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17th Sep 2021

Germany arrests 4 for alleged terror attack plot on synagogue

By Oliver Towfigh Nia BERLIN (AA): German police arrested four people, including a Syrian teenager, accused of planning a terror attack on a synagogue in the western town of Hagen ahead of the Jewish Yom Kippur holidays, local media … Continued

9th Sep 2021

Turkey rescues 97 asylum seekers in Aegean Sea

By Sabri Kesen, Gokhan Duzyol and Ali Balli MUGLA/AYDIN, Turkey (AA): Turkey rescued 97 asylum seekers who were illegally pushed back by the Greek Coast Guard into Turkish territorial waters in the Aegean Sea, security sources said Wednesday. Acting … Continued

5th Sep 2021

Russian security forces arrest more than 50 people in Crimea

By Zehra Nur Duz ANKARA (AA): Russian security forces arrested more than 50 people in Crimea, a senior Ukrainian official said late Saturday. “There are already 50 detainees in Crimea, relatives, friends, activists, including 2 civilian journalists, who came … Continued

3rd Aug 2021

Greece closing 12 more Turkish minority schools in Western Thrace

By Mehmet Hatipoglu KOMOTINI, Greece (AA): In a violation of longstanding treaties, Greece on Monday decided to close 12 more schools serving the country’s Muslim Turkish minority, claiming there are too few students. Under an Education Ministry decree, eight … Continued

26th Jul 2021

France: Criticized over marginalizing Muslims, French bill adopted

By Alaattin Dogru and Esra Taskin PARIS (AA): France has adopted a bill titled “reinforcing respect for the principles of the Republic,” criticized for marginalizing Muslims. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced Friday on Twitter that the parliament had adopted … Continued

17th Jul 2021

EU companies can ban employees from wearing headscarf, court rules

By Busra Nur Cakmak ANKARA (AA): EU’s top court has ruled that companies in the member states can ban employees from wearing a headscarf if they “need to present neutral image towards customers.”  The European Court of Justice (CJEU) … Continued

12th Jul 2021

World leaders commemorate 26th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide

By Talha Ozturk, Dilan Pamuk, and Aamir Latif BELGRADE, Serbia/ANKARA (AA): Leading political figures across the world, including the Turkish president, commemorated the 1995 Srebrenica genocide on Sunday. Bosnia and Herzegovina marked the 26th anniversary of the tragic events, … Continued

8th Jul 2021

Spain: Another anti-Muslim attack in Murcia

By Alyssa McMurtry OVIEDO, Spain (AA): A mosque in Spain’s Murcia was attacked overnight on Wednesday, less than a month after the brutal assassination of a Moroccan man in the same Spanish region. The mosque in the Cabezo de … Continued

6th Jul 2021

Mosque in Amsterdam attacked for second time since late last year

By Selman Aksunger AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (AA): Hagia Sophia Mosque in Amsterdam, the Netherlands was vandalized on Sunday night, according to the National Vision Federation. The windows of the mosque, which is affiliated with the federation, were broken with … Continued

5th Jul 2021

France: Islamic institute vandalised with Islamophobic graffiti

By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): The premises of Al Ghazali Institute of the Grand Mosque of Paris was defaced with Islamophobic and racist inscriptions on Sunday. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin condemned the act as “unacceptable degradation” and assured to … Continued

24th Jun 2021

France: Polling official in regional elections demoted for wearing headscarf

By Esra Taskin PARIS (AA): A top polling official during France’s regional elections last Sunday was demoted from her post for wearing a headscarf, according to official statements and French local media. Rachida Kabbouri, a Muslim municipal councilor of … Continued

18th Jun 2021

Spain: Racist murder of Moroccan provokes outrage

By Alyssa McMurtry OVIEDO, Spain (AA): People across Spain are calling for more to be done to address racism in the country after the brutal murder of a Moroccan immigrant in the southern region of Murcia. Younes Bilal, 37, … Continued

9th Jun 2021

UN court’s Ratko Mladic genocide conviction welcomed by relatives of victims

By Talha Ozturk BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): The upholding of Ratko Mladic’s conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity on Tuesday drew praise and relief from both the international community and relatives of his victims. Mladic, also known as the … Continued

30th May 2021

Austrian Muslims to sue govt over controversial ‘Islam map’

By Oliver Towfigh Nia BERLIN, Germany, (AA): A leading Muslim group in Austria said on Saturday it planned to file a lawsuit against the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for unveiling the controversial “Islam map,” according to Austrian media … Continued

29th May 2021

EU drugs regulator recommends Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children 12-15

By Agnes Szucs BRUSSELS (AA): The European Medicine Agency (EMA) on Friday authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for use in children aged 12 and 15. “The EMA’s Committee for Human Medicine approved today the use of vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, called … Continued

22nd May 2021

Germany: Real estate firm secretly discriminated against migrants, Muslims

BERLIN (AA): For years a real estate firm in western Germany has systematically discriminated against migrants and Muslims by using racist codes in its internal documents, local media reported Friday. Brebau GmbH, the second-biggest real estate company in the city … Continued

14th May 2021

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity does not apply to Muslim women in France

COMMENT By Councillor Rabina Khan London, (The Muslim News): When is the UK going to start talking about the fact that the mainstream, ‘centrist’ governing party of our oldest, closest ally and neighbour, has embraced bigotry to the extent … Continued

5th May 2021

France: Arson attack targets mosque in SE France

By Yusuf Ozcan PARIS (AA): An arson attack was carried out on a mosque in France’s southeastern Albertville city on Monday night, the mosque said in a statement on social media. According to the statement, the entrance of the … Continued

1st May 2021

France: Mosque in Rennes suffers 2nd attack

By Alaattin Dogru PARIS (AA): A mosque in northwestern France was subjected to an Islamophobic and racist attack for the second time in 20 days. Slogans such as “Wake up France”, “We warned you, immigration kills” and “No Islamization”, … Continued

26th Apr 2021

France police stabbing: Assailant ‘was radicalized’

By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): The Tunisian assailant who stabbed a female official inside a police station in Rambouillet on the outskirts of Paris on Friday was ‘radicalized’ and suffered from psychiatric problems, investigators have said. Five suspects have … Continued

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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.