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[Pakistani rescue workers takes part in a rescue operation after train compartments fell into a canal following the partial collapse of a bridge in Wazirabad in the Punjab province, Pakistan on July 2, 2015. Photographer: Rana Irfan Ali/Anadolu Agency] By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): A train carrying troops has fallen off a collapsed bridge in northeastern […]

3rd Jul 2015

Palestine: Britain still arming Israel despite targeting of Gazans

[Image Creative Commons 15 July 2014 Gaza attack] IMEMC News & Agencies: The British government has been accused of ignoring evidence that its weaponry may have been used by Israel in its assault on Gaza, last year, after fresh arms deals worth £4m were approved by Britain within weeks of the conflict. (Al Ray) […]

2nd Jul 2015

Nigeria: Dozens feared dead in ‘mosque massacre’

{Photo archive: An inside view of the damaged mosque after a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria on May 30. Photo: AA] By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Dozens of civilians, some fear as high as 100, were killed in a massacre carried out by gunmen allegedly affiliated with […]

2nd Jul 2015

Egypt: 70 troops killed in militant attacks in Sinai

[A picture taken from Gaza part of Rafah shows smke rising as Egyptian troops and militants in Rafah in North Sinai and Egypt’s eastern border with the Gaza strip on July 1, 2015. Photographer: Abed Rahim Khatib] By Mohamed Sabry Emam Muhammed CAIRO (AA): At least 70 Egyptian soldiers were killed Wednesday morning in a […]

2nd Jul 2015

Nigeria: Five killed in twin suicide blasts in Maiduguri

[Photo: Muhammadu Buhari President of Nigeria promises to defeat Boko Haram. Image by Anadolu Agency] By Rafiu Oriyomi Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Five people were killed in suicide attacks in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Wednesday, where the Nigerian vice president was making a surprise visit, according to security and local sources. Maiduguri is the provincial capital city of Nigeria’s […]

1st Jul 2015

Burundi: 10,000 refugees flee Burundi amid rising tensions

[Photo: Burundi refugees at the Mahama refugee camp, Rwanda./Photo credit: EU/ECHO/Thomas Conan/Creative Commons] ANKARA (AA) : At least 10,000 refugees fled Burundi over the weekend before the government closed all its borders ahead of Monday’s legislative election, a statement by the United Nations refugee agency, or UNHCR, said Tuesday. On Monday, Burundians voted to elect […]

1st Jul 2015

Indonesia: 140 people killed in Sumatra air force crash

[Photo: Rescuers at the Indonesian air force crash in N Sumatara. Photo: Sutanta Aditya/Anadolu Agency] By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA): The day after an Indonesian Air Force plane ploughed into a residential area shortly after takeoff, search and rescue teams have removed 135 bodies from the crash site. The Head of North Sumatra’s Disaster Victim Identification team, Setyo Pranoto, told […]

1st Jul 2015

Palestine: Elderly man injured by Israeli settlers near Ramallah

[File Photo: IDF soldiers and Israeli settlers. By ISM Palestine Wikimedia] IMEMC & Agencies: Palestinian medical sources in Ramallah have reported, late on Tuesday evening, that a 60-year-old man was injured, after a number of extremist Israeli settlers assaulted him near the main entrance of his village. The sources said the man, Mahmoud Saleh Nofal, […]

1st Jul 2015

Palestine: Israeli soldiers detain 2 Palestinian children

[Photo by Creative Commons: Israeli soldiers in Hebron June 2014] IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian children in Yatta town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, handed nine families notices to stop the construction of their homes, and demolished three tents and sheds in Jebna village. The Popular Committee against […]

30th Jun 2015

Indonesia: Air force plane crash kills 5

[File Photo: Residents in a village in Karo district North Sumatra, Indonesia. Photographer: Kharisma Tarigan/AA] By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA) : An Indonesian air force plane crashed Tuesday in a residential area of North Sumatra province’s capital, leaving at least five people dead. Major General Fuad Basya, military spokesman, told Metro TV, “five [bodies] were found so far. […]

