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24th Mar 2025

The struggle continues for expelled South African Ambassador to the US

By Mahomed Faizal (Cape Town, The Muslim News): Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s expelled Ambassador to the United States, was met with a warm and enthusiastic reception when he arrived back in Cape Town, South Africa Sunday. Crowds gathered to greet the diplomat, offering support and solidarity after his abrupt expulsion from Washington. Rasool’s return was […]

5th Feb 2025

Trump’s “ethnic cleansing” proposal for US takeover of Gaza sparks global and domestic outrage

By Elham Asaad Buaras London, (The Muslim News): In a stunning development that has reverberated across the world, US President, Donald Trump, has declared the United States’ intention to “take over” the Gaza Strip, proposing a controversial vision of long-term US ownership of the territory following the relocation of Palestinians. His remarks, delivered during […]

16th Oct 2023

US: Biden says ‘sickened’ by brutal murder of Palestinian-American boy in Illinois

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): US President Joe Biden on Sunday denounced the murder of a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy who was brutally stabbed to death by a 71-year-old man in the US state of Illinois. An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes for the stabbingthe boy and injuring his mother. He targeted them for […]

23rd Jun 2023

US army veteran gets 55 years for Islamophobic murder

By Anadolu staff ISTANBUL (AA): A US army veteran has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the murder of an Afghan refugee after he shouted Islamophobic slurs at the victim. After a three-day trial, Dustin Passarelli was convicted in the Midwestern US state of Indiana of the murder of Mustafa Ayoubi, 32, with […]

16th Jun 2023

US Senate confirms first female Muslim federal judge

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA) : The US Senate confirmed along party lines on Thursday Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to serve as the first Muslim woman and the first Bangladeshi American to serve as a federal judge. The Senate narrowly approved Choudhury’s nomination in a 50-49 vote with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin siding with all Republicans […]

13th Jun 2023

US: Report reveals 98% of names on FBI watchlist are Muslim

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): A report by a Muslim group in the US has revealed that the overwhelming majority of entries on an FBI watchlist, or more than 98%, are Muslim names. The report, titled “Twenty Years Too Many, A Call to Stop the FBI’s Secret Watchlist,” details the FBI’s use of the Terrorism […]

8th Jun 2023

US Muslim group calls on Congress to scrap Indian prime minister’s address

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) urged leaders of the US Congress on Wednesday to cancel Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address in June. Modi’s address “sends the message that repressing Christians, Muslims, Dalits, Sikhs and other faith minorities is not an issue for the US Congress,” said CAIR Government […]

26th Apr 2023

US: Muslim children become targets of Islamophobic discriminations

By Halil Ibrahim Medet ISTANBUL, Turkiye (AA): The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a report covering nationwide incidents of civil rights complaints by Muslim Americans in 2022 which revealed a 23% decrease, while complaints about school incidents increased by 63%. Speaking to Anadolu, head of Research and Advocacy at CAIR Corey Saylor said it […]

14th Apr 2023

Canada: 2 Muslim women report alleged hate crime involving gun threat in Kitchener

By Firdevs Bulut Kartal TORONTO (AA): Two Muslim women, a mother and daughter, reported an alleged hate crime that took place in Kitchener, a city in Canada’s Ontario province on Wednesday morning. According to a report by CTV News, the women said a stranger followed them with his car after morning prayers at the mosque […]

11th Apr 2023

US: Imam stabbed during morning prayer in New Jersey

By Mucahit Oktay NEW YORK (AA) : An imam in the US state of New Jersey was stabbed during morning prayer. 32-year-old man who was arrested, was charged with first degree attempted murder. Sayed El-Nakib, imam of the Omar Mosque in Paterson, a husband and father to three boys, was stabbed by an attacker who hid […]

23rd Mar 2023

Canada: Muslim told he cannot pray in Ottawa train station

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): A Muslim man received an apology after he was told he could not pray in an Ottawa train station but Canada’s largest Muslim organization said more needs to happen, according to a report Wednesday. Viral video of the encounter between the man and a security guard was posted to […]

15th Mar 2023

Canada intelligence body launches Islamophobia investigation into tax agency

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Canada’s National Security and Intelligence Review Agency said Tuesday that it will investigate accusations of Islamophobia against the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the federal agency that collects taxes and administers tax laws for the Canadian government. The CRA’s audit of the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), which began in […]

3rd Feb 2023

US House votes to remove 1st Muslim woman from committee

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The US House of Representatives voted along party lines Thursday to remove one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress from her seat on the influential Foreign Affairs Committee. The 218-211 vote saw all Democrats vote in opposition to removing Ilhan Omar from the panel. Nearly all of […]

1st Feb 2023

Canadian court convicts pair of assault of Muslim father

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): A Canadian court Tuesday found two men guilty of assault of a Muslim father, an attack that displayed the “darkest side of humanity,” the victim’s wife said at a press conference following the verdict. The Judge called the attack ‘anti-Arab, but not anti-Muslim.’ The unprovoked attack on Mohammed Abu […]

20th Jan 2023

US: Harvard backtracks after denying fellowship to rights leader over his criticisms of Israel

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): Harvard University’s Kennedy School reversed course Thursday after initially denying a fellowship to Ken Roth, the man who led Human Rights Watch (HRW) for three decades. The school’s decision came after Dean Douglas Elmendorf initially blocked Roth from receiving an illustrious one-year fellowship at the school’s Carr Center for Human […]

15th Dec 2022

Syria seeks retribution for oil ‘stolen’ by the US

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): The Syrian government is seeking compensation through the UN for billions of dollars of its resources lost through attacks on the country’s oil, gas and other natural resources by the US and its affiliated militias as well as from direct looting in occupied regions. “Foreign and Expatriates Ministry […]

22nd Oct 2022

Canadian sentenced to 16 months in jail for attack on Muslim woman, daughter

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA) A Canadian man who perpetrated a “racially motivated” attack on a Black Muslim woman and her daughter was sentenced Friday to 16 months in prison and probation for two years. Richard Bradley Stevens, 43, accommodated the pair Dec. 8, 2020, while they were sitting in their car outside […]

21st Oct 2022

Canada: Police search for suspect after hate graffiti painted on Toronto mosque

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Vandalism at a-area mosque marks a “frightening escalation of Islamophobia” stemming from unfounded that the mosque is an agent of the Iranian government, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said Thursday. The vandalism last week at the Imam Mahdi Islamic Center in Thornhill took the form of hate-motivated […]

16th Oct 2022

Pakistan rejects Biden’s nukes remarks, summons US envoy

By Kiran Butt and Merve Berker LAHORE, Pakistan / ANKARA (AA): Islamabad on Saturday rejected President Joe Biden’s remarks on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, and summoned the US ambassador for an official demarche. At a Democratic congressional campaign committee reception on Thursday, 79-year-old Biden said Pakistan “may be one of the most dangerous countries in […]

8th Oct 2022

Afghanistan: With thousands dead, Afghans demand investigations on US invasion

By Bilal Guler and Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The families of thousands of Afghans killed in the US’ 20-year military intervention in the country are now seeking justice for their deceased loved ones. The 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by US-led coalition forces, launched on the grounds that the ruling Taliban administration harbored […]

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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.