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Italy’s far-right Deputy PM Matteo Salvini pictured here during a 30th-anniversary celebration of the Lega Nord Party in 2015 has lobbied for the closure of all Mosques (Photo: Fabio Visconti/Creative Commons) Aqila Mumthaz A Muslim group’s attempt to work around the rules that stop them from building a mosque chose instead to convert a former […]

23rd Feb 2018

Trainee lawyer ejected from court for refusing to remove hijab

Nadine Osman A trainee lawyer spoke of her humiliation after a judge kicked her out of a court in Italy for refusing to remove her hijab. At a hearing in Regional Administrative Court in Bologna, earlier this month, Moroccan-born Asmae Belfakir was given an ultimatum by Judge Giancarlo Mozzarelli to either remove her hijab or […]

30th Dec 2016

Marrakech conference committing to climate change action plans after Paris

UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa, 2nd left, and Morocco’s Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, centre, celebrate after the proclamation of Marrakech, at the COP22 climate change conference, in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 17 (Photo: UNFCCC) Last month, dozens of world leaders convened to discuss the next steps to the historic Paris Climate Agreement, signed one year […]

29th Apr 2016

Eritrean taken off flight ‘because another passenger didn’t feel safe’

Nadine Osman A British man of Eritrean descent was ushered off a London bound easyJet flight by armed police because another passenger “didn’t feel safe”. Meghary Yemane-Tesfagiorgis from London was in his seat as the plane sat on the tarmac awaiting take-off, but he was taken off for questioning instead of carrying on from Rome’s Fiumicino […]

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.