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Israeli army continues to break ceasefire agreement in Lebanon by bombing towns & refusing to withdraw from S Lebanon & raids into West Bank intensifies

Israeli forces killed 4 people in Lebanon & 3 in Gaza, violating ceasefire agreements

UK: Jewish and Muslim leaders launch interfaith accord

Israel postpones again to withdraw from Lebanon breaking 900th ceasefire agreement & kills a Palestinian in Gaza

Obituary: Leader of Ismaili Muslims, Aga Khan IV (1936-2025), global visionary & champion of human development

12th Feb 2025

Obituary: Leader of Ismaili Muslims, Aga Khan IV (1936-2025), global visionary & champion of human development

Obituary By Ebrahim Moosa The passing of His Highness Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, at the age of 88 in Lisbon, Portugal on 4 February 2025, surrounded by his family, ends an illustrious and transformative 49th Imamat, the office of spiritual leadership of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims. His son, Prince Rahim Aga Khan (His […]

5th Oct 2023

‘Despicable’ Qur’an burnings aim to drive wedges between communities, countries: UN rights chief

By Alyssa McMurtry OVIEDO, Spain (AA): The UN human rights chief on Wednesday slammed recent “despicable incidents” of Qur’an burning in Europe. They are “deliberate provocations… intended to drive wedges between countries and communities,” Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said at a high-level conference to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the […]

26th Sep 2023

Sweden: Mosque severly damaged by suspected arson attack

Stockholm, Sweden (Agencies): A mosque in south-east Sweden has been severly damaged following a suspected arson attack, according to local media. The fire in the Arby section of the city of Eskilstuna was caused by arson, Anas Deneche, Eskilstuna Grand Mosque’s communication director, told public broadcaster SR. Deneche says that they do not intend to […]

23rd Sep 2023

Muslim girl turned away from school in France for wearing hijab files complaint with UN

By Esra Taskin and Feiza Ben Mohamed PARIS (AA): A Muslim student, who had been turned away from school for wearing a kimono, a Japanese garment, in France, has filed a complaint with the UN over being “discriminated against” due to her religious affiliation. The controversy over the French government’s stance against hijab in schools […]

22nd Sep 2023

Germany: Far-right attitudes on rise in the country

By Anadolu staff BERLIN (AA): One in 12 people in Germany shares a right-wing extremist worldview, according to a new study published on Thursday. The research by Friedrich Ebert Foundation has found that the number of people with far-right views has significantly increased in the past two years, and has exceeded 8%. In the foundation’s […]

4th Sep 2023

Greece: 20 tombstones damaged in Turkish Muslim cemetery in Western Thrace

By Ayhan Mehmet GUMULCINE, Greece (AA): A Turkish cemetery in Greece’s Western Thrace region has been targeted by unidentified people over the weekend. Some 20 tombstones have been damaged in the cemetery of the Turkish minority in Narlikoy. In a statement on Facebook, the Friendship Equality and Peace Party, a party popular with the Turkish […]

5th Sep 2023

Austria: Unknown persons place pig’s head outside mosque in Graz

By Timo Kirez GENEVA (AA): Unknown persons left a severed pig’s head at the entrance of a mosque in the Austrian city of Graz, public broadcaster ORF reported Monday. According to the report, a local resident notified police at around 9:40 pm Sunday evening, stating that the entrance area of the mosque had been damaged. […]

30th Jul 2023

France: Young Muslim saves 17 people, incl a baby, from fire

By Alaattin Dogru ANKARA, Turkey,(AA): A young French Muslim who risked his life by entering a burning building to rescue 17 people, including a baby, is now being hailed as a hero. According to France Bleu radio, a fire broke out on Friday in a two-story building in Romans-sur-Isere in southeastern France. Izzeddin Hamdi, a […]

21st Jul 2023

Bosnia bids farewell to 2 more Bosniak victims of Prijedor massacre by Serbs

By Talha Ozturk BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday bade farewell to two more victims identified to have been killed in the Prijedor massacre. The two newly identified Bosniak civilians who were killed in the Bosnian war between 1992 and 1995 were buried at the Kamicani Memorial Center. Ferid Sikiric and Izet […]

