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By Beyza Binnur Donmez GENEVA (AA): Muslims are “structurally” discriminated against by banks and financial institutions in the Netherlands, mostly as a result of the law to stop money laundering and terrorism funding, according to the national coordinator against discrimination and racism. Rabin Baldewsingh told Dutch daily Trouw on Thursday that he receives extra signals […]

28th Mar 2023

Portugal: Two Muslim women killed in knife attack at Muslim centre

By Nadine Osman and Ahmed J Versi London (The Muslim News): Two Muslim women have been stabbed to death and one woman injured at an Islamic centre in Lisbon, Portuguese police say. The suspect, reportedly of Afghan origin, was shot at the Ismaili Centre on Avenida Lusíada before being taken to a hospital. In a […]

28th Feb 2023

UK: Windsor Framework agreed by UK & EU for Northern Ireland broadly welcomed

Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, flew to Belfast Tuesday after winning widespread support for a new Windsor Framework with the European Union Monday aimed to end the long drawn-out dispute over the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol proposed and agreed by his predecessor Boris Johnson to accommodate a hard Brexit […]

28th Feb 2023

Italy: Death toll from migrant shipwreck off southern Italy climbs to 63

By Ahmet Gencturk ATHENS (AA): The death toll from the shipwreck off southern Italy of a wooden boat carrying migrants climbed to 63, local media reported Monday. Search and rescue teams recovered four more bodies, including of a 14-year-old girl, said the state-run ANSA news agency. 12 children have died after their wooden boat crashed […]

5th Feb 2023

Bosnia & Herzegovina: ‘We will slaughter Muslim women & children’ graffiti

By Talha Ozturk BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): Islamophobic graffiti and murals painted in Capljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina [BiH] triggered a backlash from residents Saturday. Threatening articles such as “Kill Balija (an expression used to insult Bosnian Muslims)” and “We will slaughter Muslim women and children,” were written on the Franje Tudjman Bridge in Capljina, where […]

22nd Jan 2023

Qur’an burning in Sweden condemned by Muslim world

ANKARA (AA): Criticizing Sweden for giving a permit for a planned burning of the Qur’an, Turkey’s foreign minister on Saturday said racism and hate crimes do not count as freedom of thought. The leader of the Danish far-right party Stram Kurs (Hard Line) on Saturday burnt a copy of the Holy Qur’an in the Swedish […]

30th Dec 2022

France: Great Mosque of Paris files complaint against writer’s ‘brutal’ Islamophobic remarks

By Fatih Karakaya PARIS (AA): The Great Mosque of Paris is filing a complaint against French writer Michel Houellebecq over his Islamophobic remarks, it announced on Thursday. The decision was taken after a “long conversation” between Houellebecq and another writer, Michel Onfray, was published in magazine Front Populaire in November, said the statement. In […]

24th Dec 2022

France: Gun attack at Kurdish community killing 3, was a ‘terror attack’

By Nur Asena Erturk and Murat Temizer ANKARA (AA): A 69-year-old “caucasian” gunman of French nationality, killed three people and injured three others at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday. The motivations for Friday’s mass shooting in Paris remain unknown, according to France’s interior minister. However, the Kurdish Democratic […]

21st Dec 2022

Algeria rejects European cap on gas prices

Photo: Mohamed Arkab, Minister for Energy and Mines of Algeria (Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA CC) By Hassan Jibril ALGIERS, Algeria (AA): Algeria on Tuesday rejected a European cap on gas prices Tuesday, warning that the move will destabilizing the energy market. “Algeria does not support the idea of capping prices. The energy market […]

3rd Dec 2022

Sweden: Destroyed Quran left near entrance to Stockholm mosque

By Atilla Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA) – A destroyed Quran was left Friday near the entrance to a mosque in Stockholm in an Islamophobic attack. Images shared by the Stockholm Mosque show the damaged holy book of the Muslims chained up and hanging from an iron railing outside the mosque. The mosque said in a statement […]

