Pakistan: 4 killed, several injured in Quetta hotel blast
UK: Covid-19 vaccine uptake tripled among ethnic minorities
Pakistan parliament to vote on French envoy’s expulsion
UK MP vows to continue raising plight of Uyghurs in Westminster
US invites Pakistan to climate summit after snub
Egypt: 11 dead, 98 injured in train crash
London Mayor election not a foregone conclusion, says Khan
New Kashmir laws ‘matter of grave concern’: UN experts
Tunisia: At least 40 people drown in shipwreck off Tunisia
OIC condemns Israeli raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque complex
573 civilians killed in Afghanistan in Q1 2021: UN
Niger: 20 children died in school blaze in Niamey
UK: Reminder of risks as lockdown further eased
Ramadan messages from political leaders
Pakistan: Around 1,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims take part in Baisakhi festival
France to boost vigilance around Muslim worship places
Palestinian women recall 1948 massacre in Deir Yassin
Pakistan: Philanthropists, charities help poor during Ramadan
UK MP vows to continue raising plight of Uyghurs in Westminster
Comment By Nusrat Ghani, MP London, (The Muslim News): Situated on China’s north-western border, Xinjiang is a large landlocked province home to around 12 million Uyghurs. Since the early 2000s, the governing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has waged an … Continued
New Kashmir laws ‘matter of grave concern’: UN experts
By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): The loss of autonomy in August 2019 and introduction of new laws may lead to a reduced level of political representation and participation of local groups in the Indian-administered Jammu … Continued
Tunisia: At least 40 people drown in shipwreck off Tunisia
By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): At least 41 people have perished in a shipwreck off the coast of Sidi Mansour in southeastern Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, UN refugee and migration agencies said on Friday. … Continued
573 civilians killed in Afghanistan in Q1 2021: UN
By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Civilian casualties in Afghanistan saw a 29% increase in the first three months of 2021 compared to the same period last year, a UN report said on Wednesday. In the Afghanistan Protection … Continued
France accused of complicity in Rwanda genocide
By Yusuf Ozcan PARIS (AA): France’s complicity in the Rwandan genocide is marked every year on April 7 on the UN-designated International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda. France supported the Hutus, an ethnic group which committed … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: 2 dozen Rohingya shacks gutted in fire
By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): At least two dozen shacks belonging to Rohingya refugees were burned in an overnight fire in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, a leader of the persecuted community said on Monday. Salamat … Continued
French airstrike in Mali mostly killed civilians: UN
By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): In a report, the UN mission in the West African nation of Mali on Tuesday concluded that a January airstrike by the French army overwhelmingly killed civilians among suspected non-armed members of terrorist groups, … Continued
Israeli police kill Arab citizen in Haifa
By Zain Khalil JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli police on Monday killed a young mentally-disabled Arab man in Israeli city of Haifa over his allegedly stabbing a police officer. The police claimed in a statement that “it received a report from … Continued
Bangladesh on edge as 5 more dead in anti-Modi protests
By SM Najmus Sakib and Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Following deadly clashes between protesters and police a day earlier, five more people were killed and dozens injured as demonstrations against the visit of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi … Continued
Bangladesh: Fire destroyed Rohingyas shelters but not dreams
By Md. Kamruzzaman COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA): Ten-year-old Rukiya Begum is one of the dozens of Rohingya children and teenagers in Bangladesh’s refugee camps who lost everything, including educational support, in Monday’s deadliest fire that killed at least 15 … Continued
US: Attack on supermarket in Colorado leaves 10 dead
By Betul Yuruk NEW YORK (AA): Ten people, including a police officer, died in an armed attack Monday on a supermarket in the US state of Colorado. Suspect is in custody. The shooting occurred at a King Soopers supermarket … Continued
Covid-19 pandemic has deepened inequalities in Europe
By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in an “overall regression in human rights in Europe,” the Council of Europe’s anti-racism commission (ECRI) highlighted in its 2020 annual report released Thursday. Since the Second World War, … Continued
UN: 12,000 Syrian children killed, wounded by civil war
By Andy Roesgen WISCONSIN, United States (AA): A civil war in Syria that was unleashed 10 years ago has now killed or wounded nearly 12,000 Syrian children, according to a new report on Wednesday by UNICEF. The UN children’s … Continued
Afghanistan: Killing spree forces women journalists to quit
By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA):The escalating violence seen in Afghanistan in recent months, which claimed the lives of at least four women journalists, has forced more than 300 others to quit their jobs. Last year, there were … Continued
Nigeria: 14 kidnapped sailors rescued in Gulf of Guinea
By Adam Abu-bashal ABUJA, Nigeria (AA): Fourteen sailors kidnapped by pirates were rescued Saturday in the Gulf of Guinea. Nigeria’s army spokesman Mohammed Yerim said 10 foreign crew members and four Nigerians who were taken hostage were rescued in … Continued
UNHCR: Search, rescue Rohingya stranded in Andaman Sea
By Riyaz ul Khaliq ANKARA (AA) – The UN refugee agency on Monday called for immediate efforts to search and rescue a group of Rohingya refugees stranded in the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean. The precise location of … Continued
Human Rights Watch blames India of targeting minorities
By Beyza Binnur Donmez and Shuriah Niazi (AA): Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday accused the Indian government of adopting laws and policies that “systematically discriminate against Muslims and stigmatize critics of the government.” HRW’s report came days ahead Feb. … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: ‘Guided tour’ for foreign envoys to disputed Kashmir
By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): As diplomats from nearly two dozen countries continue their two-day visit in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, commentators and politicians say that another “guided tour” would not change ground realities in … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: 3 Indian soldiers arrested for child molestation
By Nusrat Sidiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Three Indian army employees were arrested by the regional police of Indian-administered Kashmir in connection with the alleged molestation and kidnapping of a young girl from North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, authorities … Continued
‘ICC has jurisdiction over Palestinian territories’
By Zehra Nur Duz and Burak Bir ANKARA (AA): The International Criminal Court (ICC) decided on Friday that it has jurisdiction over crimes committed in the Palestinian territories. “Today, Pre-Trial Chamber I of ICC decided, by majority, that the … 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.
MOST READ
The Muslim News
PO Box 380, Harrow, Middlesex HA2 6LL, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8863 8586 , Mobile: 07768 241325, Fax: +44 (0) 20 8863 9370
E-mail: info@muslimnews.co.uk
Editor Ahmed J Versi
Leader Writer John Chapman
Visitcrest Limited, Publisher and Owner of The Muslim News
Complaints please visit: http://muslimnews.co.uk/complaints-policy/
