Palestine: Israeli army bombs Gaza after rocket fire
Exclusive: UK: Eid message from the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd
Jammu & Kashmir: 2 Kashmiris killed in gunbattle with Indian soldiers
UK: Police battle violent protesters in East London
Afghanistan: 10 Afghan police killed in Taliban attack
Syria: Israeli jets hit targets in Syria
Pakistan: Over 63 killed in suicide attacks
Saudi Arabia: Security forces foil terror plot in Makkah
UK: May unveils post Brexit plans for EU citizens in UK
Somalia: 5 killed in suicide car bomb attack
Canada: Quebec premier says Muslims must fight terrorism
Central African Republic: 100 killed in clashes between Muslims & Christians
UK: May apologises for inadequate Grenfell tower fire response
Iraq: Daesh destroys historic mosque in Mosul
Belgium: Man reportedly carrying explosives shot in Brussels
Nigeria: Multiple explosions kill 12 in Borno State
US police pledge justice for slain Muslim teen
UK: Muslim Welfare House terror attack: Man dies as van ploughs into worshippers
Portugal: 57 killed in deadly forest fire
Afghanistan: 5 Afghan officers killed as Taliban storm police HQ
Myanmar: Int’l cooperation ‘critical’ to resolve Rohingya crisis
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan has called on the international community to cooperate further with Myanmar’s government to resolve conflicts between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in the country’s troubled Rakhine State. … Continued
Nigeria: Court orders release of Nigerian Shia Muslim head, wife
By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, (AA): A court on Friday ordered the release of Nigeria’s top Shia leader and his wife, saying that government holding them in a protective custody for nearly a year is contrary to the nation’s laws. … Continued
UK: UN urged to press Myanmar over Rohingya crackdown
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar (AA): A United Kingdom-based Rohingya organization has called on the United Nations and international community for urgent action in pressing Myanmar’s government to lift all restrictions on humanitarian aid in western Rakhine State. … Continued
UK group delivers Rohingya petition to Myanmar embassy
LONDON (AA): A U.K.-based pressure group has delivered a thousands-strong petition to Myanmar’s London embassy calling on the country’s government to confront the crisis plaguing the Rohingya minority. Burma Campaign U.K. said Tuesday it delivered 3,164 signatures on a petition … Continued
Myanmar again urged to allow Rakhine rights abuse probe
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): An international rights group called on Myanmar’s government Thursday to immediately allow independent monitors and journalists to verify reports of mass destruction and other rights abuses in western Rakhine State. The army-run Myawaddy … Continued
Myanmar: US urges Govt to prevent violence in Rakhine; 70 Rohingya Muslims killed
By Esra Kaymak Avci WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. on Tuesday urged the government of Myanmar to do more to stem violence in western Rakhine state where nearly 70 Rohingya Muslims have been killed by security forces in the past … Continued
Nigeria: Shia Muslims killed by security forces during religious procession
By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, (AA): At least nine people were killed when security forces opened fire on Shia Muslim pilgrims in northwest Nigeria on Monday, police and the Shia organization Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) told Anadolu Agency. Kano … Continued
Myanmar reports more fatal clashes in Rakhine
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Myanmar’s military has killed at least 28 suspected attackers during fresh fighting in troubled Rakhine State, according to official media Monday. Since last month’s fatal attacks on police, dozens of people — including … Continued
Bahrain: Prince of Wales inaugurates ‘military base’ in Bahrain
By Ahmed al-Masry MANAMA (AA): Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and British counterpart Prince Charles this week inaugurated a new “facility” for Britain’s Royal Navy in Bahrain’s Salman Military Port, according to reports in Bahrain’s official … Continued
US military: Airstrikes killed 64 civilians in Iraq, Syria in past year
By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA) The U.S. military said Wednesday that 24 of its airstrikes in Iraq and Syria have killed 64 civilians and injured eight others in the past year. “Sometimes civilians bear the brunt of military action … Continued
Yemen: 60 people were killed in Saudi led airstrike on prison
By Zakaria al-Kamali SANA’A (AA): Over 60 of people were reportedly killed and many injured on Saturday in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on a prison compound in western Yemen. Hours before the strikes in Al Hudaydah, at … Continued
Myanmar: Int’l Rohingya Muslim groups need urgent help in Rakhine
By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun ANKARA (AA) – Rohingya advocacy groups worldwide are calling for an international push to allow humanitarian aid to get through to western Rakhine State and stem what they refer to as the mass starvation of … Continued
US-led coalition undercounting civilian deaths, hundreds killed
By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S.-led anti-Daesh coalition is significantly undercounting the number of civilians killed in airstrikes as it seeks to rout the extremist group in Syria, a report released Wednesday alleged. An investigation by Amnesty International … Continued
Myanmar urged to probe new rights violations in Rakhine
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): United Nations human rights experts have called on Myanmar to address growing reports of violations in western Rakhine State after areas housing the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority were torched following fatal attacks on … Continued
Turkey: 30 migrants rescued overnight from boat in Aegean
By Hanife Erdinc CANAKKALE, Turkey (AA): Thirty foreigners were rescued by the Coast Guard after their motorboat broke down overnight Wednesday in the northern Aegean Sea off Canakkale’s Ayvacik district, a Coast Guard security source said. The source, who … Continued
Myanmar military detains 11 more for Rakhine attacks
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): A further 11 people have been arrested in military clearance operations in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State following raids on police outposts earlier this month in which nine officers died. Two of those held … Continued
Thailand: Arrests of 48 students from south worry Thai Muslims
By Max Constant BANGKOK (AA): Thai Muslim organizations have denounced a series of recent “arbitrary arrests” by Bangkok police of youths from the country’s insurgency-plagued south, after information emerged earlier this month of an alleged bomb plot, local media … Continued
Myanmar Muslims condemn fatal attacks in Rakhine
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Muslims in Myanmar have condemned recent fatal attacks on police station outposts in troubled western Rakhine State which the government has blamed on a little-known extremist group. About 40 people — including nine … Continued
Nigerian police ‘open fire’ on Shia Muslim Ashura procession
By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, (AA): Nine people were killed as police opened fire on a Shia Muslim procession in Nigeria’s north on Wednesday, a spokesman for the group said. Harun El-Binawi, from the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), told … Continued
Nigeria: Dozens of Shia Muslim group members held
By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, (AA): Dozens of members of a Nigerian Shia organization were arrested when they embarked on a peaceful religious rally Monday in northwestern Kaduna state, a representative of the group said in a statement. Islamic Movement … 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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