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Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province on January 18, 2020. (Credit: EPA/Anadolu Agency) The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering declaring a global public health emergency over an outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like […]

25th Jan 2019

Australia Govt urged to help secure release of refugee Bahraini footballer from Thailand

Nadine Osman The Australian Government has on December 19, refused to circumvent its immigration law and grant automatic citizenship to a young refugee facing deportation from Thailand to Bahrain. Hakeem Al-Araibi fled Bahrain in 2014, claiming he was tortured in detention. Using his Australian travel document, the 25-year-old Australian permanent resident flew to Thailand for […]

26th Oct 2018

Sri Lankan student charged with terrorism in Sydney released on bail

PhD student Kamer Nizamdeen was arrested on August 30 (Photo courtesy of Kamer Nizamdeen) Aqila Mumthaz Kamer Nizamdeen, a Sri Lankan PhD student working at University of South Wales as a business systems analyst since 2016, was arrested at the Kensington campus on August 30. He was charged the next day with a terrorism-related offence. […]

28th Sep 2018

Australian Muslim ban proposal receives enormous backlash

Fathiya Abdillahi Queensland Senator, Fraser Anning, was heavily criticised for delivering a highly Islamophobic and racist maiden speech to Parliament. He vocalised his plan for a Muslim ban in Australia, claiming that the majority of the Australian population shared his views. In his speech on August 14, Anning used the phrase “final solution” in proposing […]

27th Jan 2017

Afghan-born Hazara joins Australian army

Amira Al-Hooti Kbora Ali, an Afghan-born Hazara lived and strived through many difficulties, from living in Afghanistan during the Taliban to migrating to a foreign country without knowing a single word of the country’s language, English. Despite the mountains she’s climbed she has now faced her biggest challenge yet: joining the army. Kbora’s father, […]

30th Dec 2016

Marrakech conference committing to climate change action plans after Paris

UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa, 2nd left, and Morocco’s Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, centre, celebrate after the proclamation of Marrakech, at the COP22 climate change conference, in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 17 (Photo: UNFCCC) Last month, dozens of world leaders convened to discuss the next steps to the historic Paris Climate Agreement, signed one year […]

27th May 2016

Sydney commuter probed about terrorism by fellow passenger

Mini Elali, 27 was waiting for a train at Lidcombe station in Sydney when a fellow passanger asked her “How are the terrorists going?” (Photo: Mini Elali / Twitter) Nadine Osman An Australian Muslim woman has spoken out after she was allegedly the victim of a fellow commuters unprovoked Islamophobic questioning on March 24. Mini […]

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.