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Prejudices exist in a wide variety of forms that affect the everyday lives of millions and millions of people in adverse ways across the globe. They shape what the targets of prejudice think about the world and life in general. Negative opinions are formed beforehand and in advance of any knowledge, thought or reason. Like […]

26th Oct 2018

Hate crimes against Muslims soar

Hamed Chapman Religious hate crime in England and Wales has soared by a massive 40 per cent in the past 12 months, with recorded offences hitting a record high and more than half committed against Muslims. Statistics released by the Home Office show that the overall number of recorded hate crimes altogether rose 17 per […]

29th Jun 2018

Leeds mosque and gurdwara targeted in arson attack

Elham Asaad Buaras Two early-morning arson attacks on a mosque and gurdwara [Sikh place of worship] in Leeds on June 5 are being treated as hate crimes by police. West Yorkshire Police was called to the Jamia Masjid Abu Huraira Mosque in Beeston, where the main door had been set on fire in the early […]

29th Mar 2018

Not enough being done to combat rising tide of Islamophobia

Month after month, the pages of this paper are filled with harrowing reports on the rising tide of Islamophobia sweeping this country. The number of Anti-Muslim hate crimes has surged by 40%, with 1,678 incidents reported in London alone in the year up to January 2018. Despite the spike in attacks, there has been […]

25th Nov 2016

Trump victory sparks widespread condemnation

Not long after the US presidential election results were announced on November 9, thousands of students in Los Angeles and San Francisco staged walkouts to express their dislike for the new President-elect, Donald Trump.

24th Mar 2016

Islamophobes jailed for 46 years for murder of pensioner

Dale Jones and Damien Hunt, both 30 and from Rotherham, South Yorkshire were found guilty of the unprovoked killing of 81 year old Mushin Ahmed (Photo: South Yorkshire Police) Elham Asaad Buaras Two men have been jailed for killing a Muslim pensioner as he walked to morning prayers. Dale Jones and Damien Hunt, both 30 […]

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.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.