18th Nov 2022

France shuts down 2 Islamic schools

By Alaattin Dogru ANKARA, Turkey (AA): Two Islamic schools have been closed down in France’s southern city of Montpellier, according to local media reports. Officials carried out unannounced checks at the two schools on Tuesday and ordered the administrations to shut them down, news outlet Actu.fr reported on Wednesday. The raids were carried out […]

8th Nov 2022

Rescue ship with 179 migrants on board allowed to enter Italian port

By Baris Seckin ROME (AA): Italy allowed a German-flagged rescue ship to enter a port in Sicily and disembark women, children and ill migrants, according to local media reports on Sunday. Humanity-1, operated by German charity SOS Humanity, entered the port of Catania escorted by an Italian coast guard boat. In line with the latest […]

5th Nov 2022

Greece: 23 dead after boat carrying asylum seekers sinks in Aegean Sea

By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS (AA): At least 23 bodies were pulled out after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank near islands of Evia in the Aegean Sea, Greek officials said Friday. Many are still missing. Five children were among the dead from Tuesday’s boat wreck, according to the Greek coast guard. Twelve people, including a […]

23rd Oct 2022

France: Muslim schoolchildren often denied food options that fit their faith

PARIS, France (AA): Although the subject gets little media coverage, the problem of food in French school cafeterias is a headache for many parents of Muslim students. Citing their version of secularism, some mayors have decided not to offer alternative menus in school cafeterias. This is the case in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, a commune on the outskirts […]

19th Oct 2022

Spain: Neo-Nazi group that attacked Madrid mosque on trial for inciting hatred

By Alyssa McMurtry OVIEDO, Spain (AA): The trial against members of the Spanish neo-Nazi group Hogar Social Madrid for attacking Spain’s largest mosque kicked off on Tuesday. Prosecutors are demanding three years in jail for inciting hatred against Muslims for the group’s leader, Melisa Domínguez Ruiz. At the same time, a Spanish immigration association […]

29th Sep 2022

France to close another mosque, bringing total mosques closed 24

By Alaattin Dogru PARIS (AA): France announced it will close another mosque, accusing the imam of being radicalized, according to media reports Wednesday. The Interior Ministry has started the process of closing the Obernai Mosque in the Bas-Rhin area, according to French BFM TV and Le Figaro. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter […]

28th Sep 2022

Germany: Thousands march to protest soaring energy prices, Russian sanctions

BERLIN (AA):– Thousands of people rallied in several eastern German states on Monday evening to protest the government’s energy policy and sanctions against Russia. The protesters shouted slogans against Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government and carried banners bearing the messages “Stop the price explosion,” “Stop the war, stop the sanctions,” and “Open Nord Stream now.” […]

9th Sep 2022

Swedish far-right politicians exposed for wanting to ‘eradicate’ Muslims

By Leila Nezirevic STOCKHOLM (AA): Swedish far-right politicians participating in this year’s elections have been exposed for wanting to eradicate Muslims and “blackheads,” a derogatory term for Black people. Anti-racist magazine Expo, along with news outlet, Expressen, revealed Thursday right-wing candidates who also openly share tribute to Nazis. Sweden Democrats (SD) politician Björn Halldin […]

1st Sep 2022

French Muslims tracked by intelligence forces over political opinions

By Umit Donmez PARIS (AA): Several French Muslim personalities have been tracked and listed by French intelligence for their political opinions, be they supposed or real. This was revealed in an article published on Tuesday by Europe 1 radio channel, reporting that it had obtained a “confidential note from French territorial intelligence.” According to […]

31st Aug 2022

Swedish politician leaves party after prime minister’s ‘Somalitown’ remarks

By Leila Nezirevic LONDON (AA):- A Swedish-Somali politician has left the ruling Social Democrats party in protest over recent remarks by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, saying the party has become too xenophobic. Saida Hussein Moge gave Andersson over comments she made last week where she said Sweden should not have any “Somalitowns.” The Social […]

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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.