Palestine: Israel detains 2 Palestinian journalists, bringing number in prison to 24
Canada: Quebec law bans niqab, burka
Myanmar: Mass destruction continues in Rakhine says rights body
Afghanistan: Multiple gun-and-bomb attacks kill over 70
Myanmar: 12 dead as boat carrying Rohingya Muslims sinks near Bangladesh
Iraqi military launched operation in Kirkuk
Somalia: Death toll from Mogadishu truck bombing rises to 270
Somalia: Suicide attack kills over 30, wounds dozens in Mogadishu
Central African Republic: Christian attack on mosque kills 20
Egypt: Hamas, Fatah pen landmark reconciliation deal in Cairo
Azeri MP slams EU politicians over anti-Muslim rhetoric
UN: Myanmar attacks were organized to push out Rohingya Muslims
Palestine: Agreement reached between Hamas & Fatah
Palestine: Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex for ‘Sukkot’
Jammu & Kashmir: Four killed in fierce gun battle
UK: Islamophobic attacks on UK mosques double
12 Rohingya Muslim refugees, mostly children, drowned as boat capsized near Bangladesh
Morocco: Thousands protest in Casablanca for release of activists
Saudi Arabia: 2 Saudi guards killed in Jeddah gun attack
Sweden: ‘Allah’ & ‘Ali’ patterns in burial costumes of Vikings discovered in Sweden
Pakistan: 13 killed in election violence in Faisalabad
By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): A deadly clash between two rival political groups during the local bodies elections in southern Pakistan has left 12 people dead and 15 others wounded on Saturday, police said. Another person died in election-related … Continued
Rescue efforts underway as S Asia quake leaves 385 dead
By Aamir Latif and Zabihullah Tamanna ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): A powerful earthquake that rocked Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday has left hundreds dead. Officials from both countries put the combined death toll at 385 on Tuesday. In northwestern Pakistan, rescue workers … Continued
310 killed as powerful quake rocks Pakistan, Afghanistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Scores of people were killed in Pakistan and Afghanistan — mostly in the former’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province — after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook southern Asia on Monday afternoon (9:32 GMT). According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake’s epicenter was … Continued
S. Asia quake kills scores in Pakistan, Afghanistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Scores of people have been killed in Pakistan and Afghanistan — mostly in the former’s Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KP) province — after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook southern Asia on early Monday afternoon (9:32 GMT). According to the U.S. … Continued
Maldives vice president arrested on ‘treason’ charges
By Daniel Bosley MALÉ, (AA): Maldivian Vice President Ahmed Adeeb was arrested Saturday in relation to an assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen last month. Police officials confirmed that Adeeb was arrested after returning from Singapore, with the Home Minister … Continued
Bangladesh blast at Shia Muslim Ashura gathering kills one, injures 87
By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, (AA): A triple bomb blast at a Shia Muslim gathering in Bangladesh left one person dead and 87 injured in the early hours of Saturday in capital Dhaka. The attack took place at Hussaini … Continued
Pakistan: Blast kills 22 Shia Muslims Ashura procession in Sindh
By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 22 people were killed and dozens of other people were injured in a suspected suicide blast at a Shia procession in southern Pakistan’s Sindh province Friday evening, police said. The Muslims were … Continued
India writers, intellectuals protest mounting ‘intolerance’ under Modi
By Ahmad Adil SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Mounting intolerance in India — and perceived government silence in regards to it — has triggered a vertical divide in the country’s intellectual class. As a way of registering … Continued
US, Pakistan discuss additional efforts to fight terror
WASHINGTON (AA): U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have discussed the need for broader efforts to defeat terrorism in the region. “The two leaders discussed the need for additional efforts to target all terrorists … Continued
India: Two young children gang-raped in New Delhi
By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI, (AA): Two minors were gang-raped in separate incidents in the Indian capital New Delhi on Friday evening, police said. In the first incident, a two-year-old girl was picked up by two men on a motorbike from the … Continued
India: Court backs beef ban during Eid
By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): A court in Mumbai has rejected calls for the relaxation of a beef ban for a four-day period over this week’s Muslim Eid celebrations. Petitions from Muslim groups had called for the Bombay … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: Gunmen kill toddler sitting on father’s lap
By Ahmad Adil SRINAGAR, Jammu & Kashmir, India (AA): The disputed Kashmir region is experiencing a lockdown after the shooting dead of a three-year-old boy on Friday. Burhan Bhat and his father Bashir Ahmad were killed outside their house in Sagipora … Continued
Pakistan: 29 killed by terrorists at air force base
By Sardar Hussain PESHAWAR, (AA): As many as 29 people, including an army captain, were killed in a Friday attack on a heavily guarded Pakistan Air Force base. Confirming the death toll, DG ISPR (Inter Services Public Relations) said Taliban gunmen … Continued
Pakistan: Blast kills 10 in Multan
By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA & Dawn): At least ten people have been killed and 50 others injured in a powerful blast in an auto rickshaw in Pakistan’s northeastern Multan city on Sunday, police said. “We are investigating the … Continued
India: Explosion kills 40, injures 35 in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh
The blast site on Petlavad Road, near Setjia Restaurant in Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh. PTI: At least 40 people were killed and 35 others injured when explosives kept inside a building went off at Petlwad town in Jhabua district of … Continued
Bangladesh: Student protesters force capital standstill
By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, (AA): Bangladesh’s already heaving capital was brought to a standstill on Thursday as thousands of students from private universities protested a move to charge them extra taxes. The students were angered by a government … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: Anger as Indian court enforce ban of beef in Kashmir
By Ahmad Adil SRINAGAR, Indian held Kashmir (AA): Muslim leaders in Indian-held Kashmir have been angered by an Indian court’s orders to enforce a strict ban on the sale of beef in the Muslim-majority region. The Indian High Court … Continued
Pakistan: Urdu on way to becoming Pakistan’s official language
By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): Urdu is on its way to becoming Pakistan’s official language, replacing “colonial” English, after a Supreme Court order was issued Tuesday. Three judges passed the judgment following a petition by a local lawyer. “In … Continued
Jammu & Kashmir: Eleven killed in India-Pakistan border shelling
By Zahid Rafiq and Aamir Latif SRINAGAR, J&K, India, (AA): Cross-border firing killed at least eleven people on the India-Pakistan frontier Friday. Both sides claimed the other initiated the firing. Pakistan said eight civilians were killed and 46 injured by … Continued
Pakistan: Police kill wife, 2 children of ‘militant’
KARACHI, (AA): Police killed the wife and two children of a suspected militant in an alleged exchange of fire in northeastern Pakistan’s Punjab province on Thursday, police and local media said. Pakistani police claimed that the critically injured suspected militant, … 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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