30th Jun 2015

Israel intercepts Third Gaza Freedom Flotilla

[Photo: One of boats from ‘Third Freedom Flotilla’ which was set to sail to Gaza to penetrate Israeli blockade, is seen after Israeli forces seized and forced to dock at the Israeli port of Ashdod, on June 29. Nir Kafri/AA] By Muhammed Bilal Kenasari, Fatjon Prronı ANKARA (AA): A human rights group said Monday that another ship will […]

30th Jun 2015

Pakistan: 20 killed in tribal clashes in Baluchistan

[Map of Balochistan in red, part of Pakistan. Wikimedia] By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): More than 20 separatists were killed in bloody clashes between two rival groups in Pakistan’s violence-plagued Baluchistan province on Monday, police said. Fighting between the Baluchistan Liberation Army and the United Baluch Army in remote Kohlu district, 300 kilometers (185 miles) from provincial capital […]

30th Jun 2015

Palestine: Palestinian assaulted in E Jerusalem settler attack

IMEMC News & Agencies: Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian man Saturday night in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, his family says. Ashraf al-Alami told Ma’an News Agency that three Israeli settlers assaulted his brother Ibrahim, 31, on Saturday evening when he stopped his car as he was heading to work in West […]

29th Jun 2015

Indonesia to tackle touchy subject of quieter mosques

[Photo: Muslims perform first ‘Tarawih’ prayer on eve of Ramadan at Islamic Centre in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia, on June 17, 2015. Photo: Azwar/AA] By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA): The call to prayer may be music to the ears of the faithful, but in Indonesia some government officials have decided sometimes it’s just a little too loud. Vice President Jusuf Kalla […]

29th Jun 2015

Pakistan: Heatwave death toll tops 1,400

[Photo: Pakistani People cool off themselves in a canal at Lahore, where temperature reached 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit), June 28. Photographer: Rana Irfan Ali/AA] By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): There has been no let-up in deaths caused by a blistering heatwave which has gripped Pakistan’s southern Sindh province for over a week, with Sunday’s death […]

29th Jun 2015

Palestine: Israeli soldiers detain Palestinian woman near Al-Aqsa

[Photo: Al-Aqsa mosque] IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday, a Palestinian woman while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Chain Gate, in occupied Jerusalem, and took her to an interrogation facility in the Old City. The WAFA News Agency said the woman was kidnapped after a group of Israeli extremists stormed the […]

28th Jun 2015

Mali: Six killed in gunbattle

[Photo: Members of the security forces stands near La Terrace restaurant, in Bamako. File photo. Photographer: Baba Ahmed/AA] By Hatice Kesgin BAMAKO, (AA): Mali’s military has claimed at least six people, including two soldiers, have been killed in clashes with armed groups in the town of Nara in the west of the country. A Mali army representative […]

29th Jun 2015

Greece: Banks, stock exchange shut until referendum

[Photo: People withdrawing money from cash machines in Athens on 28 June. AA] By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS, (AA): The Greek government closed banks and imposed capital controls on withdrawals leading panicked savers forming lines at ATMs to pull as much of their funds as possible. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a 2 a.m. local time televised speech, in which he […]

28th Jun 2015

Greek parliament votes for referendum on bailout deal

[Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks during a parliament session in Athens. Photographer: Ayhan Mehmet/AA] By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS, (AA): The Greek parliament early on Sunday voted by a large majority to hold a referendum on continuing the country’s bailout according to the terms set by the Eurogroup, the EU, the European Central Bank, and […]

28th Jun 2015

Palestine: Israeli army detains 4 children in Jerusalem

[File photo: Image Wadi Hilweh Information Center] IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Saturday and on Sunday at dawn, at least four Palestinian children after the army invaded various neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. Soldiers also kidnapped two children near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Media sources in Jerusalem said […]

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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.