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By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): A man who drove his car at worshipers at two Toronto mosques in Canada has been arrested after an “anti-Muslim, hate motivation investigation,” it was reported Thursday. Toronto police said officers received calls from two Scarborough mosques — one in the Lawrence Avenue East and Markham Road area, the […]

17th Apr 2022

Canada: 5 injured in mosque shooting in Toronto

By Seyit Aydogan & Ahmed J Versi TORONTO, Canada (AA & The Muslim News): Five people were injured in a mosque shooting Saturday in the Toronto area of Canada, according to police sources. A group of men, who had finished midnight prayers [taraweeh] during the holy month of Ramadan, was randomly attacked in a […]

20th Mar 2022

Canada: Violent attack targets mosque, worshipers in Mississauga

By Merve Aydogan ANKARA (AA): A violent attack took place in a local mosque early Saturday in one of Canada’s populated cities, Mississauga. Worshippers at Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre, near McAdam Road and Matheson Boulevard, received minor injuries due to the pepper spray, police said in a press release. Speaking exclusively to Anadolu Agency, […]

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 break-in when he opened the mosque at around 5:30 a.m. Sunday for morning prayer. “I […]

14th Oct 2020

Canada: Toronto mosque closed after violent threats

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): A Toronto mosque remained closed Tuesday after receiving violent threats as police investigate the incident. “The threats specifically contained a promise that guns had been procured to ‘do a Christchurch all over again,” the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) tweeted Saturday, referencing the attack on two mosques […]

25th Sep 2020

Canadian Muslims urge gov’t to act against hate groups

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Following the murder of a caretaker at a Toronto mosque earlier this week, the head of a Muslim organization called Thursday for the government to do more to “eradicate this scourge” of white supremacism in Canada. Mohamed-Aslim Zafis was stabbed to death Sept. 19 and a suspect is […]

19th Jul 2018

Canada: Attack on Canadian Muslim being probed as Islamophobic hate crime

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): A Muslim father remains in intensive care in a Toronto hospital after a horrific beating that police confirmed Wednesday is being investigated as a anti-Muslim hate crime. Mohammed Abu Marzouk, 39, and his family – wife and four- and six-year-old daughters – were in their vehicle and about […]

23rd May 2018

Canada: Toronto mayor condemns Islamophobic hate graffiti at Muslim school

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Two elected officials shocked at hate graffiti sprayed on a Toronto-area Muslim school wall stepped forward Tuesday to help clean off the offensive remarks. “The first thing I thought is ‘I can’t let the kids see this tomorrow morning.’ It’s disgusting. It’s not who we are,” said Glenn […]

24th Apr 2018

Canada: Van hits pedestrians in Toronto, killing 10

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): A van traveling at a high rate of speed left the road Monday and mounted a sidewalk in Toronto, killing 10 and injuring 15. It appears to be a deliberate act, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said. The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. EST (1730 GMT) in a […]

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 left “hateful” literature on cars before proceeding inside to confront congregants. The Muslim Council of […]

14th Jan 2018

Canada: Toronto Muslim schoolgirl attacked, hijab cut with scissors

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Toronto police are hunting for a suspect after an 11-year-old Muslim girl was attacked Friday on her way to school by a male who tried twice to cut off her hijab with scissors. The incident occurred at about 9 a.m. near Pauline Johnson Public School in Toronto’s east […]

25th Jul 2017

Canadian charged with hate crime against Muslims

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Ont. (AA) – A Canadian man, who earlier this year offered a $2,500 reward for recordings of Muslim students “spewing hate speech during Friday prayers”, was charged Monday with committing a hate crime. Kevin J. Johnston, a former mayoral candidate in Mississauga, just outside of Toronto, was charged with willful […]

17th Jun 2017

Canadian politician joins Muslims for Ramadan fast

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Ont. (AA): A Canadian politician who is fasting for the month of Ramadan told Anadolu Agency on Friday he began the practice to raise money for a food bank, but has been overwhelmed at the support received from Muslims. Mark Holland, Liberal Member of Parliament for Ajax, a city near […]

20th Apr 2017

Canada: Anti-Muslim sentiment growing in Canadian cities

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Ont. (AA): An imam in Canada said Wednesday he has received a death threat and another that called for the burning down of a mosque near Toronto, Global News reported. And in the capital of Ottawa a “hateful” note was found inserted into the door of the Islamic Care Centre […]

19th Nov 2015

Canada: PM Trudeau decries spate of Islamophobic attacks

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Ontario (AA): Canada’s prime minister on Wednesday condemned recent “acts of hatred and racism” in Canada in the wake of the recent deadly attacks in Paris. In a statement released from the Philippines where he is attending a regional summit, Justin Trudeau made reference to violence against places of worship […]

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.