Palestine: Cease-fire reached in Gaza with Israel as Israeli air force kills 2 children
Pakistan: Blasts targeting election rallies kill 133
Philippines rolls out red carpet for Muslim liberation movt
Afghanistan: Attack on education office in Jalalabad kills 10
Palestine: Israel banned call to prayer 298 times at Ibrahimi mosque
Pakistan: Suicide attack kills 20 in election rally in Peshawar
Palestine: 1st Israeli minister storms Al-Aqsa Mosque compound since 2015
Germany: Muslim patients targeted in Islamophobic knife attack
UN urges Jordan to open its border to thousands of Syrian refugees
Belgium: Prosecutors probe violent Islamophobic attack on Muslim teen girl
UN rights office: UAE troops tortured, abused Yemenis
Palestine: Israel army killed 25 Palestinian children in 2018
Libya: Over 200 migrants drown in 3 days in Mediterranean
Palestine: 135 Palestinians killed, 15,000 injured by Israeli soldiers in Gaza since March 30
Canada: Muslim group wins stay of Quebec veil law
France: 10 charged over anti-Muslim terror plot
Iran: President Rouhani dismisses call for resignation of gov’t
US: Trump wants Qatar-Gulf row to end as it ‘benefits Iran’
Thailand: New probe urged into Thai Muslim lawyer’s disappearance
By Max Constant BANGKOK (AA) – Twelve years after the disappearance of a prominent Thai Muslim human rights lawyer, a United States-based rights group called on Thailand’s military government Friday to reopen the investigation into the case and to … Continued
Thailand: Two killed, three injured in bombing in Thai south
By Max Constant BANGKOK (AA) – Two soldiers were killed and three others injured Wednesday when a remote controlled bomb exploded near a military unit in the far south of Thailand. Destabilized for decades by an insurgency waged by … Continued
Myanmar: Muslim activists’ trial postponed for new charges
[Photo: Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party coming to power has not improved human rights abuses against Myanmar Muslims. Photographer: Alexandra Radu/AA] By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA) – The trial of two Myanmar Muslims — already … Continued
Indonesian military plane crashes into house killing 4
By Ainur Rohmah MALANG, (AA) Four people died when a military plane crashed into a house Wednesday in Indonesia’s East Java province — the latest in a series of accidents involving the country’s air force. Air Force Chief Marshal … Continued
Myanmar welcomes first democratic gov’t in 50 years
By Kyaw Ye Lynn NAY PYI TAW (AA) – Almost three months after the National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory in Myanmar’s national elections, its members finally took their seats in parliament Monday — row upon … Continued
Thailand: Muslim HR appointee raises plight of disappeared
By Max Constant BANGKOK (AA) – Twelve years after her husband was forced into a waiting car, never to be seen again, a newly elected Muslim member of Thailand’s human rights commission says she has made the fight against such … Continued
Indonesia: Quake kills 1, injures 22 in Maluku islands
By Ainur Rohmah JAKRTA (AA) – An earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Maluku islands has left at least one person dead and 22 others injured in Buru, where hundreds were displaced as residents continued feeling aftershocks the following day. Sutopo Purwo … Continued
Malaysian police nab suicide bomber hours before attack
By P Prem Kumar KUALA LUMPUR (AA) — Malaysian police say they have nabbed a suspected Daesh-linked militant in capital Kuala Lumpur, just hours before a planned suicide attack. Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement Saturday … Continued
Indonesia: 7 dead in blasts at Jakarta shopping center
By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA): Indonesian police confirmed Thursday that at least seven people were killed after multiple explosions rocked a popular shopping center in Jakarta. Anton Charliyan, National Police spokesperson, was quoted by news broadcaster Kompas as saying … Continued
Cambodia: Khmer Rouge beheaded Muslim captives
By Lauren Crothers PHNOM PENH (AA) – A Muslim witness has told Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge tribunal how captives pleaded with members of the dystopian regime not to rape them before they were brutally beheaded and tossed in a shallow pit. Testifying … Continued
Myanmar authorities ban mosque’s jubilee celebrations
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Authorities have banned a mosque on the outskirts of commercial capital Yangon from celebrating its platinum jubilee on Monday, following complaints from the country’s firebrand nationalist monk Wirathu. A caretaker at the mosque told Anadolu Agency by phone that Muslim followers had planned … Continued
Indonesia: Up to 55 bodies found from sunken boat
By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA) – Up to 55 bodies have been recovered after a passenger boat sank off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi over the weekend, leaving more than 20 people still missing, according to officials Thursday. A spokesperson … Continued
Thailand: Blast injures 7 Thai soldiers in Patani
By CS Thana BANGKOK (AA) – Seven Thai soldiers have been injured in an overnight bomb attack in an insurgency-plagued province in the Muslim south, local media reported Wednesday. Seven soldiers were injured after a bomb planted near their … Continued
Indonesia: More than 70 still missing after boat sinks
By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA) – Indonesia teams continued searching Monday for more than 70 people missing after a passenger boat sank off southern Sulawesi island. A total of 39 people have been rescued and three found dead since … Continued
Indonesia: 20 rescued, 2 dead after boat sinks
By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA) – At least 20 people have been rescued and two confirmed dead after a passenger boat carrying more than 115 people sank after encountering large waves in waters off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. Israel, a … Continued
Thailand: Muslim Thai officer killed in blast at cemetery
By CS Thana BANGKOK (AA): A Thai army officer was killed and his father seriously wounded Sunday morning when a bomb went off at a cemetery in the country’s insurgency-plagued Muslim south. A police official in Yala province who … Continued
Myanmar gov’t accused of denying 12 Muslims fair trial
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): An international human rights organization has slammed the Myanmar government for denying fair trial to 12 Muslim men accused of receiving training from a so-called “Myanmar Muslim Army”. Defense lawyers for the men along with security experts … Continued
Indonesia: 18 people die as train smashes into bus
By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA) – A commuter train has smashed into a minibus on a level crossing in Indonesia’s capital leaving 18 people dead. Jakarta Police Senior Commissioner Musyafak told Kompas.com that all of those who lost their lives Sunday were on the bus, while six other passengers … Continued
Myanmar rejects campaign to strip Muslims of citizenship
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA) – Myanmar’s deputy immigration minister has rejected an appeal by nationalists to strip hundreds of Muslims of citizenship, local media reported Wednesday, marking a rare show of government defiance of Buddhist hardliners. Just over 200 Muslims … Continued
Indonesia: Motorbike taxis launched for Muslim women
By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA, (AA): A new motorcycle-taxi service has been launched in Indonesia to cater to Muslim women who have reservations about riding with men they are not married to, while also helping those fed up with sexual harassment … 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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