India: Rights groups decry release of 11 convicts in gang rape of Muslim woman, murder case
Pakistan: 20 killed in bus-tanker collision in northeast
Egypt: 41 dead in fire at Coptic church west of Cairo
Tunisia: Tunisian preacher stirs controversy over verses regarding ‘coup’
‘News is not good’: Rushdie’s agent says after author attacked on stage in New York
Greece: Dep Speaker of Parliament advocates ‘necessity’ of spying on country’s Turkish Muslim MPs
Jammu & Kashmir: 3 Indian soldiers, 2 Kashmiri militants killed in shoot-out
Palestine: Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank
Afghanistan: 8 killed, 18 injured in ISIS bombing at Muharram gathering
Palestine: 44 Palestinians killed incl 15 children by Israeli bombing of Gaza civilian areas
Palestine: 29 Palestinians killed, incl 6 children by Israeli indiscriminate bombing in Gaza
Palestine: Israel bombs Gaza in unprovoked attack killing 15 incl 5-year-old child
Morocco, Israel agree to enhance security cooperation
UN blames Israel’s ‘coercive measures’ for Palestinian displacements
French gov’t takes flak over deportation decision against well-known imam
Palestine: Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank
Lebanon: Hezbollah warns Israeli gas drilling vessels within range of its missiles
Bangladeshi nationals easy targets of human trafficking gangs
Pakistan: 25 killed in rain-related accidents in 2 days as monsoon wreaks havoc
Palestine: Israeli settlers seize Palestinian home in Hebron
By Ahmet Gencturk ANKARA (AA): A deputy speaker of Greece’s parliament has advocated “the necessity of spying on” the country’s Turkish Muslim deputies, local media reported Thursday. Charalambos Athanasiou, who is also a former justice minister and currently a deputy … Continued
By Feiza Ben Mohamed NICE, France (AA): Several organizations and mosques in France are leading criticism of an Interior Ministry decision to deport well-known Imam Hassan Iquioussen. A preacher and member of the Union of Islamic Organizations of France … Continued
By Ahmet Gencturk ANKARA, Turkey (AA): A woman wearing a headscarf was assaulted in Berlin, with her head covering torn off, local media reported on Saturday. A 37-year-old attacker is said to have torn off the headscarf of the victim, … Continued
LONDON (AA): Mohammed Hanif, a British-Pakistani writer, announced his withdrawal from a conference in Germany after Mohammed El-Kurd, a Palestinian writer and poet, was disinvited. The conference is being organized by the Goethe Institute and is titled Beyond the Lone … Continued
By James Tasamba KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): West African leaders on Tuesday demanded exemptions from a ban on wheat and fertilizer imports from Russia, whose supply chains were interrupted following its war on Ukraine. Speaking at the 8th edition of … Continued
BERLIN (AA): More than 800 mosques in Germany have been the targets of threats and attacks since 2014, but in most of the cases, crimes were not properly investigated, according to Brandeilig, an initiative of rights group FAIR International. The … Continued
By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance on Thursday called on Denmark to urgently address anti-Muslim discrimination and racism against minorities and stop forced evictions of immigrant families. In a monitoring report, the commission … Continued
By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): A mosque in n Sollenau municipality, Austria, was subjected to an Islamophobic and racist attack on Monday. The words “Go back home” were written on the walls of the Yesil Mosque in Lower Austria … Continued
By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): Austria saw 1,061 incidents of anti-Muslim racism and Islamophobia last year, according to a new report released on Thursday. According to the 2021 Report on Anti-Muslim Racism released by the Austrian Documentation and Counseling Center … Continued
By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): Grenoble city’s decision to allow women to wear the head-to-toe swimming costume burkini in municipal swimming pools has set off a heated controversy in France, with the government deeming the authorization “provocative.” However, Interior … Continued
By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AA): The leader of the Danish far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party burned another copy of the Muslim holy book, the Qur’an, on Thursday under police protection in Sweden. Rasmus Paludan, who has dual Danish … Continued
By Bahtiyar Abdulkerimov KYIV, Ukraine (AA): All women, children, and the elderly have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol, an Ukrainian official said Saturday. “This part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation has been … Continued
By Alattin Dogru and Esra Taskin ANKARA / PARIS (AA): A mosque affiliated with Turkiye’s Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) in France’s northeastern province of Metz was attacked on Thursday night. The mosque was damaged in a fire … Continued
By Laila Nezirevic STOCKHOLM (AA): Following several months of protests by Muslim families who claim their children are being “kidnapped” by Swedish authorities, one of the founders of the Nordic Committee for Human Rights is putting a harsh spotlight on … Continued
By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): At least 20 graves belonging to Muslims and Orthodox Christians were vandalized in a cemetery in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, local media reported Monday. Last month Qur’an were burnt across the country leading … Continued
By Leila Nezirevic STOCKHOLM,Sweden(AA): Sweden, a country thought to be a safe haven for refugees, was set aflame when riots erupted last week, after the anti-Muslim Danish-Swedish politician, Rasmus Paludan, announced his burning “tour” of the Quran during the holy … Continued
By Alaattin Dogru ANKARA (AA): Footage that showed the French police assaulting two Muslim women wearing headscarf has triggered anger across social media. In the footage recorded on April 14, the French police use disproportionate force against the two … Continued
By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): The Danish leader of the far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party burned a copy of the Holy Qur’an on Thursday in a heavily-populated Muslim area in Sweden. Rasmus Paludan, accompanied by police, went to … Continued
By Esra Taskin and Alaattin Dogru PARIS (AA): Two mosques in northern France have been closed allegedly on grounds that the mosque buildings were not safe for hosting the prayer congregation, local media reported. The mosques were closed by … Continued
By Hassan Isilow JOHANNESBURG (AA):- The president of South Africa said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine exposed the inability of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to fulfill its mandate to maintain international peace and security. “The entire peace … Continued
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.