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By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA) : At least 15 people were shot dead and four injured in an overnight assault when unknown gunmen launched a scathing armed attack on security deployment in southern Thailand, local media reported on Wednesday. The incident took place in Muang district of an insurgency-hit Muslim-majority Yala province. According to […]

24th Aug 2019

UN says Myanmar uses sexual violence as weapon of war

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): A UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar said Thursday that the military’s use of rape and other forms of sexual violence is so routine it “reflects a widespread culture of tolerance towards humiliation.” The mission said in its 61-page report that Myanmar’s military must end the practice, which it said […]

23rd Aug 2019

Bangladesh: Fearful, Rohingya Muslim refugees reject repatriation

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): The planned repatriation of some 3,500 Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh to Myanmar on Thursday did not happen, said officials, as the members of the persecuted group were unwilling to return due to safety fears and other concerns. Not a single one of 3,450 Rohingya Muslims slated for return […]

24th Jul 2019

Myanmar: Rakhine not conducive for Rohingya return says UN

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): The situation in Rakhine state of Myanmar is not conducive for Rohingya Muslim repatriation, according to UN secretary general’s special envoy on Myanmar. After paying a 10-day visit to Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener made the observation in a meeting with Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque in […]

11th May 2019

Myanmar: Rohingya Muslim schools, shops set on fire

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): An extremist group allegedly set Rohingya shops and schools on fire in the Kun Taing village in Myanmar’s Buthidaung township late Thursday, according to a report. “This is a Muslim village. We have been living here peacefully for generations. We welcome other religious groups in our village. We […]

18th Mar 2019

Indonesia: 70 dead, 59 injured in floods in Papua

By Mahmut Atanur JAKARTA (AA): At least 70 people have died and 59 others injured in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua, the country’s national disaster agency said on Sunday. The severe flooding in the town of Sentani near the provincial capital Jayapura was caused by torrential […]

26th Feb 2019

Thailand: Muslim schools under scrutiny

By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): – Thailand has ordered the profiling of Cambodian Muslim students enrolled in religious seminaries in the country, media reports said on Monday. Authorities have scheduled a meeting of representatives of more than 600 privately-run Islamic schools — known as ponoh in Thai and pondok in Malay. The move comes […]

23rd Feb 2019

Thailand deports dozens of Muslims headed to south

(AA): Thailand deported more than 30 Muslims from Cambodia who had come to the Buddhist-majority country on valid visas. Thai police deported the 34 Muslims who allegedly wanted to work in the troubled deep South. The group included 32 males and 2 females, according to the Bangkok Post newspaper. Police claimed the visitors ‘‘did not […]

28th Jan 2019

Indonesia: Death toll from floods, landslides hit 68

By Mahmut Atanur JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA): The death toll from torrential rains that triggered landslides and floods on an Indonesian island has climbed to 68, the country’s disaster management agency said on Sunday. At least 47 people were injured and seven others remained missing in disaster-hit Sulawesi Island, according to Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman […]

26th Jan 2019

UN asks India, Saudi Arabia not to deport Rohingya Muslims

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): A top UN official on Friday urged Saudi Arabia and India not to deport members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim community to Bangladesh but instead to grant them refugee status. “I am dismayed by Saudi Arabia’s recent deportation of 13 Rohingya to Bangladesh,” said Yanghee Lee, UN special […]

24th Dec 2018

Indonesia: Sunda Strait tsunami death toll rises to 222

By Dandy Koswaraputra JAKARTA (AA) – Death toll from the tsunami which hit Indonesia’s Sunda Strait Saturday night has risen to 281, according to the country’s national disaster agency. At least 1,016 people have been injured and more than 600 homes were damaged, as well as 60 shops and 420 vessels. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of […]

23rd Dec 2018

Indonesia: Sunda Strait tsunami kills 168, injures 745

By Dandy Koswaraputra JAKARTA (AA): At least 168 people died, 745 injured when a tsunami — likely triggered by a volcanic eruption — hit Indonesia’s Sunda Strait Saturday night, according to the country’s national disaster agency. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Management Agency, said in a tweet that the death toll […]

31st Oct 2018

Indonesia expands search for plane crash victims, 189 people killed

By Hayati Nupus JAKARTA (AA): Indonesia has expanded the search area for Monday’s plane crash victims, the country’s ‘s rescue authority said on Tuesday. The search area — which was initially five nautical miles (9.26 kilometers) from Tanjung Karawang — has been expanded to 10 nautical miles (18.52 km), National Search and Rescue Agency […]

25th Oct 2018

Myanmar: Genocide ongoing in Myanmar, says UN investigator

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): Atrocities tantamount to genocide against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority continue to take place, the chair of the UN’s fact-finding mission in that country said Wednesday. Marzuki Darusman told reporters at the UN’s New York headquarters that Myanmar officials are destined to continue cycles of violence against the Rohingya unless […]

30th Sep 2018

Indonesia: Death toll from quake, tsunami reaches 832, 17,000 left homeless

By Mahmut Atanur JAKARTA (AA): The death toll from Friday’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to 832, the national disaster agency said on Sunday. The tsunami, towering up to three meters high, hit Palu, capital of the Central Sulawesi province, and the northeast of the nearby […]

29th Sep 2018

Indonesia: State of emergency in wake of 384 killed in quake, tsunami

By Mahmut Atanur JAKARTA (AA): Indonesia declared a state of emergency Saturday for Sulawesi Island in the wake of a powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami. At least 384 people died after Friday’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster management agency (BNPB). According to local news outlets, the state […]

3rd Sep 2018

Myanmar: Rohingya Muslim herdsman killed by Buddhists, another found dead

By Faruk Zorlu (AA): A Rohingya Muslim cattle herdsman was reportedly killed by a group of Buddhists and another was found dead in the western Rakhine state of Myanmar on Sunday. Azizul Haque, 47, was killed by Buddhists without provocation at a river near the town of Kyauktaw in the northern part of the […]

22nd Aug 2018

Indonesia: Death toll from quakes rises to 506

By Adem Salvarcioglu (AA): The death toll from earthquakes that rocked eastern Indonesia since Aug. 5 has risen to over 500, local authorities said on Tuesday. According to a statement by Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster management agency (BNPB), 506 people have been killed in the earthquakes of these past two weeks. […]

20th Aug 2018

Myanmar army killed over 24,000 Rohingya

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): More than 24,000 Rohingya Muslims have been killed by Myanmar’s state forces since August 2017, according to a new report. The figures were revealed in the report — Forced Migration of Rohingya: The Untold Experience — released by the Ontario International Development Agency, which involved researchers and organizations […]

30th Jul 2018

Indonesia: 6.4 magnitude quake kills 14, injures 162

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun (AA): The death toll from 6.4-magnitude earthquake, which struck the popular tourist island of Lombok in eastern Indonesia on early Sunday, has reached to 14, local media reported. Indonesian authorities at West Nusa Tenggara said the quake also left 162 people injured and over 1,000 buildings damaged, according to the […]

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The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

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