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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. […]

4th Mar 2016

Myanmar: Muslim activists’ trial postponed for new charges

[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 […]

2nd Feb 2016

Myanmar welcomes first democratic gov’t in 50 years

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 […]

30th Jan 2016

Turkey: Ten dead as refugee boat sinks off western Turkey

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 […]

4th Jan 2016

Myanmar authorities ban mosque’s jubilee celebrations

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 […]

7th Dec 2015

Myanmar gov’t accused of denying 12 Muslims fair trial

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 […]

26th Nov 2015

Myanmar rejects campaign to strip Muslims of citizenship

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 […]

11th Nov 2015

US concerned about Muslims barred from Myanmar elections

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. […]

9th Nov 2015

Myanmar: Opposition confident of election victory

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 […]

5th Nov 2015

Myanmar: Fears remain over exclusions days before vote

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 […]

3rd Nov 2015

Rohingya Council calls for Rohingya ‘genocide’ inquiry

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 […]

18th Oct 2015

Myanmar: Suu Kyi warns against race, religious divisions

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 […]

28th Sep 2015

Myanmar: Doubts mount about country’s election as Muslims excluded

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 […]

26th Sep 2015

Myanmar: Handful of Muslim candidates win appeal to run in election

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 […]

19th Sep 2015

Myanmar: Muslim first to be charged under new religious laws

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 […]

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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.