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By Necva Tastan ISTANBUL (AA): Muslim groups in Australia have expressed concern over a bill prohibiting the use of the terrorist group Daesh/ISIS symbol, which contains Islamic words in its flag insignia, fearing that local authorities may misinterpret it and cause problems for innocent people. Prior to introducing the bill, the government engaged in consultations […]

17th Feb 2023

Australia police say Dec shooting in Queensland was ‘religiously motivated terrorist attack’

ANKARA (AA): Australian police announced on Thursday that the attack on police in the northeastern state of Queensland in December 2022 was a terrorist attack motivated by Christian extremist ideology. Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford stated in a statement that Queensland’s Counter-Terrorism Investigative and Intelligence Unit had completed a thorough assessment of the perpetrators involved […]

12th Nov 2022

Australia: Muslim student forced by teacher to look at cartoon of Prophet Muhammad

By Sumeyye Dilara Dincer ANKARA, Turkey, (AA): A student in Australia was the victim of Islamophobia when her teacher forced students in her class to look at a cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad on October 14. The Victorian education department is investigating the incident. “My media teacher put this cartoon on television and then said […]

18th Sep 2022

Philippines: President asks military to support Bangsamoro peace, urges unity

By Riyaz ul Khaliq ISTANBUL, Turkey (AA): Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged the military to support the peace process in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). He also urged unity in the ranks of BARMM leadership, expressing support for the transitional government. The president made his inaugural trip Thursday in the […]

24th Oct 2021

Pakistan accuses US of trying to derail China economic corridor project

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan has accused the US of colluding with its longtime rival India to sabotage the multibillion-dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. The rare direct charge came from the head of the local CPEC authority, Khalid Mansoor, who is also a special assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan, […]

16th Sep 2021

Australia to acquire nuclear submarine fleet after forming defense pact with US, UK

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): Australia announced plans Wednesday to acquire a nuclear submarine fleet following the formation of a trilateral defense pact with the US and the UK as China becomes increasingly assertive in the Indo-Pacific. Each of the nations’ leaders maintained during a joint press conference announcing the formation of AUKUS that […]

24th Jul 2021

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus awarded Olympic Laurel

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Nobel Peace Laureate and entrepreneur Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Olympic Laurel on Friday during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 in Japan. It is the highest award presented by the International Olympic Committee and the lone Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate was the second person to […]

16th Jun 2021

US Muslim group urges Hilton to drop project on bulldozed Uyghur mosque

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): The largest Muslim advocacy organization in the US urged Hilton Worldwide Holdings on Tuesday to drop plans to build a hotel on the site of a bulldozed mosque in China’s Xinjiang region. The call by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) came after a report this week by the […]

15th Jun 2021

NZ PM says Christchurch terror attack film should focus on Muslim community

(AA): Following a backlash, New Zealand producer Philippa Campbell on Monday announced she will no longer be involved in the making of a controversial film on the Christchurch terror attacks, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying the Muslim community should be at the center of any film about the shootings, not her. The planned Hollywood […]

6th May 2021

Alibaba’s Jack Ma Foundation chooses African business idols

By Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA): The African Business Heroes (ABH), a flagship philanthropic program of Jack Ma Foundation (JMF) has announced a grant of $1.5 million to foster entrepreneurship across Africa. Founded by the Chinese multinational technology company Alibaba, the JMF focuses on entrepreneurship, education, women, medical support, and environmental protection. ABH […]

20th Apr 2021

UK MP vows to continue raising plight of Uyghurs in Westminster

Comment By Nusrat Ghani, MP London, (The Muslim News): Situated on China’s north-western border, Xinjiang is a large landlocked province home to around 12 million Uyghurs. Since the early 2000s, the governing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has waged an ‘anti-terrorism’ campaign against the Uyghurs, following repeated attempts to strip them of their language, culture […]

16th Dec 2020

Philippines: Autonomous Bangsamoro gov’t takes over Cotabato city

By Riyaz ul Khaliq {AA): Almost two years after a referendum was held in the southern Philippines, the administration of Cotabato city was formally taken over by the autonomous Bangsamoro government on Tuesday. Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim, chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said his government is “pleased and honored to […]

10th Dec 2020

Australian charged for urging ‘murder of Muslims, Jews’

By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): An Australian man has been charged with terrorism-related offences as court documents revealed he allegedly called for murder of “non-whites, Jews and Muslims,” local media reported on Thursday. Australian Federal Police said in a statement that the man from the southern New South Wales city of Albury has “regularly used […]

8th Dec 2020

New Zealand mosque attacks: Premier vows accountability

By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday vowed accountability for the families of the victims of last year’s mosque attacks in Christchurch, as her government is set to publicly release a major report on the massacre. Brenton Tarrant, an Australian white supremacist, killed 51 people and injured 40 more […]

26th Sep 2020

China: New study maps Xinjiang ‘detention centers’: Uyghurs

By Riyaz ul Khaliq ANKARA, Turkey (AA): A new study has mapped nearly 380 of China’s controversial detention centers in the Xinjiang province, home to the ethnic Uighur [Uyghur] community. The database report, also using satellite imagery, was released by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on Thursday. It claims new facilities for “re-education,” […]

19th Sep 2020

Philippines: Muslim majority Bangsamoro region seeks assistance amid Covid-19 pandemic

By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): Most of the budget allotted to the autonomous Muslim majority Bangsamoro in the southern Philippines has been spent to fight the novel coronavirus, the region’s top official said on Thursday, as he sought assistance from the international community. “We have received half of the block grant of over $1 billion […]

27th Aug 2020

New Zealand: Christchurch mosques’ terrorist sentenced to life without parole

By Jeyhun Aliyev (AA): A 29-year-old Australian white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers last year in New Zealand’s deadliest shooting has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the first such ruling ever handed down in the country, local media reported early Thursday. The sentence was handed down […]

25th Aug 2020

Philippines: Twin blasts kill 15, hurt 40 in Muslim majority Bangsamoro

By Riyaz ul Khaliq and Pizaro Gozali Idrus JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) : At least 15 people were reported dead and dozens injured in twin blasts that rocked southern Philippines Monday, local media reported. Two explosions hit Jolo in Sulu province of autonomous Bangsamoro region in southern Philippines early this morning, Philippines military officials said. […]

24th Aug 2020

New Zealand: Sentencing of terrorist who murdered 51 worshippers in mosques begins

By Jeyhun Aliyev (AA): The four-day sentencing hearing of the terrorist responsible for the Christchurch mosque attacks, the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s modern history, began Monday morning, according to a local daily. Brenton Tarrant, 29, an Australian white supremacist who initially planned to attack three mosques, admitted killing 51 Muslims as they […]

23rd Jul 2020

China: Xinjiang, home to Uyghur Muslims, sees Covid-19 infection rise

By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): China’s autonomous Xinjiang province is facing a COVID-19 outbreak after some five months with no recorded cases. Of 14 new cases in the country, nine were indigenous and all of them were reported in northwestern Xinjiang, home to the ethnic Uyghur Muslim community, China’s National Health Commission said in […]

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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.