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
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
Indonesia: 52 dead after quake rocks Aceh
By Ainur Rohmah TUBAN, (AA): A strong earthquake shook the north of Indonesia’s Sumatra island Wednesday morning, killing at least 52 people and causing dozens of buildings to collapse. National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told a … Continued
Thailand: Soldier killed, 3 injured in bomb attack in south
By Max Constant BANGKOK (AA): One soldier was killed and three others were injured Wednesday in an early morning explosion in Thailand’s Muslim majority south. The incident was the latest in a series of violent attacks in the insurgency-plagued … 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
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
Indonesia: Blast outside church injures 4
By Ainur Rohmah TUBAN, (AA): Indonesian police have arrested a suspect following an explosion outside a church in East Kalimantan province that left four children injured. The police chief of provincial capital Samarinda told Anadolu Agency that they are … 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
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
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
Malaysia on alert as Mosul offensive in Iraq may bring home Daesh fighters
By P Prem Kumar KUALA LUMPUR (AA) – Malaysia has been placed on its highest security setting after intelligence reports suggested thousands of Daesh members may try and return home as a military operation closes in on Mosul — … 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
Myanmar: 3 more die in latest Rakhine violence, incl Muslims
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Police have tightened security in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State after three people were killed in a clash Monday as troops hunted for a group who stormed police border points Sunday killing nine police … Continued
Thailand: 3 security officials killed by bomb in the south
By Max Constant and CS Thana BANGKOK (AA): A remote-controlled bomb killed three security officials Friday in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued majority Muslim south. Police captain Pongsak Khaonawon, deputy-chief investigator at Krongpinang police station in Yala province, told Anadolu Agency, “the … Continued
Myanmar: Illegal mosques to be demolished in Rakhine
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): A senior government official in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State has pledged to tear down all illegally constructed buildings including mosques and Muslim religious schools, according to a report Wednesday. More than 3,000 structures … Continued
Thailand: 18 killed in Thai Muslims tourist boat sinking
By Max Constant BANGKOK (AA): The death toll from a boat sinking during an annual ceremony at a mosque in central Thailand has risen to 18 with 10 others still missing and 46 injured, local media reported Monday. Authorities … Continued
Myanmar Muslims combat nationalist pressure on Eid
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Thousands of Muslims have defied pressure from hardline Buddhist monks to crowd a muddy cemetery in Myanmar’s commercial capital to await the ritual slaughter of Eid al-Adha livestock. Unlike most Muslim countries, Eid … 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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