Enterprise minister vows to help community entrepreneurs at The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event

Business Minister, Kevin Hollinrake, pledged to ensure every British Muslim can start a business at The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event held on June 19.

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Editorial: Hui Muslims defy Chinese government demolition of mosques

Chinese Muslims continue to suffer in the country, owing mostly to Muslim-majority countries’ shameful complicity in national interests.

Editorial: Cultural Genocide of Muslims in India

The BJP-led Indian government is trying to erase any trace of the Mughal Empire and with-it Muslim legacy as it seeks to "other" its 200-million Muslim population in what has been dubbed “a cultural genocide.”

Eid messages from political leaders

Eid messages from the Prime Minister, Leader of Labour Party, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, the First Minister of Wales and the Mayor of London, exclusively to The Muslim New.s

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence: 2023 winners

The Muslim News is proud the announce the winners of the nineteenth The Muslim News Awards for Excellence.

In conversation with Lord Kamall, Tory Peer and former Cabinet member and MEP

In an interview with The Muslim News, Lord Kamall, a professor of politics and international relations at St. Mary’s University, spoke of his political convictions, and the significance of his role in the Coronation. He also addressed the persistent allegations of Islamophobia plaguing his party.

China: Armed riot police clash with Hui Muslims over ancient mosque demolition

Cranes arrived to demolish the minarets of the 14th-century Nàjiāyíng Mosque in Nagu, in China’s southern Yúnnán province, leading residents to gather to protect it.

Slashed food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh may force return to danger in Myanmar

The latest cuts in food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will pressurevulnerable community to return to dangerous conditions in Myanmar, warns Human Rights Watch.

Inflammatory government rhetoric on immigration fuels far right

The UK government’s inflammatory anti-migrant rhetoric and harmful press coverage are fuelling far-right activists online, according to new research by anti-hate campaigners. HOPE not HATE.

Erasure of Muslim legacy, rewriting history: BJP government’s attempt to safeguard India’s glorious past’

Critics argue that the renaming is to erase the Muslim legacy and exalt Hindu culture, Hindu identity, and Hindu nationalism. It is therefore aimed at disempowering Indian Muslims and further alienating them.

US Senate confirms highest-ranking Muslim official following two-year delay

The nomination of America’s highest-ranking Muslim official was confirmed on June 9, following more than two years of delays by Republicans.

Canada: ‘You don’t belong here’ teacher lambastes Muslim student for avoiding Pride Month

An audio clip of a teacher in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, accusing a Muslim student of not belonging in Canada for skipping his school’s Pride celebrations has gone viral earlier this month.

Anti-Muslim political rhetoric fuelling Germany’s unreported Islamophobic attacks

Rising anti-Muslim political rhetoric has fuelled distrust of authorities and increased the frequency of unreported Islamophobic attacks in Germany, according to a prominent Berlin-based Muslim community leader.

Mosques and Muslim homes targeted in Bosnia

Several Muslim-owned properties and a mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Čapljina City, which borders Croatia, were targeted earlier this month in a wave of Islamophobic attacks.

New Jersey: Anti-Muslim discrimination cases rose 46%

Anti-Muslim discrimination cases in New Jersey, US, increased by 46 per cent in 2022 from the previous year, according to a report released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on May 23.

Student sues professor for likening her hijab with swastika

A Muslim student filed a criminal complaint after her lecturer expelled her from a seminar for wearing a hijab before likening the attire to the swastika insignia, her lawyer announced on June 12.

Environment: Report finds climate financing lacks guidelines

Many projects developed countries funded and claimed to be climate financing had little or nothing to do with climate mitigation or adaptation efforts, according to a United Nations climate financing report.

Health & Science: Weekly weight loss injections trialled

A new trial to expand access to the weight-loss drug Wegovy is being launched in England. The trial will examine the impact the drug could have on obesity-related illnesses to reduce pressure on the NHS.

Legal Corner: Dismissed employee who believed in English nationalism fails in attempt to ‘protect’ his views

Regular readers of the Legal Corner may recall that a few years ago, I wrote a number of articles about individuals who tried to demonstrate their views were capable of amounting to a ‘philosophical belief’ for the Equality Act 2010.

Sport: Yorkshire County Cricket Club sign Muslim Athlete Charter

Yorkshire County Cricket Club has signed the Muslim Athlete Charter on June 9 in an illustration of its “commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion for all”.

Letter: Biased Bloom review

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Letter: Saudi Arabia needs more public involvement 

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