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By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released Friday, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) has asked that Jan. 29 be designated an official day of remembrance for six Muslims slain at a Quebec City mosque. The victims were shot and killed while 19 others were […]

5th Jan 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide attack kills 11 in Kabul

By Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL (AA): At least 11 people were killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Thursday, a security official said. 25 people were also wounded in the attack. The incident took place close to a police vehicle in Kabul’s Banayi area, it added. The blast happened close to […]

30th Dec 2017

Egypt: 10 killed in Cairo church attack by Daesh

By Adam Moro and Ugur Cil ANKARA (AA): Ten people were killed Friday, including eight Coptic Christians, including a Muslim police officer in an armed attack on a church south of capital Cairo, according to Egyptian officials. Five other people were injured at Marmina church in Helwan district, the ministry added, at least two […]

29th Dec 2017

Afghanistan: Suicide attack in Shia Muslim cultural centre in Kabul claims 41 lives

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A suicide attack at a facility hosting a news agency and a cultural center in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday has claimed 41 lives. Nasrat Rehimi, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told Anadolu Agency 41 people, mostly civilians, were killed and 80 others injured. “Most […]

25th Dec 2017

Afghanistan: Suicide attack by Daesh kills 6 in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A suicide blast close to the compound of Afghanistan’s top spy agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), in the capital Kabul on Monday killed at least six people, officials confirmed. Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told Anadolu Agency that six people were killed […]

18th Dec 2017

Afghanistan: Taliban attacks kill 12 in Helmand Province

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Twelve people, including 11 policemen and a woman, were killed in two separate attacks in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials confirmed. Taliban gunmen stormed military posts in Lashkargah, provincial capital of Helmand province, late on Saturday killing 11 personnel of the Afghan National Police (ANP), said the […]

17th Dec 2017

Pakistan: Church blast in Balochistan kills 5, injures 16

By Aamir Latif KARACHI (AA): At least five people have been killed and dozens are feared injured in a blast at a church in southwestern Pakistan, followed by security forces trying to overpower heavily armed terrorists, officials and local media reported. The blast took place at 12 noon (0700GMT), Sunday, when people were attending […]

14th Dec 2017

Somalia: Suicide attack at police academy kills 10

(AA): At least 10 people were killed and 15 others injured on Thursday morning after a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew up himself outside a police academy in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, local media reported. The suicide bomber infiltrated the police checkpoints and blew up himself during a police gathering, Somali National News […]

10th Dec 2017

Iraqi forces recaptures all territories overrun by Daesh, incl border with Syria

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): Iraqi forces have regained full control of the country’s border with Syria, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said Saturday. “Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border,” al-Abadi said in a televised speech in the capital Baghdad. He said the Iraqi victory over the Daesh terrorist group […]

3rd Dec 2017

Nigeria: Twin suicide bombings kill 13 in northeast Nigeria

By Olarewaju Kola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA): At least 13 people were killed and 30 wounded on Saturday in two suspected suicide bombings in Nigeria’s northeast, police said. Two female suicide bombers entered a marketplace in Biu, the third largest city in Borno State at 11.40 a.m. local time (1240GMT), police added. Victor Isuku, […]

1st Dec 2017

Pakistan: Eleven killed as gunmen attack University hostel in Peshawar

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least eleven students were killed and 37 people, including soldiers, injured as five terrorists stormed a university hostel in Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province Provincial police chief Salauddin Khattak said heavily-armed terrorists stormed the hostel of Agriculture University Peshawar early Friday morning, opening fire […]

25th Nov 2017

Egypt: Death toll from Sinai mosque bombing during Friday prayers hits 305

By Hussein al-Qabbani and Viola Fahmi CAIRO (AA): The death toll from a bomb that went off outside a mosque in the city of Al-Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula following Friday prayers has climbed to a whopping 305, according to official sources. Gunmen then opened fire on worshippers as they tried to flee. […]

24th Nov 2017

Egypt: 85 killed from bomb explosion in mosque after Friday prayers in Sinai

By Hussein al-Qabbani and Viola Fahmi CAIRO (AA): The death toll from a bomb that went off outside a mosque in the city of Al-Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula following Friday prayers has risen to 85, according to official sources. “The number of people martyred in the Al-Arish terrorist incident has risen to […]

22nd Nov 2017

Iraq: Massive car bomb kills 21 in Turkmen district

By Hussein al-Amir and Ali Mukarrem Garip BAGHDAD (AA): At least 21 people were killed Tuesday when the Turkmen-majority Tuz Khurmatu district in Iraq’s Saladin province north of Baghdad was rocked by a massive car bomb, according to a provincial security commission head. Fifty-two people were also injured in the car bomb blast, Mahdi […]

21st Nov 2017

Nigeria: Suicide attack on mosque in NE Nigeria kills over 50

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): At least 50 people have been killed and several dozens injured in a suicide attack at a mosque in the northeastern Adamawa state of Nigeria on Tuesday morning, police said. “At around 5.20 a.m. [0420GMT] today, a boy around 17 years of age detonated a suicide vest shortly […]

17th Nov 2017

US downplays deal with Daesh terrorists in Raqqa, allowing safe passage with arms

By Safvan Allahverdi WASHINGTON (AA) – The U.S. on Thursday downplayed a recent deal allowing thousands of armed Daesh terrorists safe passage from Syria’s Raqqa city, instead urging all sides to seek a “political solutions”. Raqqa served as the de-facto capital of Daesh terrorists. “With respect to all of that, we continue to encourage all […]

16th Nov 2017

Nigeria: Suicide bombers kill 14 in Maiduguri city

By Olarewaju Kola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA): At least 14 people were killed and 29 injured Wednesday when four suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city. The bombers targeted crowded parts of Muna Gari suburb. The two female and two male bombers, who are suspected to be members of Boko Haram, killed themselves […]

15th Nov 2017

US: Five dead at California school shooting

By Safvan Allahverdi WASHINGTON (AA): At least five people were killed and several wounded Tuesday during a shooting spree in Northern California, according to authorities. At least two students were shot and wounded at Rancho Tehama Elementary School, one of seven locations where a gunman opened fire in Tehama County, a rural town about […]

8th Nov 2017

Nigeria: 4 bombers killed, 8 injured in multiple blasts

By Olarewaju Kola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Four suicide bombers suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have been killed in multiple explosions that rocked Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday. Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu also confirmed eight people were wounded. The suicide bombers — all female — targeted farmers working near the city center […]

7th Nov 2017

Afghanistan: Bomb, gun attack on Afghan TV station, 2 killed

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A small group of attackers killed at least two security guards in an attack on a TV station in capital Kabul on Tuesday, police said. The attack on the offices of broadcaster Shamshad began at around 10.45 a.m. local time (0615GMT), local media reported, when a suicide […]

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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.