India: Heavy rains continue in north India, Uttarakhand worst hit; flood warning in UP, Delhi
Nigeria: Boko Haram insurgents kill 7 students, 2 teachers in Damaturu
Gambian president slashes West for killing innocent people in anti-terror war
Afghanistan: 3 killed in suicide bombing in Kabul
Pakistan: Lawyers on strike against Quetta carnage, Residency attack
Iranian president-elect Rouhani vows moderation
Northern Ireland: Syria divisions dominate Obama-Putin meeting at G-8 summit
Palestine: ‘We destroyed Arab villages to create our State’: retired Israeli General
Palestine: Israeli settlers attack elderly woman in Jerusalem
Iran’s lesson to Washington’s Arabs
Lebanon: Gunmen kill four in Bekaa Valley
Syria: Saudi Arabia, France sending Syria rebels anti-aircraft guns
Saudi Arabia: Riyadh hopes for warm ties with Tehran under Rouhani
India: 8 dead, 3700 pilgrims stranded as incessant rains batter Uttarakhand
Egypt’s court sentences Muslim preacher to jail over blasphemy
Iran: Hope for Iran’s president-elect to bring changes runs high home and abroad
Turkey: Police lock down Taksim, as PM shows off in Istanbul
Pakistan: Quetta tragedy : Women university closed for indefinite period
UK: Syria to dominate discussions at G8 summit in Northern Ireland
The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2013
The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2013
The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2013
The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2013
The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2013
The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2013
Top Stories from the News Section
India: Heavy rains continue in north India, Uttarakhand worst hit; flood warning in UP, Delhi
Rains lashed Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, taking up the toll to 58 and leaving over 58,000 people wet and miserable after they got stranded.
Palestine: ‘We destroyed Arab villages to create our State’: retired Israeli General
A retired Israeli military general told the Israeli Army Radio on his 100 birthday that the Israeli army destroyed and depopulated hundreds of Arab villages in order to establishment the state of Israel in 1948, and added that “he feels good about it.”
Syria: Saudi Arabia, France sending Syria rebels anti-aircraft guns
Saudi Arabia, with some French funds, began supplying anti-aircraft missiles to Syrian rebels "on a small scale" about two months ago, a Gulf source familiar with the matter said.
Lebanon: Gunmen kill four in Bekaa Valley
Gunmen killed three Lebanese and a Turk in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, a security source said, as the conflict in neighboring Syria raised fresh tensions.
Iran’s lesson to Washington’s Arabs
Iran’s presidential election poses some important and uncomfortable questions to its Arab neighbours across the Gulf: How has the Islamic Republic’s theocratic political system succeeded in maintaining its religious and ethnic diversity and developing its economic and technological abilities in the face of modern history’s most restrictive financial sanctions?
Palestine: Israeli settlers attack elderly woman in Jerusalem
Three Israeli settlers attacked an elderly Palestinian woman in Deir Yassin area, in West Jerusalem
Northern Ireland: Syria divisions dominate Obama-Putin meeting at G-8 summit
Divisions between Russia and the US over Syria have overshadowed talks of G-8 leaders in Northern Ireland’s Enniskillen. The summit had begun on a positive note with progress on a transatlantic free trade deal.
Iranian president-elect Rouhani vows moderation
Iran's newly elected president has vowed to deliver the change demanded by voters after eight years of conservative rule. Hasan Rouhani also pledged to pursue constructive interaction with the rest of the world.
Pakistan: Lawyers on strike against Quetta carnage, Residency attack
Sindh lawyers in sympathy and solidarity with the bereaved families of Quetta carnage observing strike by boycotting court proceedings all across the province.
Afghanistan: 3 killed in suicide bombing in Kabul
At least three civilians were killed and many others wounded Tuesday morning when a suicide bombing hit west of Afghan capital Kabul.
Gambian president slashes West for killing innocent people in anti-terror war
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh slashed some Western countries for killing innocent people in the name of fighting terrorism.
Nigeria: Boko Haram insurgents kill 7 students, 2 teachers in Damaturu
At least seven students and two teachers were killed in an attack on a public school by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria's northeastern city of Damaturu.
Top Stories from the Newspaper Section - Read the full newspaper online here
‘My dad was killed because of his race and faith’
The daughter of an elderly Birmingham man who was repeatedly and brutally stabbed as he walked home from his local mosque has told The Muslim News she believes the attack on her father was not only premeditated but is racially and Islamophobically motivated.
British soldier hacked to death, mosques attacked
A serving British soldier was hacked to death in a terrorist attack in Woolwich, London, on May 22 afternoon. Two suspects were shot and injured by the police. In the aftermath of the attack, mosques were attacked.
Editorial & Legal Corner
Sex, lies and stereotypes
Lurid details of the horrific criminal acts committed by sexual predators in Oxford, Rochdale and High Wycombe that have recently been exposed in court hearings are gut-wrenchingly repulsive.
Legal Corner: High Commissioner unfairly removed from post based on unsubstantiated allegations
The High Court recently considered the case of John Yapp v Foreign and Commonwealth Office [2013] EWHA 1098.
Other Stories
Interview: Grayling defends controversial policies, backs Muslim community as positive force
In a wide-ranging interview with The Muslim News, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling denied that the setting up of secret courts was to hide evidence, admitted that the Government wanted to change the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights and insisted shortening the time for judicial reviews was aimed to prevent their misuse.
The food system: Crisis in slow motion
Food is gaining increased attention these days; more people are looking into local and organic options, joining CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), and shopping at farmers markets.
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Press Release: Eleventh Muslim Awards Ceremony recognises the very best of British Muslim Achievement
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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