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By Necva Tastan ISTANBUL (AA): Muslim groups in Australia have expressed concern over a bill prohibiting the use of the terrorist group Daesh/ISIS symbol, which contains Islamic words in its flag insignia, fearing that local authorities may misinterpret it and cause problems for innocent people. Prior to introducing the bill, the government engaged in consultations […]

17th Feb 2023

Australia police say Dec shooting in Queensland was ‘religiously motivated terrorist attack’

ANKARA (AA): Australian police announced on Thursday that the attack on police in the northeastern state of Queensland in December 2022 was a terrorist attack motivated by Christian extremist ideology. Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford stated in a statement that Queensland’s Counter-Terrorism Investigative and Intelligence Unit had completed a thorough assessment of the perpetrators involved […]

12th Nov 2022

Australia: Muslim student forced by teacher to look at cartoon of Prophet Muhammad

By Sumeyye Dilara Dincer ANKARA, Turkey, (AA): A student in Australia was the victim of Islamophobia when her teacher forced students in her class to look at a cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad on October 14. The Victorian education department is investigating the incident. “My media teacher put this cartoon on television and then said […]

16th Sep 2021

Australia to acquire nuclear submarine fleet after forming defense pact with US, UK

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): Australia announced plans Wednesday to acquire a nuclear submarine fleet following the formation of a trilateral defense pact with the US and the UK as China becomes increasingly assertive in the Indo-Pacific. Each of the nations’ leaders maintained during a joint press conference announcing the formation of AUKUS that […]

10th Dec 2020

Australian charged for urging ‘murder of Muslims, Jews’

By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): An Australian man has been charged with terrorism-related offences as court documents revealed he allegedly called for murder of “non-whites, Jews and Muslims,” local media reported on Thursday. Australian Federal Police said in a statement that the man from the southern New South Wales city of Albury has “regularly used […]

19th Nov 2020

Afghans devastated by Australian troops’ killing civilians ‘for sport’

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Afghans have expressed outrage over the latest revelations that Australian special forces killed dozens of civilians ‘for sport’ as revealed in an official secret investigation commissioned by the Canberra government. Australian authorities on Thursday finally released probe details into at least 39 incidents of civilian killings by their […]

15th Sep 2016

Australian politician targets Muslims on parl’t return

By Jill Fraser MELBOURNE, (AA): A divisive right-wing politician has made her first speech to Australia’s parliament in 20 years, but whereas in 1998 Asians were the subject of her venom, Wednesday she targeted Muslims. The 62-year-old — who rose to prominence on an anti-immigration, anti-establishment, anti-free trade ticket — warned that Australia needed […]

21st Mar 2016

Australia: 50,000 protest against offshore detention

By Jill Fraser MELBOURNE (AA): Coordinated rallies in 16 cities and towns across Australia on Sunday attracted tens of thousands of people demanding that the government “stop the war on refugees”. Protesters, including church groups, community organizations, students, families and activists, marched in solidarity for “justice for refugees” and the end of offshore detention […]

10th Dec 2015

Australia: Ousted Australian PM slammed for anti-Islam comments

By Jill Fraser MELBOURNE, (AA) – Australian politicians and Muslim leaders have struck back at former Prime Minister Tony Abbott after he called on the West to proclaim its “superiority” over Islam, condemning how such views fuel extremism across the board. “Cultures are not all equal,” he wrote in an opinion piece for Sydney-based The Daily […]

23rd Nov 2015

Australia: Arrests, clashes at anti-Islam rallies across Australia

By Jill Fraser MELBOURNE (AA) – A surge of anti-Islam sentiment swept across Australia on Sunday as protesters waving placards displaying slogans screaming “Say No to Sharia Law” and “Halal is Extortion” attended rallies nationwide organized by far-right wing group Reclaim Australia and splinter group, LoveAustraliaOrLeave. Hundreds of anti and pro-Islam demonstrators faced off at marches in […]

5th Nov 2015

Australia: Report says race laws fail local Muslims

By Jill Fraser MELBOURNE (AA): A report released Thursday by the Australian Human Rights Commission reveals that the Racial Discrimination Act has only a “limited” ability to protect Australian Muslims, because “religious identity” is not covered under the act. Conversely, Australian Jews — along with Sikhs — are covered because the Federal Court has accepted they have a common “ethnic origin” and […]

19th Jul 2015

Australia: Anti-Islam protests continue

By Jill Fraser MELBOURNE, (AA):Hostility and anti-Islam sentiment erupted on Australian streets for a second day Sunday as rolling rallies continued across the country. On the streets of Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and many other places, anti-racism protesters again confronted right wing Islamophobes. The threat of violence was met with a strong uniformed police presence. In Sydney mounted officers […]

18th Jul 2015

Australian police break up fights at anti-Islam protest

By Jill Fraser MELBOURNE, (AA): Hundreds of police were deployed in Western Australia on Saturday to break up violent protests near Parliament House in Melbourne after demonstrators from a right wing anti-Islam group faced off against anti-racism groups. The pre-arranged demonstrations were the first expected by “Reclaim Australia” across Australia this weekend, as it continues to cite the wearing of the burqa, “Islamic extremism” and “fear that […]

12th Jun 2015

Australia: PM sidesteps accusations of paying off people smugglers

Australian Prime Minister Abbott [photo] as sidestepped accusations that officials paid the crew of a boat carrying 65 migrants to turn back to Indonesia. The move has been slammed by opposition parties and foreign governments. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has neither confirmed nor denied allegations that naval officials provided cash to the crew […]

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.