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By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): French lawmakers have voted in favor of an amendment prohibiting the wearing of the hijab at sporting events, resulting in the exclusion of Muslim female athletes from competitive field sports. During a discussion on the sports bill in the Senate, the upper house of parliament, lawmakers adopted an amendment […]

15th Jan 2022

UN sounds alarm over hate crimes in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia

By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): The UN on Friday said it is “deeply concerned” by recent incidents in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia that saw individuals glorifying war crimes and convicted war criminals, triggering anxiety and tensions in communities. Liz Throssell, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at […]

14th Jan 2022

Spain: Former police official claims 2017 terror attacks orchestrated by secret service

By Ahmet Gencturk ANKARA (AA): The 2017 terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, Spain, were orchestrated by the National Intelligence Center (CNI), a former senior police officer said Thursday. The aim was to destabilize Catalonia before an independence referendum but the outcome that left 16 dead, was a miscalculation, said Jose Manuel Villarejo, according […]

8th Jan 2022

France: Lawyers training school in Paris accused of Islamophobia

By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): A young Muslim student accused France’s foremost legal institution of Islamophobia after being threatened with expulsion from an oath ceremony for wearing a headscarf. Graduating lawyer Sara, who only revealed her first name, told Revolution Permanente, a far-left digital news site, that she was singled out for wearing a […]

4th Jan 2022

Netherlands: Islamophobic letters sent to mosques

By Abdullah Asiran ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA): The Dutch Religious Foundation issued a statement Monday condemning the sending of letters to several mosques in the Netherlands with Islamophobic content. The mosques, which are affiliated with the foundation, also known as Hollanda Diyanet Vakfı (HDV), received the letters last week, which included cartoons insulting the Prophet […]

2nd Jan 2022

Germany: Vandals attack gravestones in Muslim cemetery

By Merve Aydogan ANKARA (AA): About 30 headstones at a Muslim cemetery in the northwestern German city of Iserlohn have been damaged, police said Saturday. The incident occurred late Friday or early Saturday, according to a statement by prosecutors and the Hagen police department. Authorities issued an appeal for information from anyone who witnessed […]

30th Dec 2021

France: Attacks on mosques, racist graffiti signs of rising Islamophobia

By Alaattin Dogru ANKARA (AA): Multiple Islamophobic attacks were recently witnessed in France, as two mosques were attacked in the country’s southeast and racist graffiti targeting Muslims were written on the street walls in the country’s west. According to local media, racist attacks target two mosques in the cities of La Mure and Domene […]

18th Dec 2021

Belgium’s Muslim community challenges halal slaughter ban at Strasbourg Court

By Agnes Szucs BRUSSELS (AA): The Muslim community in Belgium will appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against the ban on ritual halal animal slaughtering. “The Belgian Muslim Executive and the Coordination Council of Islamic Institutions of Belgium will challenge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg the ban imposed […]

15th Dec 2021

Germany: Mosque in Leipzig vandalized by far-left protesters

BERLIN (AA) – A mosque in the eastern German city of Leipzig has been vandalized by left-wing extremists, authorities said on Tuesday. During a rally of far-left groups on Monday night in the east Leipzig, some of the protesters attacked the Eyup Sultan Mosque in the same district and smashed its windows, according to a […]

6th Dec 2021

Cyprus: Attempted arson attack on mosque in Southern Cyprus condemned

By Handan Kazanci ISTANBUL (AA): Turkey on Sunday condemned the Dec. 2 attempted arson attack on a mosque on the Greek side of the long-divided Cyprus island. “We strongly condemn the arson attack against the Grand Mosque in Larnaca, the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. […]

20th Nov 2021

Germany: Attempted arson attack on mosque in Cologne

BERLIN (AA):- An unidentified arsonist tried to set fire to a mosque in the western city of Cologne, police said on Friday. Security guards spotted the suspect in the early hours of the day outside the Cologne Central Mosque while he was pouring a liquid, police said in a statement. The suspect fled on foot […]

8th Nov 2021

France: 3 mosques face Islamophobic attack

By Yusuf Ozcan PARIS (AA): In another Islamophobic incident in France, a cross and anti-Islamic slogans were inscribed on the walls of three mosques. The walls of the mosques, affiliated to the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), the largest Turkish-Muslim association in the country, were defaced in Montlebon, Pontarlier, and Roubaix provinces of France […]

3rd Nov 2021

France bars Council of Europe’s campaign against anti-Muslim hate speech

By Yusuf Ozcan PARIS (AA): France has barred a campaign launched by the Council of Europe against anti-Muslim hate speech. Speaking to LCI TV, Sarah El Hairy, the minister of state for youth and engagement attached to the minister of national education, youth and sport, said the campaign by the council’s Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination […]

27th Oct 2021

France to close 7 more mosques, associations, total closed 92

By Yusuf Ozcan PARIS (AA): France will close seven more mosques and associations by the end of this year suspected of promoting “radical Islamism,” the country’s interior minister announced Tuesday. Gerald Darmanin welcomed the decision to close a mosque in the city of Allonnes for six months on the grounds that it defends “radical […]

22nd Oct 2021

Greek court ‘shelves’ prison term of Mufti of Komotini, Western Thrace

By Tevfik Durul and Derya Gulnaz Ozcan ATHENS (AA): A Greek court on Thursday “shelved” the prison term of a religious leader from the country’s Muslim-Turkish community. The 80-day prison sentence given by the lower court in northern port city of Thessaloniki was suspended on Oct. 21 by the Court of Appeals, said Ibrahim […]

17th Oct 2021

Netherlands: Dutch municipalities secretly probing mosques

By Selman Aksunger AMSTERDAM (AA): Some city governments in the Netherlands have been secretly investigating mosques and Muslim institutions through private companies, local media reported on Saturday. Dutch daily NRC reported that at least 10 municipalities in the country have been investigating mosques, imams, mosque association officials, and people active in the community. According […]

15th Oct 2021

Norway: 5 killed in bow-&-arrow attack – act of terror: police

News from Agencies: A bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people near the Norwegian town of Kongsberg Wednesday was labeled an act of terrorism, Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) said Thursday. Four women and a man — all between the ages of 50 and 70 — were killed. Two people, including an off-duty police officer, were […]

8th Oct 2021

France: Under construction mosque in Strasbourg receives threat letter

By Omer Tugrul Cam and Yusuf Ozcan STRASBOURG, France (AA): An under-construction mosque in the French city of Strasbourg recently received a letter including death threats and insults, an official of the country’s Islamic community said. The letter, which was received on Tuesday, titled “Declaration of War,” and argued that Islam has no place […]

2nd Oct 2021

Belgian Muslims turn to Strasbourg Court after halal slaughter ban

By Agnes Szucs BRUSSELS (AA): Muslim associations will appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against the decision of Belgium’s Constitutional Court banning ritual halal animal slaughter, they announced on Friday. The Executive Office of Muslims in Belgium and the Coordination Council of Islamic Institutions of Belgium decided to appeal against the ruling […]

27th Sep 2021

Austria: Muslim woman attacked for wearing hijab

By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): A Muslim woman living in the Austrian capital Vienna was physically harmed as she was subjected to a racist attack for wearing hijab. “This was truly upsetting for me, I did not really know how to react for it was the first time I found myself in such situation,” […]

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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.