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
Palestine: 3 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier killed in East Jerusalem
Canadian politician joins Muslims for Ramadan fast
Afghanistan: Suicide attack targets Shia Muslim mosque in Kabul killing six
US man sentenced to 20 years for seeking Mosque burning
Canada: Muslim women file human rights complaint alleging Islamophobia
Malaysia: Two enactments adopted to curb Shi’a Muslim teachings
KUALA LUMPUR: Those spreading the Shia ideology in the country can be prosecuted under the Control and Restriction of the Propagation of Non-Islamic Religions Enactment and the Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment on Contravening Fatwa. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department … Continued
Indonesia: Parties’ pandering hurts Shi’a Muslims, Ahmadiyah
By Margareth S Aritonang Jakarta, (The Jakarta Post): Political pragmatism by major political parties, that have long pandered to majority Sunni voters, has prevented the parties from protecting the rights of minority Muslim groups such as the Ahmadiyah and Shia. … Continued
Cambodia’s opposition rejects election results, calls for investigation
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has rejected the election results published by the government, speaking of massive manipulation. He has called for an international committee to investigate. On Sunday evening Cambodia’s National Election Commission had announced that the ruling Cambodian … Continued
Indonesia: Three asylum-seekers dead, 157 saved in Indonesian boat capsize
JAKARTA, (Xinhua): Three drowned and 157 were saved as an asylum-seeker boat sank off Indonesia’s southern Java Island Tuesday night, Indonesian rescue official said Wednesday. “The boat carrying unknown number of illegal immigrants sank off west Java’s Cianjur Regency at … Continued
Indonesia: 18 killed in stampede at boxing match
[Police officers guard outside a stadium where more than a dozen of people were killed in a stampede after spectators rioted to protest a local boxer’s loss, in Nabire, Papua, The victims, mostly women, were trampled to death as about … Continued
Thailand: Rape, abduction claims link officials to Rohingya trafficking
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison A Phuketwan Special Investigation: PHUKET: Claims of rape and abduction being made by a group of Rohingya women and children have exposed for the first time a link between the human trafficking trade north … Continued
Myanmar: UN agency alarmed by deaths of displaced persons in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
[A displaced mother and her two children in Rakhine state. They originally came from the Pauktaw area. Photo: UNHCR/P. Behan] The United Nations refugee agency Friday voiced concern about a violent incident in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state that killed two … Continued
Thailand: Muslim freedom fighters in south Thailand kill eight soldiers in bomb attack
Rebels in Thailand have killed eight soldiers. The predominately Buddhist country has seen growing resistance to central government rule in the Muslim-majority southern provinces since 2004. The 50-kilogram (110-pound) bomb exploded as the soldiers traveled in a military truck along … Continued
Indonesia: Domestic violence on the rise in Aceh
[A staffer from the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) holds up copies of the biannual report of violence against women in Aceh, which was released in Jakarta on Tuesday. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)] By Nadya Natahadibrata Jakarta, … Continued
Myanmar: Mosque, orphanage burned by Buddhists
YANGON, (AP): Sectarian violence spread to a new region of Burma, with a mob burning down a mosque, a Muslim orphanage and shops in a northeastern town after rumors spread that a Muslim man had set fire to a Buddhist woman, … Continued
Thailand: Bomb suspected in Ramkhamhaeng blast, 7 injured
[Pavement at the entrance of Ramkhamhaeng Soi 43/1 is littered with debris and goods from stalls in the area after a Sunday night explosion that wounded at least seven people. (Photos by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)] Police are investigating an apparent … Continued
Thailand: Two slain in South, new BRN video released
Bangkok Post: Two people were killed and two others were injured in four separate attacks in the violence-plagued deep South since Saturday night. Pol Lt Montri Janmuang, a duty officer at Rueso police station in Narathiwat province, said he received … Continued
Myanmar: 58 people missing in boat capsize
YANGON, (Xinhua): At least 58 people out of 100 fleeing from a cyclonic storm went missing as a motor boat capsized off western Myanmar’s Rakhine coast Monday night, official sources said Tuesday evening. The Bengali-Muslims on board the motor boat are … Continued
Indonesia: Sampang Shi’a Muslims in peril
[Hate campaign: Demonstrators call for local Shiite Muslims to be expelled from Madura Island at a rally outside the Sampang Legislative Council in East Java on Tuesday. The protesters warned the government of more violence if the Shiites, who are … Continued
Malaysia: Najib promises national reconciliation in front of voting polarization
KUALA LUMPUR, (Xinhua): Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional chairman Najib Razak has promised a national reconciliation after the voting polarization in the fiercely contested general election. Barisan retained power by winning 133 parliamentary seats, a simple majority in the 222-seat lower … Continued
Thailand: 2 civilians killed in restive S Thailand
BANGKOK, (Xinhua): Two people were killed in separate drive-by shootings in restive southern province of Pattani and Narathiwat on Saturday. Police said a man was shot dead on a local road in Pattani’s Mayo district on Saturday morning. He was … Continued
Myanmar: HRW alleges ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims
Human Rights Watch has published a report claiming ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in the state of Rakhine in Myanmar. The document, based on field interviews, says authorities encouraged the actions. The Human Rights Watch organization released its 153-page report … Continued
Myanmar: 32 killed, 190 injured during Thingyan water festival
YANGON, (Xinhua): A total of 32 people were killed and 190 others injured during the Thingyan water festival in Myanmar, official media reported Saturday. Myanmar New Year’s Thingyan water festivals were held across the country from April 13 to … Continued
Thailand: PM in clear over bogus loan charge
Bangkok, (Bangkok Post): The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) Thursday cleared Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of a false assets declaration charge, easing political jitters and boosting the stock market. The charge involved a 30-million-baht loan to a company in which her … Continued
Indonesia: 8 killed in Myanmar Buddhist-Muslim brawl in Indonesia
Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP MEDAN, (Indonesia): Police say a violent brawl between Buddhist and Muslim asylum seekers from Myanmar at an immigration detention centre in Indonesia has left eight people dead and 15 injured. Eight Buddhists were killed in the clash, … 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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