Philippines: Muslim majority Bangsamoro region seeks assistance amid Covid-19 pandemic
Jammu & Kashmir: Young ‘innocent’ Kashmiri killed in police custody
France: MPs leave meeting over student wearing hijab
Palestine: 3,500 Palestinians killed during Netanyahu premiership
Libya: 24 migrants die as boat sinks off Libyan coast
Palestine: Israel to demolish mosque in Jerusalem
Pakistan reopen schools, universities, as Covid-19 shows downward trend
Pakistan urges ASEAN to speak out against Islamophobia
Somalia: Suicide attack by al-Shabaab outside mosque kills 6
EU: Ban on halal & kosher slaughter against EU law
Arab League slammed for not condemning UAE-Israel deal
UK: Brexit: Outcry over UK bill that violates intl law
Canadian judge apologizes for hijab ruling
UN welcomes Indonesia’s acceptance of Rohingya refugees
Bangladesh: Disabled Bangladeshi with only 2 working fingers vows to make a difference
Bangladesh: 12 die, 40 injured in mosque blasts
Palestine: ‘Israeli forces wanted to kill me like in Floyd case’
‘UAE, Saudi Arabia allowed Israel onto Yemen’s Socotra’
Israel bombing Syria kills two, injures seven soldiers
Myanmar: Deep reforms must end vicious violence against Rohingya minority
Netherlands: Dutch mayor shuts down anti-Muslim demonstration
By Abdullah Airan UTRECHT, The Netherlands (AA): The mayor of Utrecht city in the Netherlands shut down an anti-Muslim demonstration late Friday by the far-right Pegida political movement in front of Ulu Mosque. During the demonstration, members of Pegida, … Continued
Germany: Mosque dubbed with swastikas and racist slogans
By Meltem Bulur (AA): A mosque in the northwestern city of Gladbeck was vandalized Sunday night. The attackers wrote racist slogans and drew swastikas on the windows and walls of the mosque. A statement from the Turkish Consul General of the … Continued
EU: Anti-Islamophobia kit launched in European Parliament
By Yusuf Hatip BRUSSELS (AA): In the wake of growing racism across Europe, a project to counter Islamophobia was launched in the European Parliament on Wednesday. Experts and academics from across Europe gathered at the parliament for the launch of … Continued
Norway: Number of Muslim converts increases
By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): The number of Muslim converts in Norway increased to at least 3,000 in the recent years, a researcher at Oslo University’s Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages said. Norway’s leading Verdens Gang newspaper … Continued
European rights court slams Belgium on headscarf issue
By Hajer M’tiri PARIS (AA): The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday convicted Belgian authorities for violating the EU Convention on Human Rights by excluding a Muslim woman from a courtroom for refusing to remove her headscarf. In … Continued
Germany: Bavarian elections & Islamophobia in political campaigning
By Farid Hafez SALZBURG: On Oct. 14 this year, the Free State of Bavaria, the largest German state by land area, will hold elections.One of the parties, which will contest the elections in the majority Catholic state, is the … Continued
Austria mulls to expand headscarf ban in schools
By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): Expanding the range of headscarf bans for students and teachers in secondary school should be discussed throughout the country, especially in parliament, Austria’s Education Minister said on Monday. Speaking at Austrian state television ORF … Continued
Belgium: 76 pct of Islamophobic attacks target women in Belgium
By Serife Cetin and Yusuf Hatip BRUSSELS (AA): Around 76 percent of Islamophobic attacks in Belgium in 2017 targeted Muslim women, an anti-Islamophobia association in the country revealed on Saturday. The Belgian Association for the Prevention of Islamophobia (CCIB) … Continued
Germany: Rival protests held over killing of German citizen
BERLIN (AA) – Far-right and anti-fascist groups clashed in eastern German city of Chemnitz Saturday over alleged killing of a man by migrants. More than 4,500 far-right protestors attended the anti-immigration rally organized by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party … Continued
Germany calls for end to US dominance in global finance
By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Wednesday proposed measures against U.S. dominance in global finance amid a growing row between Washington and Berlin over the Iran nuclear deal. In an article he wrote for daily … Continued
Sweden: Muslim woman wins religious discrimination case
By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): A Muslim woman will get 40,000 Swedish krona ($4,366) in damages from a company that discriminated against her faith-based choices during a job interview, a Swedish court ruled late Wednesday. Farah Alhajeh’s job … Continued
Belgium: Girl denied internship due to headscarf
By Serife Cetin BRUSSELS (AA): Betul Baslik, a Turkish-origin social services and pedagogy graduate, has been denied an internship by a Belgian retirement home due to her headscarf. Born and raised in Belgium, Baslik told Anadolu Agency that she … Continued
Denmark: Thousands march against veil ban
By Davut Colak COPENHAGEN (AA): Thousands of people marched against a controversial ban in Denmark on the wearing of face veils in public that came into force Wednesday. Demonstrations were held in the capital city of Copenhagen and second … Continued
UK: Brexit: May defeats rebel Customs Union amendment
By Muhammad Mussa LONDON (AA): British Prime Minister Theresa May fended off a rebellion in the lower house of parliament Tuesday after narrowly defeating a Customs Union amendment by rebel Tory MPs that could have kept the UK in … Continued
Germany: Video shows Islamophobic shooting at Muslim woman
By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): An assailant entered a cafe and fired six shots at a Muslim female employee in southern Germany, in a suspected Islamophobic attack. A dramatic video footage released on Tuesday captured the moment when the … Continued
Germany: Muslim patients targeted in Islamophobic knife attack
By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): A man threatened Muslim patients with a kitchen knife and injured one person after a standoff at a small clinic in northwestern Germany, local media reported on Friday. The man, said to be in … Continued
Belgium: Prosecutors probe violent Islamophobic attack on Muslim teen girl
By Serife Cetin BRUSSELS (AA): Belgian prosecutors will decide on Wednesday evening if Monday’s attack against a young Muslim girl was carried out due to Islamophobia or not. On Monday night, two assailants attacked a 19-year-old Muslim teen in … Continued
France: 10 charged over anti-Muslim terror plot
By Hajer M’tiri PARIS (AA): French prosecutors have charged 10 far-right extremists with criminal terrorist conspiracy over a terrorist plot to attack Muslims, who they called “enemy within” French media reported on Thursday. Among the nine men and one … Continued
UK: Tens of thousands march for Brexit deal referendum
By Muhammad Mussa LONDON (AA): Tens of thousands people took to the streets of London on Saturday afternoon demanding a referendum on the final deal between London and Brussels over the U.K. leaving the EU. The protest included MPs … Continued
Mediterranean migrants death toll nears 1,000
By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): A total of 960 migrants and refugees have lost their lives at Mediterranean Sea since the beginning of 2018, the UN migration agency said on Friday. “Mediterranean arrivals at this point in 2018 are … 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.
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