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14th Aug 2022

Tunisia: Tunisian preacher stirs controversy over verses regarding ‘coup’

TUNIS, Tunisia (AA): Controversy is heating up in Tunisia after local authorities suspended a Muslim preacher for reciting verses from the Noble Quran, Islam’s holy book, regarding “coup”. Mohammed Zain al-Din, 60, a preacher in the eastern Nabeul province, told … Continued

13th May 2022

Sweden: Danish far-right leader burns Qur’an under police protection

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AA): The leader of the Danish far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party burned another copy of the Muslim holy book, the Qur’an, on Thursday under police protection in Sweden. Rasmus Paludan, who has dual Danish … Continued

4th May 2022

Sweden: Muslim, Orthodox Christian graves vandalized, Qur’an burnt in Swedish cities

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): At least 20 graves belonging to Muslims and Orthodox Christians were vandalized in a cemetery in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, local media reported Monday. Last month Qur’an were burnt across the country leading … Continued

25th Apr 2022

Sweden: Qur’an burning ‘tour’ shows spotlight on rising Swedish far right

By Leila Nezirevic STOCKHOLM,Sweden(AA): Sweden, a country thought to be a safe haven for refugees, was set aflame when riots erupted last week, after the anti-Muslim Danish-Swedish politician, Rasmus Paludan, announced his burning “tour” of the Quran during the holy … Continued

15th Apr 2022

Sweden: Danish far-right party leader burns Qur’an under police protection

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): The Danish leader of the far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party burned a copy of the Holy Qur’an on Thursday in a heavily-populated Muslim area in Sweden. Rasmus Paludan, accompanied by police, went to … Continued

24th Aug 2021

Canadian police investigating Toronto mosque break-in

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Authorities in Canada are investigating a break-in vandalism to a Toronto mosque, Toronto police said Monday. The caretaker at the Baitul Jannah Islamic Centre, at Kingston Road and Brimley Road, Scarborough, discovered the … Continued

18th Jul 2019

Germany: Assailants desecrate mosque in western Germany

By Mesut Zeyrek COLOGNE, Germany (AA): Unidentified assailants desecrated a mosque in Munster, western Germany late on Tuesday. The assailants tore pages of a copy of Quran at Barbaros Mosque of the Turkish Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB). … Continued

30th Jun 2019

Sweden: Mosque vandalized in Islamophobic attack

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): A mosque inside a hospital in western Sweden was vandalized on Saturday in a racist attack. The attackers at Molndal Hospital in Gothenburg city desecrated the holy Qur’an and spilled soft drinks on the … Continued

17th Jun 2019

Norway: Islamophobic group insults Muslims, harms Qur’an

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): An Islamophobic group in Norway insulted Muslims, said all Qurans must be destroyed and threw a copy of the Muslim holy book the Qur’an in an event near the capital Oslo on Saturday, according … Continued

12th Jun 2019

Germany: 3 mosques attacked in 2 days

By Mesut Zeyrek COLOGNE, Germany (AA): Three mosques in Germany have suffered assaults over the past two days, a local Turkish Muslim community leader said on Tuesday. At the Eyup Sultan Mosque in Kamen, North Rhine-Westphalia, a right-wing group … Continued

3rd Jun 2019

Danish far-right members burn Qur’an during iftar in city’s square

By Davut Colak COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA): Activists of a far-right group burned a copy of the Qur’an and unfurled a banner saying “Europe is ours” in the Danish capital to protest against the iftar (fast-breaking) gathering of Muslims on Saturday. … Continued

27th May 2019

Finland: Far-right Finnish politician rips up Qur’an

[Map of Finland. Wikimedia for free use for any purpose] Atilla Altuntas STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AA): With European polls taking place in Finland Sunday, the leader of an extreme far-right party tried to stoke the Islamophobic vote by publicly ripping up … Continued

30th May 2018

Ivory Coast Muslims shun social networks during Ramadan

By Fulbert Yao ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AA): Certain Muslims in the Ivory Coast have decided to deprive themselves of social media networks so as to devote more time to religious rites during the holy month of Ramadan. Members of … Continued

8th May 2018

France: French proposal lead by former President and PM want changes in verses of Qur’an

(AA & The Atlantic): On April 21, 300 prominent French figures, including former President Nicolas Sarkozy and former Prime Minister Manuel Valls signed a manifesto published in the French daily Le Parisien demanded some parts of the Qur’an, which they claimed … Continued

27th Mar 2018

Canada: Pages of Qur’an ripped, stuffed on car windshields at mosques

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada, (AA): Various faith leaders and politicians gathered in the Toronto area Monday to condemn the actions of a woman who allegedly ripped pages from a Qur’an and put them on worshippers vehicle windshields. She also … Continued

26th Dec 2017

Burundi: Muslim group translates Qur’an into Kirundi

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AA): A Burundian Muslim association has translated the Holy Quran into Kirundi, one of the two official languages of the East African country, a religious leader told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. Sheikh Sadiki Kajandi, the president and legal … Continued

27th Aug 2016

Netherlands: Dutch far-right political leader vows to close mosques

AMSTERDAM (AA): Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders has promised to close all mosques and Islamic schools and ban the Qur’an in an online manifesto. Wilders, whose Freedom Party (PVV) leads the polls ahead of March’s parliamentary election, also called for … Continued

28th Jul 2016

Pakistan: Hindu youth murdered amid communal riots

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): A Hindu youth has been killed and another injured in Pakistan amid inter-communal riots, police said Wednesday. The youth was killed by angry mobs in the remote Dharki district of the populous Sindh province, … Continued

11th Dec 2015

Palestine: Israel takes down banners with Quranic verses in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (AA) – Crews from Israel’s Jerusalem Municipality removed banners with Quranic verses in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday. “People from Jerusalem’s municipality, guarded by Israeli troops, raided my shop at Al-Musrara near Al-Amoud Gate in occupied East Jerusalem and removed … Continued

22nd Jul 2015

Birmingham: Qur’an manuscript dated among the oldest in the world

University of Birmingham: A Qur’an manuscript held by the University of Birmingham has been placed among the oldest in the world thanks to modern scientific methods. Radiocarbon analysis has dated the parchment on which the text is written to the … 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.

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.