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Palestine (Imemc and AA) Two Israeli Jewish settlers invaded the Church of the Tomb of the Virgin Mary, Gethsemane, in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday and attacked worshipers with a metal pipe, including hitting a clergyman with a metal pipe in the head. 107 Israeli Jewish settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque – the third holiest site […]

29th Mar 2021

Indonesia: 20 injured in church suicide attack

By Maria Elisa Hospita and Dandy Koswaraputra JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA): At least 20 people were injured in a suicide attack targeting a Catholic church on Indonesia’s South Sulawesi Island on Sunday, police said. The incident took place outside Makassar Cathedral Church in the city of Makassar at 10.28 a.m. local time (0328GMT) during a […]

11th Jul 2020

Turkey: Hagia Sophia to be open for all: Turkish president

By Ali Murat Alhas and Seda Sevencan ANKARA (AA): After completing all preparations, Turkey will open Hagia Sophia for worship on July 24 at Friday prayer, the Turkish president said on Friday. In an address to the nation, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered his remarks on the new status of Hagia Sophia — which […]

2nd Oct 2019

EU court rules to demolish illegal church in Bosnian Muslim woman’s garden

By Talha Ozturk and Vesna Besic BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled to demolish an unauthorized church built by Serbs at the garden of a Muslim Bosnian woman. Fata Orlovic, 77-year-old Bosnian grandmother, has been struggling for years to remove the illegally built Orthodox church in her garden […]

10th Nov 2017

Iraqi Muslims urge Christian neighbours to return home

By Serhad Shaker BAGHDAD (AA): Scores of young Iraqi Muslims have taken part in the restoration of the Middle East’s second largest church, urging their displaced Christian neighbors to return to their homes. “Dozens of young Muslim volunteers from the city of Mosul took part in the restoration of the Chaldean Catholic Church in […]

19th Nov 2016

Canadian police investigating hate graffiti at mosque

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Ont. (AA): Police in the capital of Ottawa are investigating after a mosque was spray-painted with hate words, Canadian media reported Friday. It is the fifth incident of racist graffiti in the past week. Police were called Friday after the words “[expletive] Allah” and a swastika were painted on the […]

13th Nov 2016

Indonesia: Blast outside church injures 4

By Ainur Rohmah TUBAN, (AA): Indonesian police have arrested a suspect following an explosion outside a church in East Kalimantan province that left four children injured. The police chief of provincial capital Samarinda told Anadolu Agency that they are questioning a 32-year-old man — identified by his initial J — on suspicion that he […]

10th Jun 2016

Pakistan: Muslims build church for Christian neighbours

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): In Pakistan’s northeastern Punjab province, Muslim villagers are raising funds to help their poor Christian neighbors build a church. The initiative was begun shortly before Easter by a group of Muslims from a village in Faisalabad, Pakistan’s textile-manufacturing hub. “There is a tiny Christian population in the village — […]

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.