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By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): Fast-food chain McDonald’s apologized after a video surfaced Friday on Twitter of a 19-year-old Muslim student being refused entry because of her headscarf. The video, posted by a friend of the woman who preferred to remain anonymous, shows a security guard asking her to remove her hijab. She […]

10th Jul 2017

UK: Suspect arrested in ‘Islamophobic’ acid attack

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): A male suspect has been arrested in connection to an acid attack on two Muslims, according to a statement Sunday by Metropolitan Police. John Tomlin, 24, “handed himself into an east London police station and was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent,” the statement said. […]

10th Jul 2017

UK: Massive fire engulfs Camden Lock Market in north London

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): More than 70 firefighters responded to a huge fire at the famous Camden Market early Monday morning, the city’s fire brigade said. The fire has been brought under control. London Fire Brigade asked public to avoid the area and roads are closed. Metropolitan Police said firefighters were already […]

6th Jul 2017

UK: Vigil held to protest Islamophobic attacks

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): A group of activists held a vigil Wednesday in the British capital to support the victims of the most recent anti-Muslim attacks in the U.K. Stand Up To Racism held the vigil in Stratford, east London, to show “solidarity” with the victims of an acid attack “and the […]

26th Jun 2017

UK: Police battle violent protesters in East London

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): Riot police responded late Sunday to a violent protest as demonstrators erected barricades and set fires to roads near the Forest Gate police station. The disturbance followed a Black Lives Matter protest after the death of Edir Frederico Da Costa (Edson) six days after he was arrested by […]

19th Jun 2017

UK: Muslim Welfare House terror attack: Man dies as van ploughs into worshippers

By Elham Asaad Buaras London, (The Muslim News): A man has died and 10 people have been injured after white van ploughed 11 worshippers leaving a Muslim Welfare House in north London, in what Metropolitan police have called a Terrorist attack The Metropolitan Police said eight people had been taken to hospital after […]

15th Jun 2017

UK: Death toll rises to 12 in London residential block fire

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): The death toll in a massive blaze which destroyed a residential tower block in London on Wednesday morning has climbed to 12, police said. Witnesses reported that if it wasn’t for the Muslims who were the first ones to have arrived to the fire scene, many more people […]

14th Jun 2017

UK: Huge blaze in London apartment block claims six lives

LONDON (AA & The Muslim News): London’s senior fire fighter has said there has been fatalities from a huge fire which ripped through a 27-story apartment block in the U.K. capital overnight. Six people have died, the number is expected to rise. Local mosques and churches have opened their doors to those affected by the […]

6th Jun 2017

US: Congressman calls on “all of Christendom” to kill every “radicalized Islamic suspect”

NEW YORK (AA) – Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins on Sunday posted a hateful Facebook message calling on “all of Christendom” to kill every “radicalized Islamic suspect”. “The free world… all of Christendom… is at war with Islamic horror,” Higgins wrote on the popular social media platform. https://www.facebook.com/captclayhiggins/photos/a.655256107910738.1073741829.581436541959362/997878010315211/?type=3&theater “Not one penny of American treasure should be […]

4th Jun 2017

UK: Six killed, 48 injured in terror attacks on London Bridge, Borough Market

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA, & The Muslim News): At least six people were killed in in attacks late Saturday as a van mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge before attackers then stabbed victims at nearby Borough Market. According to the police, the terrorists word fake suicide vests. Health officials said at least […]

28th Apr 2017

UK: Woman shot, 4 arrested in terror raids

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): Police officers shot one woman and detained 4 other individuals Thursday evening in anti-terror raids in London and Kent, according to police. Officers say the operation was not connected to the earlier arrest of a man near Parliament. The woman in her twenties was shot after officers entered […]

30th Mar 2017

UK: Hundreds show unity in Westminster Bridge vigil

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): Hundreds of people came together on London’s Westminster Bridge to hold a minute of silence to remember the victims of last week’s terror attack that killed 4 people. Representatives of police, emergency workers and communities from different religious background met on the bridge to condemn terrorism and laid […]

26th Mar 2017

UK: London terror attack suspect acted alone says police

By Inci Gundag LONDON (AA): London police late Saturday said the suspect appeared to have acted alone in Wednesday’s terror attack outside the U.K. parliament that killed four people and injured dozens. Neil Basu, deputy assistant Metropolitan police commissioner, said the attack lasted a mere 82 seconds before Khalid Masood was shot to death. […]

27th Mar 2017

UK: WINNERS: The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2017

UK: The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event was held 27 March 2017 in London to acknoweldge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society. Alhambra Award for Excellence in ARTS: For achievement in the fine art, performing art or architecture. Winner: Shahida Ahmed Presented by: Rt. Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of […]

24th Mar 2017

UK: Thousands hold vigil for London terror victims

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): Thousands of mourners filled Trafalgar Square on Thursday for a vigil for the victims killed in a terror attack in the British capital the previous day. MPs and members of the Metropolitan Police were among those who held lit candles in honor of the victims. Amongst those remembered […]

23rd Mar 2017

UK: 5 die, assailant killed in Westminster ‘terror attack’

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA):- At least five people were killed Wednesday and 40 others injured in a terror attack in U.K.’s capital, British police confirmed. Several people have been arrested linked to the Westminster terror attack in a raid in Edgebaston, Birmingham. The car involved in the attack was hired in Birmingham. […]

5th Feb 2017

UK: Thousands march in London to protest Trump Muslim ban

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): Thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in front of the U.S. Embassy in London to protest a travel ban introduced on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees. Approximately 10,000 people marched from the embassy to 10 Downing Street where the U.K. government offices are to also protest Prime […]

13th Dec 2016

UK: Man shouts ‘I want to kill a Muslim’ in London assault

LONDON (AA): A man was shouting “I want to kill Muslims” as he stabbed another man at a London railway station, reported local media citing various witnesses. The suspected aggressor was arrested at Forest Hill railway station in south-east London on Monday, . According to the witnesses cited by the media and social media, the […]

8th Dec 2016

UK: Turkish restaurateurs helping London’s homeless

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): Serdar Kigili, a Turkish restaurateur in the quiet London suburb of Sidcup, never thought his heartfelt gesture for the area’s elderly and homeless over Christmas would attract a worldwide reaction. Kigili and his business partner Tacettin Genc have become two of the most sought-after Turkish businessmen in the […]

25th Nov 2016

UK: UN urged to press Myanmar over Rohingya crackdown

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar (AA): A United Kingdom-based Rohingya organization has called on the United Nations and international community for urgent action in pressing Myanmar’s government to lift all restrictions on humanitarian aid in western Rakhine State. Maungdaw Township in the troubled state’s north has been under military lockdown since Oct. 9 […]

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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.