Shia Muslim Archives - The Muslim NewsThe Muslim News

By Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Dozens of people were killed in the northeastern Kunduz province of Afghanistan as an explosion struck a mosque shortly after the Friday prayers. Taliban’s interim government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said a total of 33 people, including children, were killed and 43 others were wounded by the blast […]

4th Mar 2022

Pakistan: 56 killed, 194 injured in mosque suicide bombing during Friday prayers in Peshawar

ISLAMABAD (AA): A suicide bomber blew himself up during weekly Friday prayers at Jamia Shia Muslim mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 56 people and injuring 194 others, authorities said. The suicide bomber was stopped by police at a mosque in Peshawar’s bustling Qissa Khwani bazaar, but he forced his way into the mosque’s […]

20th Aug 2021

Afghanistan: Taliban ‘tortured and massacred’ Hazara minority last month

By Nadine Osman London, (The Muslim News): The Taliban massacred nine members of the Hazara minority in Afghanistan, says human rights group Amnesty International in a harrowing report published Thursday. The report includes testimonies from witnesses who gave accounts of the killings and torture which took place between July 4 and 6 in the Malistan […]

2nd Jun 2021

Afghanistan: Back-to-back blasts kill 10 Hazara civilians in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Two back-to-back explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul late on Tuesday claimed the lives of at least 10 people in the area mainly inhabited by the ethnic Shi’ite Hazara community, officials confirmed. According to the Kabul police command, the blasts were caused by improvised explosive devices during […]

9th May 2021

Afghanistan: 58 Shia Muslim Hazara school girls killed in bombings in Kabul

By Merve Aydogan Kabul, Afghanistan (AA): At least 58 people, mostly Shia Muslim schoolgirls, were killed and 150 people injured in three back-to-back blasts that targeted a secondary school in Kabul. The explosions occurred as students between 11 and 15 years old, were leaving Sayed ul Shuhada High school for home at around 4.30 p.m. […]

7th Mar 2021

Iraq: Pope Francis meets top Shia Muslim scholar Ayatullah Al-Sistani

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA): Pope Francis held a historic meeting on Saturday with Iraq’s top Shia Muslim scholar Ayatullah Ali Al-Sistani in the southern Najaf city. The meeting came as part of the pontiff’s current visit to Iraq, which started on Friday. A statement issued by Sistani’s office said the meeting “focused […]

30th Sep 2017

Afghanistan: Suicide attack targets Shia Muslim mosque in Kabul killing 5

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A suspected suicide attack on a Shia Muslim mosque in the capital Kabul killed at least five people and wounded 27 as worshippers prepare to commemorate Ashura on Sunday. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack on its Amaq news site. An Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed the attack on the […]

16th Jun 2017

Afghanistan: Suicide attack targets Shia Muslim mosque in Kabul killing six

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Two suspected suicide bombers attacked a mosque belonging to the Shia Muslim community in the capital Kabul on Thursday, leaving at least six persons dead and five others injured, according to an official. Daesh has claimed responsiblilty for the terroirst attack. The mosque was located in the […]

16th Apr 2017

Syria: Blast kills at least 112 Shia Muslim evacuees, many of them children

By Adham Kako, Levent Tok and Mehmet Kemal Firik ISTANBUL, Turkey (AA): At least 112 people were killed Saturday when a blast in southern Aleppo hit buses ferrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged Shia Muslim towns, a civil defense official said. Over 500 people have been injured, some critical. “When the civil defense forces […]

21st Mar 2017

Iraq: Car bomb attack kills 23 in Baghdad

By Ibrahim Saleh BAGHDAD (AA): At least 23 people were killed and 16 others injured Monday evening a car laden with explosives went off in a crowded shopping area in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, according to a police officer. The explosion took place in the busy Shia Muslim business district of Hay al-Amil […]

6th Sep 2016

Iraq: Car bombing kills 10 near hospital in Baghdad

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): At least ten people were killed early Tuesday in a car bombing claimed by Daesh terrorist group in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A car packed with explosives blew up near a hospital in the Shia Muslim predominantly al-Karada district in central Baghdad, police officer Hassan al-Noufal told Anadolu Agency. […]

25th Jul 2016

Iraq: Muqtada al Sadr says UK troops in Iraq will be treated as ‘invaders’

By Arif Yusuf BAGHDAD (AA) Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has threatened to attack British troops planned to be sent to Iraq for an anticipated offensive to retake Mosul from Daesh. Sadr said in a Sunday statement that the British troops would be considered as “invaders” if they took part in any operations […]

2nd May 2016

Iraq: Sadrists withdraw from Baghdad’s Green Zone

By Moayed al-Tarafi, Ali Jawad and Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): Supporters of firebrand Shia Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr withdrew from Baghdad’s Green Zone Sunday after holding a sit-in for two straight days. A protest leader, Ihlas al-Ubeydi, made a statement on behalf of all demonstrators to announce their conditional withdrawal. “A technocrat government must […]

16th Nov 2015

Iraq: Shia Muslim Turkmen, Peshmerga clash in Tuz Khormato

KIRKUK, (AA): Two people were killed Sunday in clashes between Shia Turkmen and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters — which have remained ongoing for the last four days — in the Tuz Khormato district of Iraq’s north-central Saladin province. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent at the scene, clashes between Kurdish Peshmerga and Shia fighters from the […]

13th Jul 2015

Iraq: Bomb attack kills six, injures 21 in Baghdad

[Archive photo: Iraqi security forces and Shia Hashdi Shabi forces attack Falluja in Al-Anbar Province with heavy weapons in order to liberate it from Daesh [Islamic State] on July 12, 2015. Photographer: Ali Mohammed/Anadolu Agency] BAGHDAD (AA): At least six people were killed and 21 others were injured in a car bomb attack in the […]

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.