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By Gozde Bayar ANKARA (AA): Islamophobic incidents rose across Europe due to the increase in far-right movements’ influence, according to a report by an Ankara-based think tank. “European Islamophobia Report 2018,” released recently by the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA), focused in detail on the underlying dynamics that directly or indirectly […]

2nd Oct 2019

EU court rules to demolish illegal church in Bosnian Muslim woman’s garden

By Talha Ozturk and Vesna Besic BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled to demolish an unauthorized church built by Serbs at the garden of a Muslim Bosnian woman. Fata Orlovic, 77-year-old Bosnian grandmother, has been struggling for years to remove the illegally built Orthodox church in her garden […]

29th Sep 2019

Germany: Women attacked at anti-Islamophobia event

By Mesut Zeyrek COLOGNE, Germany (AA): An event meant to raise awareness of Islamophobia in Germany on Saturday was the scene of a violent attack, according to the head of the event organizer. At the Support Diversity event in the southern city of Ulm, organized by the Turkish-Muslim association IGMG, a man shouted “I […]

22nd Sep 2019

France: Car rams into mosque in eastern France

By Yusuf Ozcan PARIS (AA): A car rammed into a mosque in the eastern French city of Colmar on late Saturday. The vehicle crashed into the Grand Mosque of Colmar, damaging its gate and doorway, said the prefecture of Haut-Rhin. The man first broke down the gate of the mosque before violently striking a […]

17th Sep 2019

EU’s Juncker underlined UK’s responsibility to come forward with concrete solutions

Luxembourg (AA): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and outgoing European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday had a working lunch in Luxembourg. “The aim of the meeting was to take stock of the ongoing technical talks between the EU and the UK and to discuss the next steps,” European Commission said in a statement. Juncker […]

14th Sep 2019

Germany: Bomb threat at Berlin mosque found to be a hoax

By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): A bomb threat emailed to Berlin’s prominent Sehitlik Mosque on Friday morning turned out to be a hoax, officials said. Berlin police spokesperson Heidi Voigt told Anadolu Agency that they determined that the bomb threat was a hoax and there was no threat to public safety. Sehitlik Mosque, which […]

29th Aug 2019

Sweden: Islamophobic politician expelled from her party

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): An Islamophobic politician was expelled from Left Party in Sweden as the politician’s views on religion contradicted with party policy, said the secretary-general in a press conference on Wednesday. Secretary-General of Left Party Aron Etzler said the politician Amineh Kakabaveh’s acts and Islamophobic rhetoric “seriously” harmed the confidence of […]

28th Aug 2019

Belgium: Court rules against headscarf ban

By Serife Cetin BRUSSELS (AA): A court in Belgium ruled in favor of a schoolgirl and against the headscarf ban in the Flemish Region of the country. The school which the student had filed a case against is affiliated to a public body named GO! Education of Flemish Community. The body had decided to […]

12th Aug 2019

Norway: Police launches terror probe on mosque attack

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): Norwegian police on Sunday launched a terror investigation into an armed attack on an Afghan mosque in Baerum city. A 21-year-old gunman on Saturday was arrested after he attacked the Al-Noor Islamic Centre in Baerum, around 20km from Oslo. The attack took place one day before the Muslim religious […]

8th Aug 2019

Germany’s Muslims call for an Islamophobia commissioner

By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): Germany’s Muslim community has called on the government to create a new government post to counter growing Islamophobia in the country. Aiman Mazyek, president of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, proposed on Wednesday appointment of an Islamophobia commissioner. “We have seen the importance of such a post after […]

18th Jul 2019

Germany: Assailants desecrate mosque in western Germany

By Mesut Zeyrek COLOGNE, Germany (AA): Unidentified assailants desecrated a mosque in Munster, western Germany late on Tuesday. The assailants tore pages of a copy of Quran at Barbaros Mosque of the Turkish Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB). DITIB representative Sebahattin Cigdem said on Wednesday an investigation into last night’s attack was launched […]

10th Jul 2019

Germany: Bomb threat at Cologne mosque found to be a hoax

COLOGNE, Germany (AA) : The police have issued an “all clear” after investigating a bomb threat at Germany’s largest mosque in the western city of Cologne. The bomb threat, apparently sent by a far-right group via e-mail on Tuesday, forced the evacuation of visitors and staff at Cologne Central Mosque, in the Ehrenfeld area of […]

9th Jul 2019

Bosnia: Thousands march to honour Srebrenica genocide victims

By Vesna Besic and Talha Oztürk SARAJEVO, Bosnia Herzegovina (AA): Thousands of people from all over the world set off for a three-day peace march in Bosnia and Herzegovina to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica. The march began from the town of Nezuk near the Bosnian city of Tuzla on […]

30th Jun 2019

Sweden: Mosque vandalized in Islamophobic attack

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): A mosque inside a hospital in western Sweden was vandalized on Saturday in a racist attack. The attackers at Molndal Hospital in Gothenburg city desecrated the holy Qur’an and spilled soft drinks on the shelves and carpets of the mosque, the mosque association said in a statement on social […]

17th Jun 2019

Norway: Islamophobic group insults Muslims, harms Qur’an

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): An Islamophobic group in Norway insulted Muslims, said all Qurans must be destroyed and threw a copy of the Muslim holy book the Qur’an in an event near the capital Oslo on Saturday, according to a video the group posted on the Internet. During the event in the town […]

12th Jun 2019

Germany: 3 mosques attacked in 2 days

By Mesut Zeyrek COLOGNE, Germany (AA): Three mosques in Germany have suffered assaults over the past two days, a local Turkish Muslim community leader said on Tuesday. At the Eyup Sultan Mosque in Kamen, North Rhine-Westphalia, a right-wing group desecrated the mosque walls with hateful graffiti such as “get out,” said Mustafa Kose, the […]

9th Jun 2019

Bosnia unearths 12 bodies of Muslims from mass grave

BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Institute for Missing Persons discovered bodies of twelve war victims in a new mass grave on Friday. The authorities on Wednesday had discovered a new mass grave at Igman Mountain near the capital Sarajevo. Emza Fazlic, spokeswoman of the institute, told Anadolu Agency that they are assuming that the […]

3rd Jun 2019

Danish far-right members burn Qur’an during iftar in city’s square

By Davut Colak COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA): Activists of a far-right group burned a copy of the Qur’an and unfurled a banner saying “Europe is ours” in the Danish capital to protest against the iftar (fast-breaking) gathering of Muslims on Saturday. Members of Stram Kurs — anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic party — tried to provoke people by […]

2nd Jun 2019

Greece: ‘Attack on Muslim cemetery shows rising Islamophobia’

By Zehra Nur Duz (AA): A recent attack on a Muslim cemetery in Greece shows the rise of Islamophobia and racism both there and throughout the continent, according to an expert on the region. A Muslim cemetery in the city of Alexandroupolis was found on Tuesday to have suffered an attack by unknown assailants, who […]

27th May 2019

Finland: Far-right Finnish politician rips up Qur’an

[Map of Finland. Wikimedia for free use for any purpose] Atilla Altuntas STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AA): With European polls taking place in Finland Sunday, the leader of an extreme far-right party tried to stoke the Islamophobic vote by publicly ripping up a copy of the Qur’an, according to a Turkish businessman. Marco De Wit, leader of […]

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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.