photographer: Ayhan Mehmet/AA] By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS, (AA): The Greek parliament early on Sunday voted by a large majority to hold a referendum on continuing the country’s bailout … Continued
Brussels: EU leaders agree on plan for migrants
[Photo: EU leaders pose following EU summit, at EU Council in Brussels, Belgium, on June 25, 2015. Photographer: Dursun Aydemir/AA] By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS, (AA): After seven hours of debate from Thursday to early Friday morning in Brussels, EU leaders agreed to … 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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