Bangladesh restricts public Eid prayers amid pandemic
Palestine: Prison death spotlights Palestinian plight in Israel
Turkey: Hagia Sophia to be open for all: Turkish president
Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory (02 – 08 July)
Afghanistan: 7 policemen killed, 20 injured in Taliban attacks
Srebrenica genocide still ‘open wound’: EU commissioner
UN warns of more animal-to-human viruses
Jammu & Kashmir: Indian govt bans Muslim gatherings but OKs Hindu pilgrimage
Myanmar: Soldiers’ court-martial latest sham, say Rohingya groups
UK: PM urges responsibility ahead of ‘Super Saturday’
Iran: ‘Incident’ damages building near nuclear plant
Indian forces killed civilian in Kashmir, family says
Palestine: Illegal Israeli settlements being built in West Bank
Bangladesh: Ferry sinks, leaving 33 dead
Pakistan: 9 killed as terrorists attack stock exchange
India grants thousands citizenship rights in Kashmir to dilute Muslim population
Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians
UK: 5 children have died of Coronavirus
Bangladesh: 16 Rohingya Muslims die after boat capsizes, 40 missing
By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least 16 Rohingya Muslim refugees died early Tuesday when their boat capsized near Saint Martin’s island in the Bay of Bengal, said an official. “We have initially come to know that all … Continued
US drops record number of bombs in Afghanistan in 2019
By Shadi Khan Saif province KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The U.S. forces stationed in Afghanistan dropped a record number of bombs in 2019, according to a recent data by the U.S. air forces. The U.S. military conducted 2,434 airstrikes in … Continued
Myanmar: Artillery shells kill 2 Rohingya Muslim women
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar (AA): At least two Rohingya Muslim women were killed after artillery shells hit a village in the Myanmar’s western Rakhine state on Friday, according to media reports and a lawmaker. Narinjara, a local … Continued
Bangladesh: 22 Rohingya Muslims detained before trafficked
By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Bangladesh police detained some 22 Muslim Rohingya refugees as they were gathered to be trafficked to Malaysia through Bay of Bengal, a police officer told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. In a tip … Continued
Turkey: 11 dead as migrant boat sinks off Izmir
By Tezcan Ekizler and Safak Yel IZMIR, Turkey (AA): At least 11 irregular migrants, including eight children, were killed, eight rescued, when their boat sank off the coast of western Turkey, a Turkish Coast Guard source said on Saturday. … Continued
India: Hindu mob attacks top university campus injuring 35
By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA) Security has been beefed up at the campus of a prestigious Indian university following a night of terror when masked men attacked students with batons. The police who were present outside the University … Continued
India: Fear grips Muslim-majority town of Rampur
By Shuriah Niazi UTTAR PRADESH, India (AA) : Fear has gripped the Muslim-majority town of Rampur, 250 kilometers (150 miles) northwest of Indian capital New Delhi, as police have booked 141 people and are hunting thousands of others, for … Continued
Indonesia denies being quiet on Uyghur persecution
By Erric Permana, Muhammad Nazarudin Latief and Nicky Aulia Widadio JAKARTA (AA): The Indonesian government has denied the accusation that they have done nothing about the alleged human rights violations faced by Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, China. Indonesian Foreign … Continued
Ethiopia: Muslims urge probe into torching of mosques
By Addis Getachew and Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA): Muslims in Ethiopia condemned the weekend torching of mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the country. A demonstration on Tuesday in Jijjiga, a Muslim-dominated city in the east, urged an … Continued
Syria: Russian airstrikes kill 8 civilians in Idlib
By Esref Musa IDLIB, Syria (AA): At least eight civilians, including five children, were killed in Russian airstrikes Tuesday in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, where acts of violence are prohibited, a local civil defense agency said. Syrian opposition aircraft … Continued
India: 15 killed, mainly Muslims in anti-citizenship law protests
By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): Fifteen people were killed, mainly Muslims, many of them from bullet injuries, in India as peaceful protests reverberate across the country against a controversial citizenship law, security officials said Saturday. Inspector General of … Continued
India: Two killed in protests over new anti-Muslim citizenship law
By Ahmad Adil CHANDIGARTH, India (AA): At least two protestors were killed in southern India as demonstrations against a controversial new citizenship law escalated and spread Thursday, local media reported. The deaths occurred in Mangaluru in the Karnataka state … Continued
Sweden: Nobel prize for Srebrenica genocide denial
By Talha Ozturk BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) Srebrenica genocide was awarded, said Bosnian Croat President Zeljko Komsic on Tuesday referring to the decision to award this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature to Peter Handke, an Austrian author who denies the genocide. … Continued
US: Florida Naval Air Station shooting leaves 3 dead
By Beyza Binnur Donmez ANKARA (AA) A Saudi National opened fire at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola in the U.S. state of Florida on Friday, killing three people and wounding eight, according to the authorities. The shooter, who was … Continued
India clears citizenship bill for immigrants, except for Muslims, for lawmakers
By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): India’s government on Wednesday cleared amendments to the country’s citizenship laws to award citizenship to migrants from neighboring countries. With the new act granting citizenship to “illegal migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan,” it … Continued
Libya: UAE drones strike house in Murzuq, killing 11, incl 9 children
By Mehmet Nuri Ucar and Ibrahim Ramadan TRIPOLI, Libya,(AA): Drones operated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which backs Libyan rebel commander Khalifa Haftar, struck a house in the town of Murzuq, killing nine children and two women. The … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: Brutal lockdown puts education on back burner
By Nusrat Sidiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): Aafreen Zaira, a media student at the Women’s College Srinagar in the capital of Indian Jammu and Kashmir, is looking keenly at a model paper which has 14 questions to … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: Indian diplomat’s Israeli-type settlement idea for Kashmir draws ire
By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Because of an internet ban, not many Kashmiris are aware of an Indian diplomat’s comments that settlements modelled after Israel’s illegal settlements could be built to settle Kashmiri Hindus — … Continued
Bangladesh: Over 100 Rohingya refugees rescued off Bangladesh coast
By Omer Faruk Yıldız KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AA): More than 100 Rohingya refugees were rescued Friday before their wooden boat sank off the southern coast of Bangladesh. According to a statement from the Bangladesh Coast Guard, the refugees were … Continued
UN extremely concerned at rights deprivation in Kashmir
By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): The UN Human Rights office says it is extremely concerned that the population of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir continues to be deprived of a wide range of human rights. “We urge the Indian authorities … 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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