55 Palestinians killed, 186 injured in Gaza & 45 people killed by Israeli attacks in Lebanon
Israeli bombardment killed 96 Palestinians, injured 277 in Gaza & killed 60, injured 124 in Lebanon
Israeli forces killed 1,000 Palestinians last 3 wks in N Gaza & killed 21 people in Lebanon Sunday
Israeli army killed 77 Palestinians, injured 289 & killed 19 people, injured 108 in Lebanon
Israeli bombings killed 88 Palestinians in Gaza & killed 41 people, injured133 in Lebanon
Israeli IDF killed 55 Palestinians, injured 132 in Gaza & killed 28 people, injured 139 in Lebanon
Israeli forces killed 115 Palestinians, injured 487 in Lebanon & killed 63, injured 234 in Lebanon
Israel forces killed 36, injured 204 in Lebanon & killed 44, wounded 80 in Gaza
Israeli forces killed 62, injured 300 in Gaza & killed 5, several injured in Lebanon
Israeli forces killed 45, injured 179 in Lebanon & killed 29, injured 93 in Gaza
Obituary: Maulana Nadeem al-Wajidi, Islamic scholar, and some childhood memories
Israeli bombings killed 65, injured 140 in Gaza & killed 27, injured 185 in Lebanon
Israeli forces killed 55, injured 329 in Gaza & killed 41, injured 124 in Lebanon
Israeli forces killed 21, injured 92 people in Lebanon & killed 62, injured 220 Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli bombings killed 51, injured 274 in Lebanon & 52 Palestinians killed, 128 injured in Gaza
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Muslim officials in Myanmar jumped to the defense of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government on Sunday after its new religious affairs minister appeared to make comments detrimental to the country’s Muslims. The National League for Democracy (NLD) only took power Friday after a landslide win in December elections. […]
[Photo: Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party coming to power has not improved human rights abuses against Myanmar Muslims. Photographer: Alexandra Radu/AA] By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA) – The trial of two Myanmar Muslims — already given two years jail on immigration offenses — was postponed until next week Thursday after […]
By Kyaw Ye Lynn NAY PYI TAW (AA) – Almost three months after the National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory in Myanmar’s national elections, its members finally took their seats in parliament Monday — row upon row clad in its trademark rich ochre. Of the 491 elected seats in the two […]
CANAKKALE (AA) – Ten people, including five children, drowned off Turkey’s western coast Saturday, the Turkish Coast Guard said, in what is the latest loss of refugees in the region. Their boat was heading for Lesbos, one of the main Greek islands located just a few kilometers (miles) off Turkey’s Aegean coastline. Among the casualties […]
By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Authorities have banned a mosque on the outskirts of commercial capital Yangon from celebrating its platinum jubilee on Monday, following complaints from the country’s firebrand nationalist monk Wirathu. A caretaker at the mosque told Anadolu Agency by phone that Muslim followers had planned to celebration the Sunni Jameh Mosque’s 75th birthday on the Jan. 4 anniversary of the country’s Independence Day. However, local authorities denied […]
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): An international human rights organization has slammed the Myanmar government for denying fair trial to 12 Muslim men accused of receiving training from a so-called “Myanmar Muslim Army”. Defense lawyers for the men along with security experts have claimed that the group does not even exist, suggesting that the government has invented a threat […]
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA) – Myanmar’s deputy immigration minister has rejected an appeal by nationalists to strip hundreds of Muslims of citizenship, local media reported Wednesday, marking a rare show of government defiance of Buddhist hardliners. Just over 200 Muslims in conflict-hit Rakhine state were granted citizenship as part of a government verification process that started […]
WASHINGTON (AA): A U.S. official on Tuesday expressed concerns about Myanmar polls where hundreds of thousands of Muslims were barred from voting and running in the elections. “We have raised our concerns about the removal of voting rights from individuals previously afforded the right to vote, regardless of religion or ethnicity,” said State Department spokesman Mark Toner. […]
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): Senior officials in Myanmar’s opposition National League for Democracy were confident Monday of victory in a historic general election as unofficial results suggested huge gains for the party. Spokesperson Win Htein said the party has won 70 percent of the votes counted so far, though official results will not […]
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): With just three days to go before voters take to the polls in Myanmar, concerns continue to be raised about barriers to participation. When election officials released the final list of candidates to stand in the Nov. 8 vote more than a hundred candidates — including many Muslims — were excluded, underlining a […]
By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun ANKARA (AA): The European Rohingya Council has underlined its support for a report that claims that Myanmar’s government, army and police are responsible for genocide against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority, and has reiterated its call for an investigation by the United Nations. The analysis — released last week by the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale […]
YANGON (AA): Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on voters Saturday not to be influenced by divisions over race and religion during her first visit to conflict-stricken Rakhine state in 15 years. However, she her and other parties have refused to run Muslim candidates for the election and have refused to accept Rohingya […]
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): Myanmar election officials have released the final list of candidates to stand in a highly anticipated general election on Nov. 8. However, more than a hundred including many Muslims were controversially excluded from the list released this week, underlining a series of problems that threaten to damage the poll’s […]
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): Myanmar’s election commission has made a partial U-turn on its decision to bar dozens of Muslim candidates from a Nov. 8 ballot following pressure from several foreign governments, local media reported Friday. Eleven of the more than 100 candidates rejected following a vetting process earlier this month have had […]
By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): A Myanmar Muslim man faces up to seven years in prison on being the first to be charged under a set of religious laws passed recently after a campaign by ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks, local media reported Friday. Myint Soe Aung, from the southern Ayeyarwaddy division, has been charged under the new monogamy […]
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.