Friday, 03 September, 2010, 09:32 BST
23 Ramadan 1431
Celebrating 20 years of The Muslim News
Top Stories from the News section
Mozambique: Mozambican government says 7 die after Maputo riot
03-09-2010
Seven people died after the anti- price hike riot in the Mozambican capital Maputo.
USA: World Bank, IMF agree to give $550m to Pakistan
03-09-2010
International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have agreed to jointly provide more aid to flood-hit Pakistan during the current fiscal year but both also insisted that the country needed to continue its economic reforms.
Jammu & Kashmir: 2 youths shot in Srinagar, protests continue
03-09-2010
Minutes before Iftaar Indian CRPF opened fire on a group of protesters at Zaldagar and Fateh Kadal injuring two youths.
Palestine: 400 days and counting: nonviolent Bil’in activist Adeeb Abu Rahmah to remain incarcerated
02-09-2010
An Israeli military court of appeal rejected a petition calling for the release of Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a leading activist from the West bank village of Bil’in, imprisoned in Israel’s Ofer military detention centre.
Pakistan: Death toll from Lahore bombings rises to 31
02-09-2010
Death toll from three suicide bombings in Lahore rose to 31 as six people succumbed to their injuries.
Latest Press Release
July 11, 2010
Lessons yet to be learnt from Srebrenica massacre, World Cup must remember the 15th Anniversary of Srebrenica massacre
“The World Cup finals tonight between the Netherlands and Spain must observe one minute silence on the 15th Anniversary of the massacre of Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks). It is all the more important as it was the Dutch troops that looked on as the massacre to took place,” said the Editor of The Muslim News, Ahmed J Versi.
Top Stories from the Newspaper
Editorial - Contemptuous response to Pakistan’s worst floods
Issue 256 - August 27, 2010
“Absolutely pitiful” is the description Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, used about the international response to Pakistan’s worst floods in 80 years, which killed over 1,600 people and affected some 20 million.
Editorial - Election for new Labour leader
Issue 256 - August 27, 2010
Next month, the annual Labour conference will finally declare the winner of the election to replace former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, as the Party’s new leader. The election has been elaborate starting after Brown stepped down from power following May’s general election defeat and has since left Labour rudderless.
Aid to Pakistan slow as millions affected by floods
Issue 256 - August 27, 2010
It is estimated that 20 million people in Pakistan have been affected by the floods which began in late July when abnormally heavy monsoon rains swept across the country from its mountainous northwest.
60 Kashmiris killed by Indian forces
Issue 256 - August 27, 2010
60 demonstrators, including minors, have been killed by Indian police and security forces in Kashmir since June 11. A nine year old boy was beaten to death by the forces on his way to a local shop. Over 700 people have been injured.
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