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Elham Asaad Buaras The decision by the Argentine FA to cancel a friendly match with Israel in Jerusalem earlier this month has boosted the Red Card Israel campaign, which has called on FIFA to expel Israel – as it expelled apartheid, South Africa – due to its violations against Palestinian football and its disregard for […]

25th Aug 2017

Israel bans nine Palestinian players from leaving Gaza

Elham Asaad Buaras Israeli authorities prevented nine players of a Palestinian football club from leaving the Gaza Strip to participate in the final match of the Palestinian Cup in the Israeli occupied West Bank. The Rafah Youngsters team was slated to play a Hebron-based team, Ahly al-Khalil on August 4. Palestinian Youth and Sports Supreme […]

26th May 2017

Fifa accused of violating its own rules in delaying vote on illegal Israeli settlement teams

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu (top) warned Fifa chief Gianni Infantino not to evict the Israeli FA over 6 of its teams playing in Occupied Palestinian Territories including (pictured) Beitar Ironi Ariel FC (Photo: Creative Commons) Nadine Osman The world’s football governing body is once again being accused of “capitulating” to Israeli pressure after ignoring its […]

31st Mar 2017

Fifa head succumbs to Israeli pressure on illegal settlement teams

Harun Nasrullah Fifa President, Gianni Infantino, has been accused of succumbing to political pressure after he failed to implement rules which would have compelled the Israeli Football Association to expel six of its clubs based in illegal settlements. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), a coalition of Palestinian […]

25th Nov 2016

Palestine wants Crimea-style solution in football dispute with Israel

Nadine Osman The Palestinian FA has warned it will attempt to have Israel punished by the Court of Arbitration for Sport if football’s governing body FIFA fails to stop Israeli clubs from operating in the Occupied West Bank. The head of PFA wants FIFA to adopt what he called a Crimea-style solution to prevent Israeli […]

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.