The Muslim News Awards for Excellence Ceremony
Eleventh Muslim Awards Ceremony – Photographs
Photographs from the eleventh awards ceremony for the Muslim News Awards of Excellence 2013 may be found below.
India: Maoist ambush on Cong convoy kills 27; state party chief, son found dead
The toll in the deadly attack by suspected Maoists on a convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh rose to 27 after the bullet-riddled bodies of state party chief Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh and eight others.
Palestine: Israeli settlers spray Olive trees with toxic chemicals
A number of armed Israeli settlers invaded a Palestinian olive orchard that belong to two residents of Burin village, south Nablus, before spraying the trees with dangerous chemicals, causing the trees to die.
Sweden: Stockholm riots spread west on sixth night
Stockholm experienced a sixth straight night of riots early Saturday, with cars torched in several immigrant-dominated suburbs, as Britain and the United States warned against travelling to the hotspots.
Russia: Suicide bomb attack hits Dagestan
Nine people, including four policemen, have been injured in a suicide bomb attack near Dagestan.
Pakistan: Suicide attack on Afghan head kills three
Three people were killed in a suicide attack on a vehicle carrying the head of the Afghan Tanzeem Ahle Hadith, Haji Hayatullah, in Peshawar’s Faqeerabad neighbourhood. Hayatullah himself survived the attack but his gunman and driver were killed.
Lebanon: We cannot side with the beheaders in Syria, says Nasrallah
There are two major security threats currently facing Lebanon: Israel, and the presence of radical salafis fighting to overthrow the Syrian government, Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech.
UK: British spy agencies in the spotlight over soldier’s murder
Britain's intelligence services were under pressure to explain their knowledge of two people suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London, amid claims they had tried to recruit one of them.
Lebanon: Five wounded in southern Beirut rocket attack
Sweden: Stockholm riots starting to ease: police
Cars were torched and police faced stone-throwing youths in Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs early Sunday, but the nightly riots that have raged for a week appeared to be easing, police said.
France: Attacker stabs French soldier on duty in Paris
A French soldier on anti-terror duty in the La Defense business district of Paris has been stabbed in the throat by an unidentified attacker who then fled.
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Justice Secretary, Rt Hon Chris Grayling, MP, presenting Alhambra Arts award to Comedian and actor, Jeff Mirza at The Muslim News Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner on 25 March. (photo: Sumayya Juma/The Muslim News)
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