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
Netherlands: Far-right groups attack 3 mosques
By Abdullah Asiran THE HAGUE (AA): Far-right groups have attacked three mosques in the Netherlands, a Muslim charity fund official said Thursday. The extreme right-wing Rechts in Verzet group early Thursday put up banners with Islamophobic content in the … Continued
Palestine: Israel bans Friday call to prayer at Ibrahimi mosque
By Qais Abu Samra AL-KHALIL [Hebron], Palestine (AA): Israel on Friday banned the Adhan (the Muslim call to prayer) at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to Palestinian Religious Endowments Minister Yousef Adais. … Continued
Austrian Muslims condemn hijab ban proposal
By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): Austrian Muslims and a number of other civil society associations on Thursday strongly condemned a legal proposal to impose a ‘hijab’ ban after it was announced by the Austrian prime minister. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz … Continued
Canada: Pages of Qur’an ripped, stuffed on car windshields at mosques
By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada, (AA): Various faith leaders and politicians gathered in the Toronto area Monday to condemn the actions of a woman who allegedly ripped pages from a Qur’an and put them on worshippers vehicle windshields. She also … Continued
Germany: Mosque attacked with Molotov cocktails
By Mesut Zeyrek COLOGNE, Germany (AA): At least three mosques came under attack in Germany on Sunday. In the first incident, a mosque in the central Kassel city was attacked with Molotov cocktails early morning. The attack caused … Continued
Sweden: Stockholm mosque vandalised again
By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): A mosque in Stockholm was vandalised with racist words and symbols on Thursday, according to mosque officials. In a statement, the Södermalm mosque management said a big swastika symbol was spray painted at the … Continued
Netherlands: Anti-Muslim group PEGIDA not to be put on trial after mosque attack
By Abdullah Asiran THE HAGUE (AA): An Islamophobic hate group that planted crosses on a construction site for a mosque in the eastern Netherlands will not be prosecuted, Dutch prosecutors announced on Tuesday. Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of … Continued
US: Muslim engineer sues after Kansas flap over Malaysian flag
Kansas, US ( AP & KansasCity.com): A Muslim aerospace engineer has sued the Spirit Boeing Employees Association for religious discrimination stemming from a party at a lake in Wichita, Kansas. This happened after his celebration of Malaysian independence was reported to … Continued
UK: Thousands demonstrate across country against racism and Islamophobia
By Muhammad Mussa London (AA) – Tens of thousands braved the freezing weather Saturday to demonstrate against the rise of racism, Islamophobia and Donald Trump’s presidency across the country. Organised by the activist group Stand Up To Racism, over 20,000 … Continued
US: Two anti-Muslim women arrested for vandalising mosque
By Safvan Allahverdi WASHINGTON (AA): Two women known for anti-Muslim rants at Phoenix-area political events, were arrested Thursday for breaking into an Arizona Islamic center and making anti-Islamic/Islamohobic remarks, police said. Tahnee Gonzales, 32, and Elizabeth Dauenhauer, 51, were … Continued
Germany: Mosque in Cologne vandalised
BERLIN (AA) – A mosque in Germany’s northwestern city of Cologne was vandalized overnight by alleged supporters of the PYD/PKK organizations, the latest in a string of attacks targeting the country’s Turkish-Muslim community. The assailants spray-painted slogans such as “Everywhere … Continued
UK: Two in hospital after suspicious package at Muslim MP office
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA) – Two people were taken to a London hospital Monday afternoon in a “precautionary” measure after a suspicious package leaking a suspicious liquid was received at a Muslim MP’s office at Westminster Palace. … Continued
Germany: Turkish mosque set on fire in arson attack in Berlin
BERLIN (AA) – A Turkish mosque in Berlin was set alight on Sunday morning. It is the 24th time in two months that a mosque in Germany had been deliberately targeted, the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affair, DITIB, said in a press … Continued
Sri Lanka: Muslims attacked despite emergency decree
By Dilrukshi Handunnetti COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AA): Violence against Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority continued Thursday, despite a state of emergency. Petrol bombs were hurled at a mosque overnight in the town of Kuruwita even as hundreds of police, soldiers … Continued
Germany: Anti-Muslim hate crime surges in Germany
By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): There were 950 attacks reportedly on Muslims and mosques in Germany in 2017, according to new government figures. At least 33 Muslims were injured in the attacks, which included assaults against Muslim women wearing … Continued
Spain: Over 500 Islamophobic incidents reported last year
By Hasan Esen MADRID (AA): More than 500 Islamophobic incidents were recorded in Spain last year, including against women and children and several mosques, according to a civil society group. Details of the incidents were documented in the report … Continued
Netherlands reduces sentences of mosque attack convicts
By Abdullah Asiran ENSCHEDE, Netherlands (AA): A court in eastern Netherlands on Tuesday reduced the sentences of four convicts who were involved in a Molotov cocktail attack on a mosque in Enschede in 2016. Five convicts had been sentenced … Continued
Netherlands: Mosque comes under attack in Drachten town
By Abdullah Asiran DRACHTEN, Netherlands (AA): A mosque in northern Drachten town has come under an arson attack, according to the manager of Islamic Center Drachten Foundation on Sunday. The mosque, visited mostly by Moroccan-origin people, is operated by … Continued
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Govt blocks restoration of historical mosques
By Ihvan Radoykov SOFIA, Bulgaria (AA): A total of 27 Ottoman-era mosques in Bulgaria are awaiting restoration, as their minarets, walls and doors have either collapsed or suffered considerable damage. But local Muslim authorities complain that Bulgarian officials are … Continued
Nigeria: Nigerian Muslim women decry discrimination
By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Nigerian Muslim women on Wednesday called for banning all discriminations against their religious head-covering (Hijab). “Al-Mu’minaat (an organization of Muslim women in Nigeria) is seeking that legislations be made to specifically criminalize discrimination, … 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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