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[Photo on Twitter one of many by Muslims and non Muslims making fun of Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz saying he would secure Muslim neighbourhood to prevent radicalisation. “Suehaila Amen ‏@SuehailaAmen Mar 22 . In #MyMuslimNeighborhood we have a hard time taking a decent family photo where everyone is looking at the camera”] By […]

23rd Mar 2016

Anti-Muslim rhetoric from Cruz, Trump after Brussels attacks

[Photo: US Ted Cruz Republican presidential candidatea. Photographer: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons] By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA) – Muslim refugees should be barred from U.S. entry and the country’s law enforcement should be authorized to infiltrate their neighborhoods to prevent radicalization, a Republican presidential candidate said Tuesday. “We need to immediately halt the flow […]

10th Mar 2016

US: Satirical Muslim ads go up in New York’s subway stations

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA) – A series of satirical ads have gone up around America’s most populous city, making humorous jabs at Islamophobia while promoting a 2013 film. The six ads started going up earlier this week around New York’s subway stations after a federal judge ruled against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which […]

4th Mar 2016

Myanmar: Muslim activists’ trial postponed for new charges

[Photo: Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party coming to power has not improved human rights abuses against Myanmar Muslims. Photographer: Alexandra Radu/AA] By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA) – The trial of two Myanmar Muslims — already given two years jail on immigration offenses — was postponed until next week Thursday after […]

1st Mar 2016

Europe: Islamophobic crimes on the rise in Europe

VIENNA, Austria (AA) – The Muslim population in Europe not only faces an increase in number of Islamophobic hate crimes since the recent attacks in Paris, but they also suffer due to legal loopholes that allow such offenses to go unpunished, experts told Anadolu Agency. Discrimination against Muslims in Europe has increased since the November […]

25th Feb 2016

US: Muslim Brotherhood terror org, says US House committee

By Esra Kaymak Avci WASHINGTON (AA) — The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill Wednesday to urge the U.S. to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization. Opposing the legislation, congressman John Conyers said the measure was a result of an ongoing Islamophobia in the U.S. Not enough research was made to […]

7th Feb 2016

UK: Anti-Islam group PEGIDA holds rally in Birmingham

LONDON (AA) – Around 200 protesters have performed a “silent march” organized by newly founded and controversial UK branch of anti-Islam PEGIDA movement Saturday in Birmingham city center. The far-right group members arrived at Birmingham’s international train station under heavy police presence and marched to city’s business park. A counter gathering was also held by […]

4th Feb 2016

US: Half of Americans believe US Muslims anti-American

NEW YORK (AA) — Roughly half of Americans believes at least “some” U.S. Muslims are anti-American, according to a new research released Wednesday. The Pew Research Center said its survey of 2,000 people, conducted Jan. 7-14, found that many Americans think a substantial segment of the U.S. Muslim population bears anti-American sentiments. More than 10 […]

31st Jan 2016

US: Obama’s first mosque visit

By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA) – Barack Obama is to visit a U.S. mosque for the first time as American president, the White House has revealed. President Obama will visit the Islamic Society of Baltimore’s mosque in Maryland next week. His trip on Wednesday comes amid growing anti-Muslim discourse in the U.S., energized by […]

29th Jan 2016

Israel demolishes mosque in Negev Desert village

By Anees Barghouthi JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces on Thursday demolished a mosque in the Bedouin village of Rakhma in the Negev Desert under the pretext that it had been built without a permit, eyewitness said. “Dozens of Israeli forces, backed by a bulldozer, stormed the village this morning and began demolishing the mosque,” […]

24th Jan 2016

Netherlands: Far-right Dutch MP hands out sprays ‘against refugees’

By Yasin Yagci THE HAGUE, (AA): Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders has handed out sprays containing red paint to women so they can “protect themselves against refugees”. The leader of Freedom Party was accompanied by deputies as he visited the town of Spijkenisse on Saturday. Wilder said he wanted to point to the “refugee threat”. […]

19th Jan 2016

UK: MPs debate calls to ban Donald Trump from UK

LONDON (AA) – As thousands of people signed the petition to ban U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering the U.K, British MPs met Monday to debate the call. Paul Flynn, the Labour MP leading the debate opened the floor by warning MPs against giving Trump the “halo of martyrdom” by paying him “too […]

15th Jan 2016

US: Obama urges Americans to denounce Islamophobia in Twitter

WASHINGTON (AA) – President Barack Obama used a question and answer session on social media Thursday to urge Americans to denounce bigotry. The White House opened a hashtag on Twitter and invited users to submit questions to Obama about his experience at the White House. One user took advantage of the #Ask POTUS to ask […]

14th Jan 2016

France: Charlie Hebdo’s Aylan cartoon causes uproar

PARIS (AA) – French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is facing fresh international criticism after a cartoon in its latest edition appeared to link Syrian Kurdish toddler Aylan Kurdi with those who committed sex attacks in Cologne on New Year’s Eve. The cartoon contains a drawing of the toddler’s drowned body in one corner; below it […]

12th Jan 2016

US: World needs to hear of US religious freedom: booted Muslim

WASHINGTON (AA) – A Muslim woman booted from a Donald Trump rally, urged President Barack Obama to tell the world about religious freedom in the U.S., ahead of his State of the Union address. Rose Hamid, 56, who stood in silent protest during Trump’s appearance in North Carolina last Friday, spoke to Anadolu Agency about […]

8th Jan 2016

US: New York police settle lawsuits over spying on Muslims

[Photo:NYPD. Photographer: Mic from Reading, Berkshire/Creative Commons] NEW YORK (AA) – The New York Police Department (NYPD) on Thursday agreed to a series of reforms as part of a settlement of two high-profile lawsuits over its practice of illegal surveillance of Muslims following the 9/11 attacks. Under the settlement, the police force in the U.S.’s largest city agreed to strengthen safeguards […]

5th Jan 2016

US: Company, US workers clash after 150 Muslims fired

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The legal representative for approximately 150 Muslim workers who were fired from a meat packing facility was adamant Monday that the group simply wants to return to work. The workers, the majority of whom are Somali, were dismissed from a facility in Fort Morgan, Colorado, after more than 200 […]

4th Jan 2016

Myanmar authorities ban mosque’s jubilee celebrations

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Authorities have banned a mosque on the outskirts of commercial capital Yangon from celebrating its platinum jubilee on Monday, following complaints from the country’s firebrand nationalist monk Wirathu. A caretaker at the mosque told Anadolu Agency by phone that Muslim followers had planned to celebration the Sunni Jameh Mosque’s 75th birthday on the Jan. 4 anniversary of the country’s Independence Day. However, local authorities denied […]

21st Dec 2015

UK: Labour leader invites Trump to mosque in London

LONDON (AA) – Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn invited on Sunday the controversial U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to Finsbury Park Mosque to see Islam in the U.K. for himself. The invitation came in an interview he gave to the Huffington Post UK, to mark his first 100 days as Labour leader. Trump’s comments on banning Muslims from entering the […]

19th Dec 2015

US: Schools in Virginia county close over Islamic calligraphy work

WASHINGTON (AA) – Every single school in a Virginia county in the U.S. was closed on Friday after parents of students reacted angrily after a teacher handed out a homework assignment on Islamic calligraphy. “While there has been no specific threat of harm to students, schools and school offices will be closed Friday, December 18, 2015,” according to […]

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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.