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15th Mar 2022

‘Israel uses COVID-19 measures to traumatize Palestinian prisoners’

By Salam AbuSharar RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli prison services used the COVID-19 restrictions as a tool against the Palestinian inmates, with many of them reporting deliberate medical negligence and no serious measures to stem the spread of the pandemic … Continued

22nd Feb 2022

Covid-19 self-isolation and free tests to end in England

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has called time on free Covid-19 tests, routine contact tracing and any requirement to self isolate even though admitting that the pandemic is not over. “Because of the efforts … Continued

27th Jan 2022

England: Plan B restrictions lifted despite Covid infections twice as high as when imposed

By Hamed Chapman All Covid measures introduced to combat the Omicron variant were lifted in England Thursday despite infection rates still average around 100,000 new cases a day, twice as high as when Plan B restrictions were announced on … Continued

25th Jan 2022

UK: Johnson under renewed pressure to resign announces tourism boost

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): Despite being in the midst of a third Covid wave, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, Tuesday called on international tourists to visit the UK but failed to distract attention away from renewed demands … Continued

13th Jan 2022

UK: Cabinet backs Johnson despite admission of breaking lockdown

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): Virtually all of Boris Johnson’s cabinet have lined up to express varying degrees of support for the Prime Minister in the face of several Tory MPs joining opposition leaders in calling for … Continued

6th Jan 2022

UK: Testing requirements rolled back amid Omicron surge

By Hamed Chapman London (The Muslim News): The British Government has rolled back Covid-19 testing requirements amid huge surge of the dominant Omicron variant with record numbers of new cases exceeding over 200,000 a day. In an update to … Continued

22nd Dec 2021

More than 3.3M people died from COVID-19 in 2021: WHO

By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): More than 3.3 million people have lost their lives to COVID-19 this year – more deaths than from HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined in 2020, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said … Continued

16th Dec 2021

UK: Johnson refuses to act upon medics warning to reconsider Christmas plans

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has once again declined to act upon warnings by medics for people not to mix over the Christmas break if they don’t have to due to the soaring numbers … Continued

13th Dec 2021

UK: Johnson uses ministerial broadcast to ramp up vaccine programme

By Hamed Chapman and Ahmed J Versi London, (The Muslim News): Boris Johnson has used a ministerial broadcast to bring forward his questionable target to give every adult in the UK to the end of this month, warning that the … Continued

9th Dec 2021

UK: Covid-19 Plan B introduced as Johnson loses public trust

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): A new set of Covid-19 restrictions has been belatedly brought forward by Boris Johnson amid fears of an exponential rise in the Omicron variant, at a time when the Prime Minister is engulfed … Continued

30th Nov 2021

UK: Doubts over Johnson pledge to complete booster jabs by January

By Hamed Chapman and Ahmed J Versi London (The Muslim News): Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, pledged Tuesday that all adults in the UK will be able to book their Covid-19 booster jabs within two months despite concern that the … Continued

30th Nov 2021

Southern African leaders slam travel bans over omicron, calling it Afrophobia

By Hassan Isilow JOHANNESBURG (AA): Southern African leaders have expressed disappointment over decisions taken by several countries to ban travel from half a dozen Southern African Development Community member states (SADC) following the detection of thtravel bane new omicron … Continued

29th Nov 2021

UK: Mandatory masks in shops & on public transport starts Tuesday

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): The British Government confirmed Monday that the wearing of masks in shops and on public transport is again being made mandatory in an attempt to slow the spread of the new Covid variant, … Continued

26th Nov 2021

UK joins ban on South African flights over ‘most worrying’ Covid variant

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): The UK is joining other countries in banning flights from South Africa over new Covid-19 variant that has been described as the “most worrying” yet. Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, said flights from South … Continued

19th Nov 2021

UK: Booster vaccines to be added to NHS Covid Pass for travel

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): Booster doses can be added to NHS Covid Passes from Friday for travellers intending to go abroad to prove their vaccination status, the government has announced. “We want to make it as easy … Continued

9th Nov 2021

Scotland: Fossil fuel lobby at COP26 larger than any single country

By Aysu Bicer GLASGOW, Scotland (AA): If the fossil fuel lobby were a country delegation at COP26, it would be the largest with 503 delegates — two dozen more than the largest country delegation, an analysis led by a … Continued

21st Sep 2021

Pfizer, BioNTech post positive vaccine results in children age 5-11

By Ovunc Kutlu ANKARA (AA): US pharmaceutical Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Monday announced positive results from trials of their COVID-19 vaccine in children age 5-11. The Phase 2/3 trial showed “a favorable safety profile and robust … Continued

10th Sep 2021

863 people contracted Covid-19 during Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics

By Can Erozden ANKARA (AA): A total of 863 people involved in Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics were infected by Covid-19, the organizers said on Wednesday. According to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, 547 of those who contracted the virus … Continued

28th Aug 2021

Coronavirus not developed as ‘biological weapon’: US intelligence

By Jeyhun Aliyev ANKARA (AA): The coronavirus was not been developed as a “biological weapon,” according to a report by the US intelligence community (IC) on Friday. “The IC assesses that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, probably emerged … Continued

16th Aug 2021

UK cuts rules for self-isolation despite high level of Covid cases

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): The British Government Monday proceeded with removing the requirement for self-isolation for the majority of the public claiming that the Covid-19 pandemic was under control despite little sign of any let up in … 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.