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27th Mar 2025

Pakistan: Three killed, 21 injured in bomb attack in Quetta, Balochistan

(Agencies): A powerful bomb attack near a police van in Barech Market in Quetta’s Double Road area killed three people and injured 21 others including four police officers, reported local authorities. Police said the explosion caused damage to the police vehicle as well as nearby cars and motorcycles. Rescue teams quickly arrived at the scene […]

22nd Nov 2024

42 Shi’a Muslims killed, 18 injured in NW Pakistan

By Abdul Adil (Agencies): A tragic attack on a passenger van convoy in northwestern Pakistan resulted in the deaths of 42 Shi’a Muslims and left 18 others injured. The attack occurred on Thursday in the Mandori Charkhel area of Lower Kurram district, located within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The convoy, which consisted of 200 vehicles, was […]

9th Nov 2024

Pakistan: 26 people killed, 62 injured in suicide attack at railway station in Balochistan

By Abdul Adil (AA, Dawn, Tribune, The Muslim News): At least 26 people were killed and 62 others injured in a bomb explosion at Quetta city railway station in southwestern Pakistan early Saturday, police said. Dr. Abdul Sattar, Medical Superintendent at Civil Hospital, confirmed that the casualties included both men and women, with several in […]

17th Oct 2024

Obituary: Maulana Nadeem al-Wajidi, Islamic scholar, and some childhood memories

By M Ghazali Khan Renowned Indian Islamic scholar, Urdu writer, translator, author, and columnist Maulana Wasif Husain Nadeem al-Wajidi passed away on October 14 in Chicago, where he had gone to visit his son, the well-known Islamic scholar and vlogger, Mufti Yasir Nadeem Al-Wajidi. Maulana Wajidi suffered a heart attack that left him in critical […]

13th Sep 2024

India: Islamic preachers sentenced for Life for preaching Islam

By M Ghazali Khan London, (The Muslim News): Prominent and widely respected Islamic preachers, Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, Maulana Umar Gautam, and 14 others, have been sentenced to life imprisonment on multiple charges, including forcibly converting people to Islam. Four associates of Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui have been sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Maulana Kaleem […]

10th Sep 2024

India: Islamic preachers convicted for preaching Islam

By M Ghazali Khan London (The Muslim News): A sessions court in Lucknow, the capital city of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has convicted well-known Islamic scholars Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, Maulana Umar Gautam, and fourteen others for illegally converting individuals to Islam. The preachers are scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday, with punishments […]

9th Aug 2024

Bangladesh: Nobel laureate Yunus sworn in as head of 17-member transitional govt

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office Thursday to lead a 17-member transitional administration in Bangladesh. It came after weeks of protests which led to the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to Yunus, 84, and his […]

7th Feb 2024

Pakistan: 3 bombings in Balochistan kill 29 on eve of polls

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least Balochistan province only a day before elections, killing at least 16 people, provincial Information Minister Jan Achakzai told Anadolu. The blast occurred as a crowd of supporters of an independent candidate gathered outside his election office in the district. Achakzai said the bomb was planted on a […]

29th Sep 2023

Pakistan: 10 people killed, 50 injured in blast near mosque in Balochistan

Agencies: At least ten people were killed, including a police official, and 50 others were injured after an explosion hit Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Friday, according to the police. Mastung Assistant Commissioner Atta Ul Munim said the blast was of a “massive nature” and took place near the Madina mosque where people were gathering to […]

7th Sep 2023

Pakistan: 4 troops, 12 terrorists killed in NW Pakistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least four Pakistan army troops and 12 terroirsts were killed in a conflict near the country’s border with Afghanistan, the military said on Wednesday. A “large group of terrorists equipped with latest weapons” attacked two military posts near Kalash, Chitral district, it said in a statement, adding that […]

30th Jul 2023

Pakistan: 20 killed, 50 injured as blast rips through rally preparations in NW Pakistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion at a public rally in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday evening, police and local media reported. The explosion occurred at around 5 pm The convention had been organized by the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), a coalition partner in […]

8th Aug 2023

Pakistan: Roadside bombing kills 7 in Balochistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least seven people were killed in a remote-controlled blast in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Monday night, police and local media reported. The incident took place in the remote Kech district located some 772 kilometers (480 miles) from the provincial capital Quetta. The explosion targeted a vehicle, killing […]

24th Jul 2023

India: 2 prominent 400 year old mosques in New Delhi get ‘encroachment’ notices

By Anadolu staff ANKARA, Turkey (AA) – Authorities in the Indian Railways have issued notices to two prominent mosques in the national capital New Delhi, asking them to remove “encroachments” within 15 days, local media reported on Sunday. Local news broadcaster India Today said in a report that notices were issued to two prominent mosques […]

26th Jul 2023

Bangladesh: 200 die as Dengue spreads, 2,418 new cases reported

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Entomologists described the dengue situation in Bangladesh as epidemic as the country on Tuesday reported 16 more deaths taking the death toll to 201 this year. They said the dengue has spread to 64 districts of the South Asian country and the situation has gone out of […]

13th Jul 2023

Pakistan: 9 soldiers among 15 killed in militant attack on Balochistan military garrison

By Aamir Latif and Alperen Aktas KARACHI, Pakistan / ISTANBUL (AA): The death toll from a militant attack on a garrison in southwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border rose to 15, including nine soldiers, on Wednesday, the military’s media wing said in a statement. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, five injured soldiers died as […]

11th Jun 2023

Pakistan: Heavy rains kill 28 as Cyclone Biparjoy heading towards coastal areas

(Agencies) : At least 28 people, including women and children, died after heavy rains battered parts of Pakistan on Saturday, local media reported. Meanwhile, The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday urged people to stay away from shorelines as Cyclone Biparjoy, which is heading towards the coastal areas of Pakistan and India, lay at […]

3rd Jun 2023

India: 280 dead, high-level probe into massive train crash

By Anadolu staff ANKARA (AA): The death toll surpassed more than 280 in a crash involving three trains in eastern India, with 900 injured, officials said Saturday. The accident occurred in the Balasore district of Odisha state late Friday and a massive rescue operation was launched involving the National Disaster Response Force, military and other […]

28th May 2023

Pakistan: 11 dead after avalanche hits herders camp in northern Pakistan

By Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD (AA): At least 11 people are dead and over a dozen wounded after an avalanche hit a herders camp in northern Pakistan, officials said Saturday. An avalanche near the Shounter Valley Pass at the Bakarwal Camp site in the Gilgit Baltistan region hit a herders camp at a low elevation, the […]

24th May 2023

Pakistan: Former Premier Khan gets bail in multiple cases

By Aamir Latif and Riyaz ul Khaliq KARACHI, Pakistan / ISTANBUL, Turkey (AA): An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Tuesday granted bail to Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in multiple cases. Khan, who has more than 100 cases filed against him since being removed from power last year in April, traveled to the […]

17th May 2023

Myanmar: 400 people dead from Cyclone Mocha in Rakhine state

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): More than 400 people are dead in Myanmar’s Rakhine state from Cyclone Mocha, which made landfall Sunday on the coast between Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district and Myanmar Kyaukpyu township, a rights group said Wednesday. The Arakan Rohingya National Alliance (RNA) in a statement said that coastal villages […]

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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.