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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) Over half a million people broke fast on the streets in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Friday in solidarity with the Muslim community, which is observing fast during the holy month of Ramadan. On the somber occasion, people chanted slogans and condemned the heinous attack, in which miscreants torched […]

8th May 2021

Palestine: 205 Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks across East Jerusalem

By Gulsen Topcu JERUSALEM (AA): The number injured rose to 205 in Israeli attacks late Friday at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Damascus Gate of the Old City and the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Eighty-eight were taken to hospitals in Jerusalem, while others were treated as outpatients, said a […]

29th Apr 2021

Pakistan: Ramadan: Roadside iftar resumes after a year break

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Sitting on a plastic mat on a stony footpath opposite the mausoleum of the country’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Khair-un-Nisa, together with dozens of other women, was awaiting for Maghrib adhan, Islamic sunset prayers call, to break her fast (iftar) as honking traffic passed by. Volunteers were placing […]

30th May 2019

Uganda: Muslim martyrs site to be established

By Godfrey Olukya KAMPALA, Uganda (AA): Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni promised the country’s Muslim community Wednesday that a Muslim martyrs’ site will be established at Namugongo. Namugongo, a township located 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from the nation’s capital, Kampala, is the site where in 1806 dozens of people who had just converted to […]

15th May 2019

Austria: Vienna mayor condemns racism, anti-Muslim sentiment

By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): The mayor of Austria’s capital city of Vienna condemned racism and discrimination in the country Tuesday, calling these types of agitation against Muslims worrying. Michael Ludwig said during an iftar or fast-breaking meal in Vienna that people in Austria should stand together against anti-Muslim agitation and Austrians should not […]

13th May 2019

Pakistan’s roadside iftar feeds thousands in Ramadan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): As the sun begins to fade in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, volunteers start fixing traditional delicacies and drinks on scores of tables at different points of Karachi’s main University Road. Others roll large plastic mats on the stony footpaths and fill them with food. Motorists pull […]

7th Jun 2018

Ethiopia: Out of prison, Muslim activist demands reforms

By Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA (AA): Moving clouds, wet winds, and the sound of the rain had darkened the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. It was 6 o’clock. The road leading to the Betel neighborhood where Abubakr Ahmed, a high-profile Muslim rights activist preacher lives, looks like a scene of staged confusion. Street lights go […]

16th Jul 2015

Turkish island gathers Muslims and Christians for iftar

CANAKKALE, Turkey (AA): Muslim and Christian Turkish citizens have gathered on Turkey’s Aegean Sea island of Gokceada on Wednesday for an iftar (breaking of fast) meal. The iftar, organized by the Gokceada Municipality was attended by around 3,000 people who were treated to a concert and a performance by Sufi whirling dervishes. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Gokceada District Governor Muhittin Gurel […]

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.