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By Anees Barghouti JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead Wednesday after allegedly stabbing an Israeli police officer in occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Israeli police. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said one police officer was slightly injured in the alleged knife attack near Jerusalem’s Old City. “Police responded at the scene and […]

26th Nov 2016

Palestine: Palestinian child shot dead in Jerusalem ‘stabbing attempt’

By Anees Barghouti JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian child was shot dead on Friday after he allegedly tried to stab Israeli soldiers in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police said in statement. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said a Palestinian man allegedly armed with knife tried to stab Israeli soldiers at the Shufat checkpoint in Jerusalem. “The […]

4th Nov 2016

Palestine: Israeli army kills Palestinian ‘assailant’

By Anees Barghouti RAMALLAH, (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead after he allegedly tried to stab an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, according to the Israeli military Thursday. A Palestinian “assailant” attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at the entrance of Ofra, the statement said, adding “Israeli forces at the scene shot […]

2nd Nov 2016

Palestine: Israel razes Muslim graves in East Jerusalem cemetery

By Anees Barghouthi JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished several graves in occupied East Jerusalem’s historical Bab al-Rahmeh cemetery east of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to a Palestinian official. “Personnel from the so-called ‘Israeli Nature Authority’ — backed by large numbers of Israeli forces — stormed the historical Bab al-Rahmeh cemetery and knocked […]

27th Oct 2016

Palestine: Palestinian dies after being run over by Israeli settler

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, (AA): A Palestinian man died Wednesday evening from wounds sustained after being run over by an Israeli settler the day before, according to Palestinian police. “Mohammed Dawoud, 60, has passed away in Nablus Specialist Hospital in the city of Nablus as he succumbed to his wounds from Tuesday,” said […]

20th Oct 2016

Palestine: Hamas slams UN chief over Al-Aqsa resolution

By Ola Atallah GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian group Hamas has criticized UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for distancing himself from a UNESCO resolution denying a Jewish connection to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. On Tuesday, the UNESCO’s executive board officially adopted a resolution that referred to the Al-Aqsa mosque as a purely Islamic heritage. Ban, […]

19th Oct 2016

Palestine: Majority of Palestinian minors in Israeli custody are ‘tortured’

RAMALLAH (Ma’an): The “overwhelming majority” of Palestinian minors held in Israel’s Megiddo and Ofer prisons have been tortured during their detention and interrogation, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said Tuesday, amid a marked increase in the incarceration and mistreatment of Palestinian children by Israel. Lawyer for the committee Luay Ukka said in a statement […]

17th Oct 2016

Palestine: Israeli forces shoot, injure 2 Palestinians in Jenin

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an): Israeli forces reportedly shot and injured two young Palestinians in the village of Qabatiya in the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin on Sunday, after an Israeli army raid into the town provoked clashes between locals and Israeli soldiers. State-run Palestinians news agency Wafa reported that 18-year-old Ahmad Hamamdeh and 21-year-old Amjad […]

10th Oct 2016

Palestine: 2 Israelis, Palestinian shooter killed in attack

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSLAEM (AA) – Two Israelis died after they were shot at a tram station in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, officials said. At least six others were wounded, the Magen David Adom emergency service said. The Palestinian attacker was killed by police after opening fire on a crowd, local media, which […]

9th Oct 2016

Jammu & Kashmir: Indian forces fire at crowds at Kashmiri boy’s funeral

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA): The killing of a 12-year-old boy by Indian troops in Kashmir led to clashes at his funeral on Saturday. Junaid Akhoon was killed Friday during clashes between security forces and pro-independence protesters in Srinagar. A senior doctor at the Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences said he suffered […]

1st Oct 2016

Palestine: A Palestinian killed in West Bank by Israeli forces

JERUSALEM (AA & The Muslim News): One Palestinian was killed Friday by Israeli police in the West Bank, according to authorities. A 28 year old Palestinian identified as Naseem Abu Mazer, from Kafr Aqab village, was shot and killed Friday night by Israeli troops at the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah, after allegedly pulling […]

18th Sep 2016

Jammu & Kashmir: 17 soldiers killed in Indian-held Kashmir gunbattle

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir, India (AA): At least 17 Indian soldiers and four suspected militants were killed in a gunbattle at an army base in northern Uri town in Indian-held Kashmir. “Four terrorists killed in counter-terrorist operation at Uri. 17 soldiers make the supreme sacrifice,” Indian army’s Northern Command tweeted on Sunday […]

17th Sep 2016

Palestine: Palestinian, Jordanian shot dead by Israeli troops

By Anees Bargouthi JERUSALEM (AA): Two men – a Palestinian and a Jordanian – were shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday during two separate alleged attacks in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. According to the Israeli military, two Palestinians — a man and a woman — were shot and injured by […]

14th Sep 2016

US: New US military aid deal for Israel at least $3.8bn annually

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. and Israel have concluded an agreement to increase Washington’s military aid to Tel Aviv, the State Department announced Tuesday. The new Memorandum of Understanding “constitutes the single largest pledge of bilateral military assistance in U.S. history,” the State Department said in a statement. The department did not […]

10th Sep 2016

Israel: Settlements no obstacle to peace: Netanyahu

JERUSALEM / WASHINGTON (AA): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday claimed that Jewish settlements built on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank did not constitute “obstacles” to an eventual peace settlement with the Palestinians. “I am sure that many of you have heard the claim that the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria […]

11th Sep 2016

Palestinian child killed, ‘run over by Jewish settler’

By Anees Bargouthi BETHLEHEM, (AA): A Palestinian girl was killed Saturday when a Jewish settler ran her over with his vehicle in the southern occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. “A Palestinian was killed after she was run over by a Jewish settler’s car near al-Khader village located near Bethlehem […]

5th Sep 2016

Palestine: Palestinian killed, 3 injured in West Bank

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces on Monday after an alleged attack on soldiers in East Jerusalem while three were injured during raids around the West Bank city of Nablus. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said Mustafa Nimir, 24, was shot dead and a passenger […]

2nd Sep 2016

Palestine: Plans for 463 illegal settlement housing units advanced in W Bank

IMEMC News & Agencies: Israel’s Civil Administration recently approved the advancement of plans for 463 new illegal housing units in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday, Israeli NGO Peace Now reported, according to Ma’an. Peace Now said that the Civil Administration’s High Planning Committee validated plans for 20 housing units in the […]

27th Aug 2016

Palestine: Israeli forces kill Palestinian, 336 killed since Oct

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH, (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead Friday after approaching a group of Israeli soldiers in Israeli-occupied West Bank. According to Israeli media, unarmed Palestinian was killed after he approached an Israeli checkpoint at the entrance of Silwad village northeast of Ramallah city. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency the Israeli army […]

24th Aug 2016

Palestine: 5 Palestinians injured in Israeli raid in Bethlehem

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH, (AA): Five Palestinians were injured early Tuesday when Israeli forces raided a number of shops in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces confiscated lathing and blacksmith machines from several shops in Bethlehem and the northern Doha town on claims they were being used to manufacture […]

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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.

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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.