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By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): 200 strong A Hindu mob ransacked a mosque, attacked Muslims offering prayers, and threatened them with expulsion from their village in the northern Indian state of Haryana, a police official said on Thursday. Police have started an investigation based on the complaint of Subedar Nazar Mohammed, but no […]

29th Sep 2022

France to close another mosque, bringing total mosques closed 24

By Alaattin Dogru PARIS (AA): France announced it will close another mosque, accusing the imam of being radicalized, according to media reports Wednesday. The Interior Ministry has started the process of closing the Obernai Mosque in the Bas-Rhin area, according to French BFM TV and Le Figaro. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter […]

21st Sep 2022

Jammu & Kashmir: Muslim students singing Hindu religious song unwillingly stirs controversy

By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): A Hindu religious song by Muslim students singing unwillingly at a government school in Indian-administered Kashmir stirred controversy, prompting Muslim clerics to strongly object and call the act intolerable. Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema, or United Council of Clerics, an umbrella organization representing dozens of religious organizations of all […]

16th Sep 2022

Canada: Human rights chief to not resign for alleged Islamophobia comments

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): The human rights commissioner of a Canadian province refused to resign Thursday for alleged Islamophobia remarks despite being told to do so by his boss. More than two dozen Muslim groups wrote a letter on Sept. 12 and asked Alberta Minister of Justice Tyler Shandro to fire human rights […]

13th Sep 2022

India: Indian court upholds Hindus’ petition seeking to worship in Gyanvapi Mosque

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): An Indian court on Monday admitted a petition to hear a group of Hindus to allow them to pray inside a historic 17th-century Gyanvapi Mosque in the ancient city of Varanasi. Gyanvapi Mosque, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple, has been at the center of an ongoing legal […]

9th Sep 2022

Swedish far-right politicians exposed for wanting to ‘eradicate’ Muslims

By Leila Nezirevic STOCKHOLM (AA): Swedish far-right politicians participating in this year’s elections have been exposed for wanting to eradicate Muslims and “blackheads,” a derogatory term for Black people. Anti-racist magazine Expo, along with news outlet, Expressen, revealed Thursday right-wing candidates who also openly share tribute to Nazis. Sweden Democrats (SD) politician Björn Halldin […]

1st Sep 2022

French Muslims tracked by intelligence forces over political opinions

By Umit Donmez PARIS (AA): Several French Muslim personalities have been tracked and listed by French intelligence for their political opinions, be they supposed or real. This was revealed in an article published on Tuesday by Europe 1 radio channel, reporting that it had obtained a “confidential note from French territorial intelligence.” According to […]

23rd Aug 2022

India: Lawmaker held for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad

By Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI (AA): A Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker was arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad, which sparked large protests in Hyderabad city in India’s Telangana state on Monday night. According to Hyderabad police, Thakur Raja Singh, the BJP member of the state Legislative Assembly, was arrested […]

3rd Aug 2022

French gov’t takes flak over deportation decision against well-known imam

By Feiza Ben Mohamed NICE, France (AA): Several organizations and mosques in France are leading criticism of an Interior Ministry decision to deport well-known Imam Hassan Iquioussen. A preacher and member of the Union of Islamic Organizations of France (UOIF), Iquioussen faces expulsion after authorities refused “unjustly” to renew his residence permit and has […]

27th Jul 2022

Kenya: Muslim group demanding sacking of Kenyan minister for remarks to hijabi Muslim journalist

By Andrew Wasike NAIROBI, Kenya (AA): Kenyans online joined the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) on Tuesday in condemning comments by Education Minister George Magoha for “al-Shabaab” remarks to a hijab wearing Muslim female journalist. SUPKEM has called for the immediate sacking of Magoha. Magoha was speaking to the media when, in response to […]

21st Jul 2022

Uganda: Muslim women complain about being forced to remove veils

By Godfrey KAMPALA, Uganda (AA): Muslim women in Uganda complained in parliament Wednesday, saying they are being forced to remove their veils before getting services. The women said that apart from being forced to remove veils before being photographed at passport offices, some schools force female students to remove their veils. Female MP for the […]

11th Jul 2022

Germany: Woman wearing headscarf attacked in Berlin

By Ahmet Gencturk ANKARA, Turkey (AA): A woman wearing a headscarf was assaulted in Berlin, with her head covering torn off, local media reported on Saturday. A 37-year-old attacker is said to have torn off the headscarf of the victim, 39, and hit her head and upper body, said the daily Der Tagesspiegel. The attack […]

11th Jun 2022

Germany: Over 800 mosques attacked in Germany since 2014

BERLIN (AA): More than 800 mosques in Germany have been the targets of threats and attacks since 2014, but in most of the cases, crimes were not properly investigated, according to Brandeilig, an initiative of rights group FAIR International. The group, which has founded Germany’s first reporting center for attacks on mosques, recorded nearly 840 […]

10th Jun 2022

Council of Europe urges Denmark to address anti-Muslim discrimination, racism

By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance on Thursday called on Denmark to urgently address anti-Muslim discrimination and racism against minorities and stop forced evictions of immigrant families. In a monitoring report, the commission urged Danish authorities to introduce a national action plan against racism on a priority basis […]

9th Jun 2022

Indian courts should ensure end to ‘selective’ Muslim property demolition drives

By Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI (AA): Lawyers and Muslim leaders in India have urged the country’s judiciary to put an end to the exercises carried out by the authorities to bulldoze houses or properties belonging to Muslims. Last month after an angry mob torched a police station in the northeastern state of Assam, the authorities […]

6th Jun 2022

India: Qatar, Kuwait, Iran summon Indian envoys over insulting remarks on Prophet

By Ali Abo Rezeg and Muhammed Semiz ANKARA / ISTANBUL (AA): Qatar, Kuwait and Iran summoned the Indian envoys on Sunday over insulting remarks on Prophet Muhammad by a spokesperson of India’s ruling party. In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said it summoned the Indian envoy to voice “disappointment of Qatar and its […]

7th Jun 2022

Austria: Mosque suffers Islamophobic attack

By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): A mosque in n Sollenau municipality, Austria, was subjected to an Islamophobic and racist attack on Monday. The words “Go back home” were written on the walls of the Yesil Mosque in Lower Austria by an unidentified individual who entered the area without permission, according to mosque officials. Turkey’s […]

3rd Jun 2022

Austria: Over 1,000 anti-Muslim attacks reported in 2021

By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): Austria saw 1,061 incidents of anti-Muslim racism and Islamophobia last year, according to a new report released on Thursday. According to the 2021 Report on Anti-Muslim Racism released by the Austrian Documentation and Counseling Center for Muslims (Dokustelle Osterreich), the majority of the attacks took place on digital platforms as […]

23rd May 2022

India: Hindu right-wing claims on monuments, historic mosques raise fears

By Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI (AA): A campaign by the Hindu right-wing groups to claim Mughal era monuments and historic mosques has raised a wave of concern among minorities, historians, and archaeologists across India. Recently a functionary of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajneesh Singh approached a court requesting a directive to the […]

19th May 2022

France: Minister calls for ban of burkini

By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): Grenoble city’s decision to allow women to wear the head-to-toe swimming costume burkini in municipal swimming pools has set off a heated controversy in France, with the government deeming the authorization “provocative.” However, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin Tuesday objected to the authorization of burkinis – worn by some Muslim […]

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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.