Palestine: Israeli forces attack worshippers inside Aqsa mosque
Egypt: Suicide bombing in Cairo leaves two dead
Austria: Muslim association in Vienna provides food to homeless
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
Myanmar: Suu Kyi warns against race, religious divisions
YANGON (AA): Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on voters Saturday not to be influenced by divisions over race and religion during her first visit to conflict-stricken Rakhine state in 15 years. However, she her and other parties … Continued
Cambodia PM warns Muslims of danger of return to past
By Lauren Crothers PHNOM PENH (AA): Cambodia’s leader has warned the country’s Muslim population of a dangerous return to the past if they don’t vote for his political party, in what has been seen as a very early move to court the Cham vote as he prepares for elections. The … Continued
Thailand: 3 shot dead in Muslim majority south
By CS Thana BANGKOK (AA): Three people have been shot dead by suspected insurgents in Thailand’s Muslim south, an official confirmed Sunday. An official from the army’s Internal Security Operations Command, who requested anonymity due to ongoing investigations, told Anadolu … Continued
Indonesia searches for missing small passenger plane
By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA): Indonesian rescue teams continued to search Saturday for a small passenger plane that went missing with 10 people on board, focusing on a mountainous area in eastern Sulawesi island. Brig. Gen. Ivan Ahmad Riski, … Continued
Cambodia: Muslim says Khmer Rouge threat forced her to deny Islam
By Lauren Crothers PHNOM PENH (AA): A Cham Muslim woman who took the stand at the Khmer Rouge tribunal Tuesday used her impact statement to describe the wide-ranging suffering inflicted upon her and other Muslims under Pol Pot’s dystopian regime. … Continued
Myanmar: Doubts mount about country’s election as Muslims excluded
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): Myanmar election officials have released the final list of candidates to stand in a highly anticipated general election on Nov. 8. However, more than a hundred including many Muslims were controversially excluded from the … Continued
Myanmar: Handful of Muslim candidates win appeal to run in election
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): Myanmar’s election commission has made a partial U-turn on its decision to bar dozens of Muslim candidates from a Nov. 8 ballot following pressure from several foreign governments, local media reported Friday. Eleven of … Continued
Myanmar: Muslim first to be charged under new religious laws
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): A Myanmar Muslim man faces up to seven years in prison on being the first to be charged under a set of religious laws passed recently after a campaign by ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks, local media reported Friday. … Continued
Thailand: Muslim leader shot dead in Pattani
By Max Constant BANGKOK (AA): A Muslim leader in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south who had survived a previous attack was shot dead Saturday in Pattani province, according to local media. Dormeng Benjaewan, the 76-year-old imam of the Payonok Mosque in Saiburi … Continued
Malaysia: Protesters rally to demand ouster of Malaysian PM
By P Prem Kumar KUALA LUMPUR (AA): Protesters are gathering in the center of Malaysia’s capital for a rally — already declared unlawful — demanding institutional reforms and the ouster of Prime Minister Najib Razak. While the protests organized by … Continued
Thailand: Tourists among 27 killed by bomb near Hindu shrine
By Max Constant BANGKOK (AA) – A powerful bomb that shook a Hindu sanctuary frequented by tourists in downtown Bangkok on Monday evening killed at least 27 people and injured 117 others, according to figures given by the Thai health ministry. Local media reported that many Chinese … Continued
Indonesia: All 54 bodies found in plane crash in Papua
By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA): Indonesian search teams have discovered the bodies of the 54 people on board a passenger plane that crashed in the mountains of eastern Papua. Major General Heronimus Guru, deputy of operations at the National Search … Continued
Indonesia: Plane carrying 54 crashes in Papua
By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA): Indonesian authorities say a plane that went missing earlier Sunday with 54 passengers on board has been found after it crashed into mountains in eastern Papua. The director general of air transportation, Budi Prasetyo, told a news conference … Continued
Thailand: Blast kills 1 Thai marine, injures 4 others in south
By CS Thana BANGKOK (AA): One Thai marine was killed and four others injured in a bombing Thursday morning in the insurgency-plagued south, an official confirmed. A Narathiwat provincial police officer told Anadolu Agency that the improvised explosive device … Continued
Myanmar: UN warns of increasing death toll in floods
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): Forecasters warned Sunday that heavy monsoon rains wreaking havoc across Myanmar are set to continue for at least the next two days as rescuers remained unable to reach many villages in the country’s worst-hit areas. … Continued
Thailand: Attack leaves 18 injured in Muslim south
By CS Thana BANGKOK (AA): Investigations are continuing into a violent attack by separatist insurgents in Thailand’s south that left almost 20 people injured, an official confirmed Saturday. Internal Security Operations Command spokesman Colonel Banphot Phunphien told Anadolu Agency that 18 people were injured in the … Continued
Thailand: 90 Uighur Muslims ‘sent back’ to China
[People walk at the streets of Kashgar city, in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on July 08, 2015. Mahmut Atanur/Anadolu Agency] By CS Thana and Max Constant BANGKOK (AA): The Thai government confirmed Thursday that it had deported 90 … Continued
Indonesia: 140 people killed in Sumatra air force crash
[Photo: Rescuers at the Indonesian air force crash in N Sumatara. Photo: Sutanta Aditya/Anadolu Agency] By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA): The day after an Indonesian Air Force plane ploughed into a residential area shortly after takeoff, search and rescue teams have removed 135 … Continued
Indonesia: Air force plane crash kills 5
[File Photo: Residents in a village in Karo district North Sumatra, Indonesia. Photographer: Kharisma Tarigan/AA] By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA) : An Indonesian air force plane crashed Tuesday in a residential area of North Sumatra province’s capital, leaving at least five people dead. … Continued
Indonesia to tackle touchy subject of quieter mosques
[Photo: Muslims perform first ‘Tarawih’ prayer on eve of Ramadan at Islamic Centre in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia, on June 17, 2015. Photo: Azwar/AA] By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA): The call to prayer may be music to the ears of the faithful, but in Indonesia some … 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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