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By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 13 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a suicide attack on the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) in the Afghan capital Kabul, an official said on Monday. Hashmat Stanikzai, spokesman for the police headquarters in Kabul, told Anadolu Agency […]

7th Jun 2018

Iraq: Twin bombing kills 18, injures 100 in Sadr City

By Ali Semerci BAGHDAD (AA): At least 18 people were killed and 100 injured Wednesday in twin suicide blasts in the Iraqi capital, according to a hospital authority and a local police officer. The blasts occurred when unidentified terrorists detonated two bombs planted near a mosque used by Shia Muslim community in Baghdad’s Sadr […]

5th Jun 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide attack targets Kabul scholars against terrorism, 14 killed

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 14 people were killed and some 20 wounded in a suicide bomb attack targeting a gathering of religious scholars in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday, according to police. “Tight security was in place for the gathering of the Ulamas [religious scholars] in the Loya Jirga […]

24th May 2018

Iraq: Suicide bombing kills 12, injures 11 in Baghdad

By Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): At least twelve Iraqi civilians were killed Thursday in a suicide bombing north of the capital, according to a security source. The suicide bombers targeted a park in the al-Shuala area north of Baghdad, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to […]

21st May 2018

Afghanistan: Taliban attack on check posts kill 17 Afghan forces

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Taliban terrorists have stormed multiple check posts in the central Afghan province of Ghazni, killing at least 17 security personnel over the weekend, officials said. Mohammad Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, confirmed the killing of 17 security personnel and said up to 50 militants had […]

14th May 2018

Indonesia: church bombings leave 13 dead, 43 injured

By Ainur Rohmah YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) – At least 13 people were killed and 43 injured in a string of suicide bombings that targeted Sunday Mass congregations at three churches in Indonesia’s second largest city Surabaya. Meanwhile Monday morning, a family of five, including an eight-year-old child carried out a bomb attack on a police […]

4th May 2018

Pakistan nuclear body staff comes under suicide attack, 3 killed

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A suspected suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission staff, killing three people and injuring over a dozen others in northeastern Punjab province on Thursday, officials said. According to preliminary reports, the alleged bomber first opened fire on the bus in the province’s Attock district […]

3rd May 2018

Libya: Gunmen attack election commission HQ in Tripoli killing 15

TRIPOLI, Libya (AA): At least 15 people were killed Wednesday in an armed attack on the headquarters of Libya’s official electoral commission in capital Tripoli, according to a local medical source. Daesh has claimed responsibility for the attack. Abdeldaeim al-Rabati, who directs a local field hospital, told Anadolu Agency that 15 people had been killed, […]

2nd May 2018

Nigeria: 27 killed in twin suicide blasts in NE Nigeria

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): At least 27 Muslim worshippers have been killed and 56 others injured after two suicide bombers detonated explosive vests during afternoon prayers in Nigeria’s northeastern Adamawa state, according to police local government officials. “At about 1 p.m.[1300GMT] today, a teenage suicide bomber entered a mosque in Yan Gwajo […]

1st May 2018

Afghanistan: Twin blasts kill 35, including 10 journalists in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 35 people, including 10 journalists and cameramen, were killed and 45 others injured in two suspected suicide blasts during the morning rush hour in the capital Kabul Monday, according to police and health officials. Police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told Anadolu Agency the first blast was […]

29th Apr 2018

Somalia: Suicide attack kills at least 5

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least five people, including a colonel, were killed Saturday when a suicide attacker blew himself up near a military camp in the city of Galkayo in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia, officials said. “An enemy man wearing an improvised device blew himself up near our military […]

29th Apr 2018

Uganda: 2 killed, 36 arrested in mosque raid

By Halima Athumani KAMPALA, Uganda (AA): Uganda security forces said they have killed two people and arrested 36 others following a raid in a mosque in a Kampala suburb. Addressing reporters Saturday afternoon, Ugandan counterterrorism police director Abas Byakagaba explained they were following what they described as a key suspect, who went into Usafi […]

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 […]

22nd Apr 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide bombing targets voter registration in Kabul kills 4

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Suicide attack on a voter registration center in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday has killed four and wounded at least fifteen people, an official confirmed. Humayon Mohtaat, head of the population census directorate, told Anadolu Agency that a registration office in the Dasht Barchi neighborhood was […]

23rd Apr 2018

Nigeria: Suicide bombing in mosque kills 4 in Borno State

By Olarewaju Kola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA): At least four people including two suicide bombers were killed in an attack at a mosque on Sunday in northeastern Nigeria, police said. Two female suicide bombers sneaked into a mosque in Bama town of Borno State early morning and detonated explosives, killing themselves and two other male […]

17th Apr 2018

Quebec mosque killer researched mass murderers online

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Before Alexandre Bissonnette shot dead six Muslims in a Quebec City mosque in 2017, combed the internet for stories on mass shootings, Islam and immigration policies, a Canadian court heard Monday. The self-confessed killer pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree murder in March. Monday was the third […]

17th Apr 2018

India: 10 members of extreme Hindu group acquitted in 2007 Mecca Masjid bombing

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): An Indian court on Monday acquitted all 10 defendants accused in the deadly 2007 bombing of a historic mosque in Hyderabad, southern India. The bomb blast, which took place during Friday prayers at the Mecca Masjid, killed nine people and injured 58 others, and was allegedly carried out […]

13th Apr 2018

Somalia: Blast kills 5 at football stadium

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least five people were killed and more than 10 injured Thursday when a blast rocked a football stadium in the town of Barawe in Somalia’s lower Shabelle region. Barawe District Deputy Commissioner Bashir Mohamed Yusuf told local media the explosion was from a remote-controlled landmine. “The explosion […]

3rd Apr 2018

Nigeria: Over a dozen killed in suspected Boko Haram attack

By Rafiu Ajakaye and Olarewaju Kola LAGOS/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA): Over a dozen people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack in villages in northeastern Nigeria, the army said Monday. Army spokesman Onyema Nwachukwu said 15 people, including a soldier, had been killed and 83 injured in villages Sunday. Militants attempted to enter the […]

29th Mar 2018

Canada: Quebec mosque killer changes plea to guilty

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Alexandre Bissonnette admitted Wednesday he is gunman who shot and killed six men during prayer at a Quebec City mosque last year. Bissonnette, 28, had pleaded not guilty Monday in front of Judge Francois Huot to the 12 charges – six of first-degree murder and six of […]

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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.