15th Jul 2023

Every day 2 children drown crossing Mediterranean due to ‘absence of safe, legal routes’: UNICEF

By Beyza Binnur Donmez GENEVA (AA): Two children are drown on average per day while trying to cross Central Mediterranean due to the “absence of safe and legal routes,” the UN Children’s Agency, UNICEF, said on Friday. The number of children that have lost their lives while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe […]

16th Jul 2023

Sweden: ‘I can’t burn sacred books,’ says Muslim who got permission to burn Bible, Torah

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): A Syrian Muslim who obtained permission from the Swedish police to burn the Torah and the Bible in front of the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm chose not to burn the sacred books in response to the provocations of burning the copy of the Holy Quran . Ahmet Allus on Saturday […]

30th Jun 2023

France’s top court upholds Hijab ban on women footballers in matches

By Esra Taskin PARIS (AA): France’s top administrative court on Thursday upheld a ban on Muslim women football players wearing headscarves or Hijab during matches. The Council of State rejected the collective Muslim women footballers known as “Les Hijabeuses” appeal against the French Football Federation’s (FFF) decision on the 2016 headscarf ban. The court ruled […]

27th Jun 2023

Italy: Alarm over law to shutter Muslim prayer spaces

By Giovanni Legorano ROME (AA): A controversial law proposed by the ruling far-right coalition has again brought Muslims and their places of worship to the fore of Italy’s political discourse. If passed, the law could shut down hundreds of Islamic prayer spaces, a prospect triggering alarm within the country’s 2.5 million-strong Muslim community. Opposition politicians […]

24th Jun 2023

Pakistan: 281 families knock Pakistani govt over Greek boat tragedy

By Riyaz ul Khaliq ISTANBUL (AA): At least 281 families have reached the Pakistani government over the Greek boat tragedy last week, the nation’s interior minister told the parliament on Friday. Over 300 Pakistani citizens lost their lives, said Rana Sanaulla, “82 deceased Pakistani victims had been recovered” after they lost their lives in the […]

31st May 2023

Germany: Probe launched after suspected arson attack on mosque complex

By Anadolu staff BERLIN (AA): Police in Germany launched an investigation after a fire broke out in a mosque complex in the western city of Hannover on Monday night. Recep Bilgen, chairman of the Muslim umbrella group Schura, said the largest mosque in Hannover was targeted in a suspected arson attack. “We demand a complete […]

27th May 2023

Greece: 3 dead, 12 missing as migrant boat capsizes in Aegean Sea

By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS (AA: Three migrants were killed and twelve others are still missing after their boat capsized off the Mykonos island in the Aegean Sea on Friday morning, Greek state broadcaster ERT said. The coast guard has been carrying out a search and rescue operation since the early hours of Friday. Two migrants, […]

25th May 2023

Germany: Dozens of mosques attacked in 2022

By Anadolu staff BERLIN (AA): At least 35 mosques were attacked in Germany last year, with the majority of these attacks motivated by Islamophobia and right-wing extremism in the country, according to a new report released by Turkish-Muslim group DITIB. The DITIB’s anti-discrimination office recently released a 32-page report analyzing hate crimes, threats, and attacks […]

19th May 2023

Canada: Man arrested after driving car at worshipers at 2 Toronto mosques

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 […]

11th May 2023

Germany: Attempted arson attack on mosque in Dresden

By Anadolu staff BERLIN (AA): Police in Germany launched an investigation into an attempted arson attack that targeted a mosque in the eastern city of Dresden on Tuesday night. A 34-year-old man, who spilled flammable liquid inside the Fatih Mosque and tried to set the building on fire, fled the scene but was later arrested […]

30th Apr 2023

Germany: Police forcefully removed Muslim boy from his family

BERLIN (AA) – German authorities have been facing heavy criticism since a viral video showed a Muslim immigrant child forcefully being removed from his family in the city of Bremerhaven. The video, widely shared on social media, showed police and child protection agency officers entering a house, and forcefully taking a little boy from his […]

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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.