Tunisia: Tunisian preacher stirs controversy over verses regarding ‘coup’
‘News is not good’: Rushdie’s agent says after author attacked on stage in New York
Greece: Dep Speaker of Parliament advocates ‘necessity’ of spying on country’s Turkish Muslim MPs
Jammu & Kashmir: 3 Indian soldiers, 2 Kashmiri militants killed in shoot-out
Palestine: Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank
Afghanistan: 8 killed, 18 injured in ISIS bombing at Muharram gathering
Palestine: 44 Palestinians killed incl 15 children by Israeli bombing of Gaza civilian areas
Palestine: 29 Palestinians killed, incl 6 children by Israeli indiscriminate bombing in Gaza
Palestine: Israel bombs Gaza in unprovoked attack killing 15 incl 5-year-old child
Morocco, Israel agree to enhance security cooperation
UN blames Israel’s ‘coercive measures’ for Palestinian displacements
French gov’t takes flak over deportation decision against well-known imam
Palestine: Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank
Lebanon: Hezbollah warns Israeli gas drilling vessels within range of its missiles
Bangladeshi nationals easy targets of human trafficking gangs
Pakistan: 25 killed in rain-related accidents in 2 days as monsoon wreaks havoc
Palestine: Israeli settlers seize Palestinian home in Hebron
Somalia: Bomb blasts by Al-Shabaab in the south kill 20
Kenya: Muslim group demanding sacking of Kenyan minister for remarks to hijabi Muslim journalist
By Awad Rajoub RAMALLAH (AA): The Israeli army on Thursday demolished a mosque north of the occupied West Bank, according to a local official. Suleiman Dawabsheh, head of the local council in Douma, a village south of Nablus, said … Continued
By Mehmet Alaca, Bilal Guler, Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat, and S. K. Khan KANDAHAR/KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The death toll from a bomb blast that hit a Shia Muslim mosque in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province during Friday prayers rose to 47, … Continued
By James Tasamba KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): At least 10 people were killed when suspected terrorists attacked a mosque in western Niger, the country’s defense minister said Wednesday. The attack took place Monday in the village of Tizigorou in a … Continued
By Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI (AA): An old village in India continues to defy the rising tide of religious polarization in the country, taking another step to further its legacy of communal harmony by building a mosque for its … Continued
By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): France’s interior minister directed law enforcement agencies Sunday to step up vigilance around Muslim places of worship in the country and condemned the defacing of an Islamic center with hateful graffiti as “unacceptable.” “The … Continued
By Alyssa McMurtry OVIEDO, Spain (AA): Residents and officials in the small Spanish town of San Javier, Murcia have condemned a violent attack against a mosque that took place early Sunday morning. According to local media, at around 4 … Continued
By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): French Muslim organizations on Tuesday strongly condemned vandalism of an under-construction mosque in Strasbourg with Islamophobic graffiti. The words, “No to Islam, go back to your village” were sprayed across the fence on the … Continued
By Esat Firat JERUSALEM (AA): Palestine’s acting minister of religious affairs condemned Israel’s demolition of a mosque Wednesday in the Bedouin community of Azwadeen, east of Yatta city, south of Hebron, occupied West Bank. “This is a crime and … Continued
By Hamdi Yildiz GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes in the blockaded Gaza Strip, local sources said early Saturday. Sources in Gaza said the air force hit the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and the Deir al-Balah … Continued
By Alaattin Dogru PARIS (AA): A mosque in Vernon district in northern France received a threatening notice Tuesday, according to a post on Twitter by the Islam & Info website. The notice, left in the mosque’s mailbox, contained death … Continued
By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): A Toronto mosque remained closed Tuesday after receiving violent threats as police investigate the incident. “The threats specifically contained a promise that guns had been procured to ‘do a Christchurch all over again,” … Continued
By Fatima Abu Sbeitan JERUSALEM (AA): Dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Sunday in celebration of the Jewish New Year. In a statement, the Jerusalem Awqaf Department said 76 settlers backed … Continued
By AbdelRaouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Israel on Monday issued a demolition order for a mosque in the town of Silwan in east Jerusalem for “lack of a construction permit,” according to local residents. Israeli authorities gave the curators of … Continued
By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least 12 people died and more than 40 are in critical condition after suspected air conditioner explosions during Friday night prayers at a mosque near Bangladesh’s capital, officials said. A 7-year-boy and … Continued
By Jeyhun Aliyev (AA): The four-day sentencing hearing of the terrorist responsible for the Christchurch mosque attacks, the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s modern history, began Monday morning, according to a local daily. Brenton Tarrant, 29, an Australian … Continued
By Kaan Bozdogan, Sefa Mutlu, and Berk Ozkan ISTANBUL (AA):- Friday’s historic prayers in Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Mosque marked the first acts of worship there in 86 years. Thousands of people took part in the traditional Friday (Jum’a) prayers … Continued
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 … Continued
By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A blast inside a mosque during Friday prayer killed at least four people and wounded eight in the Afghan capital Kabul, an official confirmed. Tariq Aryan, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told … Continued
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal (AA) :An 84-year-old man has been arrested after he shot and wounded two people at a mosque in the southern French city of Bayonne on Monday, local media reported. Former soldier and candidate for France’s … Continued
By Ayhan Şimşek BERLIN (AA): A neo-Nazi who killed two people in eastern Germany Wednesday originally planned to storm a mosque, according to a manifesto apparently written by him and posted online. Stephan Balliet, 27, tried to enter a synagogue … Continued
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.