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Demi Lovato accepted a free trip to Israel in exchange for posting about the trip on social media (Photo: Ashton Noe/FlickrCommons) Harun Nasrullah US pop star Demi Lovato was forced to apologise to her 74 million Instagram followers for accepting a free trip to Israel after facing backlash for posting about her vacation to the […]

25th Jan 2019

Backlash against criminalising the Israel boycott

(Photo: Carlos Latuff/Wiki Commons) First, it was Holocaust Denial Laws then the broadening of anti-Semitism to include virtually any criticism of Israel. Increasingly attempts are being made to criminalise anyone supporting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign aimed to end the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands. In the US, it is reported that no less […]

25th Jan 2019

US Senate blocks Bill criminalising boycott of Israel

Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s Combating BDS Act was blocked (Photo: Michael Vadon/Wiki Commons) Elham Asaad Buaras A Bill designed to criminalise the boycott of Israel in the US was stalled on January 8. The Senate voted 56 to 44, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance the law. The Combating BDS Act introduced […]

30th Nov 2018

Over 50 Palestinian children killed by Israel this year

Israeli forces have killed at least 52 Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since January this year, according to the Defense for Children International-Palestine

24th Aug 2018

Israel expels dozens of lecturers from Palestine

Birzeit University (Photo: Oromiya321/Wiki Creative Commons) Aqila Mumthaz While Israeli students prepare for their school holidays, Palestinian students in Occupied Territories are not even sure if their institutions will ever open up. Since last November foreign academics at Palestinian universities started receiving letters refusing extensions to their residency visas as they have ‘been living in […]

29th Jun 2018

Award to Muslim civil rights lawyer rescinded to appease pro-Israel activists

Zahra Billoo (Photo: Lorie Shaull/Creative Commons) Harun Nasrallah A California-based interfaith group has withdrawn an award recognising a Muslim civil rights activist, after alleged pressure from its donors who opposed the lawyer’s criticism of the Israeli Government. In March, People Acting in Community Together (PACT) announced Zahra Billoo, who is also the Executive Director of […]

29th Jun 2018

French mayor forced to remove Nakba street sign amid far-right pro-Israeli intimidation

Nadine Osman A Paris mayor has been warned he will be ‘blown up’ after naming a street in commemoration of the thousands of Palestinians forced out of their homes by the creation of Israel. Dominique Lesparre, 71, has also been hounded by far-right balaclava-wearing Zionists who vandalised the new road sign within hours of it […]

29th Jun 2018

Israeli atrocities rewarded by UK

Sir, Since the massacre of Palestinian civilians, including women and children, by the Israeli army in Gaza, the world has not done much to punish the Israelis, not even the Muslim world. The Muslim 57 Muslim states body, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, met to discuss the crime against humanity committed by Israel. All they […]

28th Dec 2017

World resoundingly rejects US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital capital

(Photo: Abdul Hamid Hobas/AA) Elham Asaad Buaras The UN General Assembly has defied threats from the US and overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The General Assembly, which met on December 21, also demanded all countries abide by international law which does not recognise Israel’s 1967 annexation […]

24th Nov 2017

Priti Patel’s resignation fails to lift veil over secret Israeli meetings

Priti Patel was forced to resign as UK International Development Secretary after holding 12 unauthorised meetings in Israel including one with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Commons) Hamed Chapman Development Secretary, Priti Patel, was forced out of Theresa May’s cabinet for covering up the extent of her clandestine meetings with Israeli officials despite initial attempts […]

31st Mar 2017

Pro-Palestinian activist raises $125,000 for vandalised Jewish cemetery

Harun Nasrullah A prominent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel supporter launched a crowd-funding campaign to raise money to help repair a Missouri Jewish cemetery vandalised last month. Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour, 37, who played an important role in organising the Women’s March in Washington following US President, Donald Trump’s inauguration, started the fundraising […]

27th Jan 2017

Student union Vice President colluded with Israeli embassy to oust head of NUS

Nadine Osman The UK’s National Union of Students (NUS) is investigating its Vice President after he was filmed colluding with Israeli embassy to oust the organisation’s president Malia Bouattia, the first black Muslim woman to lead the NUS. Richard Brooks was secretly filmed by Al-Jazeera conspiring to oust Bouattia as part of a sting […]

28th Oct 2016

Israel slammed over plans to build 300 illegal homes

Israel’s planned construction of up to 300 new homes for illegal Shilo settlement in the West Bank has been globally condemned (Photo: Creative Commons) Elham Asaad Buaras Israel’s planned construction of up to 300 new homes for illegal settlers in the West Bank has been condemned by the United Nations, the UK and the US. […]

1st Jul 2016

Israel imposes travel ban on BDS co-founder

Elham Asaad Buaras Israeli officials have confirmed the country’s Interior Ministry is reconsidering the residency rights of the co-founders of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The travel ban on Omar Barghouti, has been widely condemned by human right groups. Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US based human rights NGO, branded the residency […]

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.