India: Calls for Muslim genocide the new norm

Muslims across India are facing escalating incidents of persecution and intolerance. Fuelled by the Karnataka High Court’s hijab ban in March the rise anti-Muslim sentiment is at an all time high.

Issue 396

Editorial: Is India exempt from human rights abuses?

Boris Johnson is prioritizing trade deals with India over confronting Narendra Modi's genocidal anti-Muslim Hindu nationalist agenda

Editorial: No winners in the Ukraine war

The West's responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine demonstrate staggering levels of moral hypocrisy that places preserving the current world order ahead of achieving peace.

Editorial: Employment tribunals fail to recognise terrorist abuse of ‘Allāhu Akbar’

A recent ruling by an Employment Tribunal over the misuse of ‘Allāhu ʾAkbar’ essentially validates terrorists’ assertions of religious motivation and legitimises their claim that their heinous acts are sanctioned in Islam.

In conversation with Fatima Sheriff, University Challenge winner

Fatima Sheriff, a Master’s student from Imperial College, won the 51st University Challenge TV show along with her teammates, Max Zeng, Michael Mays, and Gilbert Jackson,

Eid messages from the UK’s political leaders

Eid messages from Leaders of Labour Party, Lib-Dems, the SNP the First Minister of Wales and the Mayor of London, exclusively to The Muslim News

Finsbury Park Mosque hosts annual iftar at Emirates Stadium

Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn congratulated Finsbury Park Mosque on hosting its annual iftar at Arsenal FC's Emirates Stadium,

Big Iftar at Parliament

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims organised ‘The Big Iftar’ earlier this month, with the fast-breaking taking place in the State Rooms of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

Project to save single-use plastic during Ramadan

A pioneering project was launched during Ramadan to reduce single-use plastic at Muslim community events while breaking fast to save up to seven tonnes of waste in the southwest of England.

Muslim MP “racially profiled” by police twice on same day at Westminster

Scotland’s only Muslim MP was stopped by police officers on Westminster’s Parliamentary estate twice in one day while wearing a traditional Pakistani dress.

Mosque worshippers set upon by sticks and bottles wielding gang

Two Muslim worshippers were injured in a racially aggravated assault at around 9 pm on April 19 outside the Sri Lankan Muslim Centre (SLMC), aka Masjid Bilal, in East Ham, East London.

US Supreme Court rules in favour of FBI in Californian Muslims spying case

The US Supreme Court ruled in favour of the FBI in a case involving claims of discrimination by three Californian Muslims who claimed the agency was unlawfully spying on them after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Shooting range bans hijab-wearing women

The dress code of a Missouri-based gun range that forbids Muslim women from using the range unless they remove their hijabs is discriminatory, the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Kansas claimed in a federal suit.

Man charged with attack on Muslim family near Edmonton mosque

A 34-year-old Canadian man has been charged with spitting on and punching a car occupied by a Muslim woman and her children in Edmonton, Alberta.

US Muslim students face high levels of Islamophobic bullying – report

Islamophobia in US public schools is a prevalent and ongoing problem, according to a recent report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Coverage of Ukraine war is racist, says WHO chief

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has criticised the global media attention focused overwhelmingly on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, implying it was racist

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence: Exceptional Covid Response Award

Our readers nominated them en masse, and our distinguished independent panel of judges deliberated over the list. We proudly present the shortlist for The Muslim News Exceptional Covid Response Award,

Man United star Pogba slams Hindu mob for harassing Muslim girls

Manchester United’s French star, Paul Labile Pogba, 28, has expressed solidarity with hijab-clad Muslim students in Karnataka, India.

Terrorist assassin sentenced ‘to die in prison’ for murder of MP

Ali Harbi Ali has been handed a whole-life tariff after being convicted at the Old Bailey court for murdering Conservative MP Sir David Amess

UK announces its first own sanctions against Bosnian Serb separatists

The British Government has imposed sanctions against two Bosnian Serb leaders for undermining peace and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the wider Balkans region.

COVID-19 deaths remain highest among Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups

Patterns in rates of deaths involving COVID-19 have remained by far the most severe among ethnic Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities in the UK since Omicron became the new variant this year.

Latest UN climate assessment calls for urgency but seems to fall on deaf ears

The third installment of the UN’s 6th Assessment of Climate Change, entitled “Mitigation of Climate Change,” was published earlier this month.

Fears of COVID-19 disruption for summer exams

Teachers have raised concerns that the levels of absences of both pupils and staff threaten to impact exam grades.

Legal Corner: ‘Allahu Akbar’ security test did not amount to harassment of Muslim employee

Muslim train driver loses religious discrimination claim after suing security firm working for Heathrow Express that used fake bomb daubed with words 'Allahu Akbar' as part of training exercise

Book Review: Let the music play on

The Awakening of Islamic Pop Music by Jonas Otterbeck, Edinburgh University Press, 2021, 224 Pages, HB. £75

Dr Fikret Karčić: the loss of a prominent Bosniak Muslim scholar

Prominent Bosniak scholar and author, Professor Fikret Karčić passed away on March 16, due to COVID-19 complications at 67

Poets Corner: A Mother in Palestine

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England favoured in relatively easy World Cup draw

England have been favoured with a relatively easy set of opening FIFA World Cup games, uncommonly slated towards the end of 2022 due to the heat in Qatar

Countdown winner much-needed Muslim representation

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Glaring indifference to anti-Muslim hatred in India

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