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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seen here with China’s President Xi Jinping in 2016 has cemented a $10 billion deal for a refining and petrochemical complex in China last month (Photo: Pool/Bandar Algaloud/Anadolu Agency) Meng Yihua Turkey recently broke its long-held silence to finally speak out against the Chinese Government’s treatment of the […]

25th Jan 2019

UN calls for release of top Bahraini activist

Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab (Photo: Hambina/WikiCommons) Elham Asaad Buaras The UN on January 4 called for the release of the prominent Bahraini activist and opposition leader Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab after he lost his appeal against a 5 years prison sentence on New Year’s eve for tweeting criticism of the Yemen war. UN Human Rights […]

28th Dec 2018

Number of people killed in Yemen six times greater than reported

Nadine Osman The long-awaited United Nations announcement that Yemen’s warring factions had agreed on a ceasefire has been dampened by the shocking news that the number of people killed in the conflict stands at over 60,000 and not the 10,000 official figure widely reported. Addressing the end of peace talks hosted at Rimbo, Sweden, on […]

26th Oct 2018

Saudis under pressure over disappearance of journalist

Jamal Khashoggi (Photo: April Brady/Project on Middle East Democracy/Creative Commons) Hamed Chapman In his usual contradicting manner, US President, Donald Trump, threatened “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia was guilty of state-sponsored murder following the disappearance of its former advisor Jamal Khashoggi before remembering how important the country’s arms exports were to the Kingdom. The Kingdom […]

29th Sep 2017

Saudi-led coalition of accused evading legal liability on Yemen airstrikes

Civilian buildings destroyed by Saudi-led coalition, Yemen Sana’a, October 2015 (Photo: Almigdad Mojalli/VOA/Creative Commons) Harun Nasrullah Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Saudi-led coalition of evading international legal liability by refusing to present information on their role in alleged unlawful airstrikes in Yemen. On September 8, HRW reported that none of the current or […]

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.