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PARIS (AA): The death toll from the deadly gun-and-bomb attacks in Paris has risen to 132 after three of the 352 injured people succumbed to their wounds Sunday, said medical authorities. The Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris’ public hospital system, said in a statement that “three of 80 injured people admitted Friday in absolute urgency in Parisian hospitals died”. Friday’s attacks […]

15th Nov 2015

France’s Muslims strongly condemn Paris attacks

PARIS (AA): Several French Muslim organizations have firmly condemned the Paris attacks that left 129 people dead and 352 injured Friday night. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) condemned “strongly these odious and despicable attacks”. The head of CFCM, Anouar Kbibech said in a statement that he has “deep sympathy for the families of the […]

15th Nov 2015

France: Paris attacks death toll rises to 129

PARIS (AA): The death toll from the deadly gun-and-bomb attacks in Paris has risen to 129, with 352 people injured — 99 of them in critical condition — said Paris prosecutor Francois Molins late Saturday. Molins told a press briefing that the death toll from Friday’s attacks was “now 129, but will rise”. “We can say at this stage […]

14th Nov 2015

France: World leaders express shock over Paris attacks

BRUSSELS (AA): Leaders from all over the world have expressed their shock at a wave of gun-and-bomb attacks in Paris Friday night which has so far claimed the lives of well over 120 people. Daesh [IS] has issued official statement taking responsibilty of the terrorist attacks. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a statement: “My […]

14th Nov 2015

France: Over 100 killed in terrorist attacks in Paris

PARIS (AA): Well over 100 people may have been killed in a shootout in a Paris arts center, as a wave of gun attacks and explosions rock the French capital. French media quoted police as saying late Friday that around 100 people alone died in a gun battle at the Bataclan arts centre; two gunmen were also reportedly killed. […]

12th Nov 2015

EU pushes for labeling of goods made in Palestine

BRUSSELS (AA): The European Union has released guidelines for labeling products made in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Wednesday’s move is to help European consumers differentiate between products originating from Israel and those originating from the occupied territories. Relations between Israel and the EU have soured as the country was quick to denounce the […]

11th Nov 2015

UK: Cameron’s four pillars of British EU renegotiation

By Michael S. Daventry LONDON (AA) : It was the speech that critics and supporters alike had sought for months, perhaps even years. Prime Minister David Cameron had long ago declared his intention to renegotiate the terms of the Britain’s EU membership. It was a key plank of the election manifesto that saw him re-elected […]

1st Nov 2015

Greece: 4 dead as migrant boats sink off Lesbos island

CANAKKALE/BALIKESIR, Turkey (AA): At least four migrants, three of them children, were killed as three boats sank off the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, Turkish security sources said late Saturday. More than 100 migrants, mostly from Afghanistan, were rescued by Turkish Coast Guard teams and the crew members of a cargo ship sailing […]

31st Oct 2015

Romania: Fire in nightclub kills 27 people

BUCHAREST, (AA): A blast and fire at a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest killed at least 27 people and wounded 180 others, Romanian Health Ministry official Raed Arafat said Saturday. At least 24 of the injured people were said to be in serious condition and were taken to hospitals, Arafat said. Around 400 people were […]

29th Oct 2015

Greece: Seven refugees die off Greek islands

By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS (AA): At least seven refugees, including an elderly woman and two young children drowned when at least three boats capsized off Greek islands Wednesday, Greek Coast Guard said. In the first incident, an elderly woman, a five-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl drowned off Samos island. In the on-going rescue operation, the Coast Guard […]

23rd Oct 2015

Sweden: Teacher, pupil killed by non Muslim in knife attack at school

BRUSSELS, Belgium, (AA) – A masked man wielding a sword killed two people and injured two others at a school in western Sweden on Thursday, local media said. The 21-year-old attacker was shot and injured by police after killing a teacher and an 11-year-old student and injuring another teacher and a 15-year-old student, who are […]

23rd Oct 2015

France: Islamophobic attacks on the rise

ANKARA (AA): Islamophobic attacks in France have tripled during the first nine months of this year compared with the same period last year, a French nongovernmental organization said Thursday. The Collective Against Islamophobia in France said in a statement that 110 Islamophobic attacks took place during the first nine months of 2014, while within the same period […]

18th Oct 2015

Germany: Xenophobic attack against pro-refugee politician

BERLIN (AA): A prominent pro-refugee politician has been stabbed in western German city of Cologne on Saturday, in what officials said was a xenophobic attack. Henriette Reker, an independent candidate running for Sunday’s mayoral elections in Cologne, was attacked during an outdoor campaign event by a 44-year-old man who shouted against the refugee policies of […]

17th Oct 2015

Turkey: Refugee boat sinks off Turkish coast, 12 dead

CANAKKALE, (AA): At least 12 people have drowned after a boat carrying refugees attempting to reach the Greek island of Lesbos sank in the Aegean Sea, Turkish official said on Saturday. Canakkale Governor Hamza Erkal said the boat carrying more than 48 refugees — most of them reportedly Syrians — sank in the Turkish waters of the Aegean Sea as […]

17th Oct 2015

Ukraine: Meskhetian Turks, fleeing Ukraine war, migrate to Turkey

ANKARA (AA): At least 150 people from the Turkish-speaking minority in eastern Ukraine, known as Meskhetian Turks, will flee to Turkey’s eastern region next week under Turkish asylum measures enacted in April, the general secretary of World Meskhetian Turks Association said on Friday. Fuat Ucar said that Turkey will take in at least 3,000 Meskhetian Turks who live in Ukraine’s […]

16th Oct 2015

European leaders change tough stand on Ukraine, Syria

By Zaiki Shaikh and Andrew Jay Rosenbaum LONDON (AA) : European leaders are changing their tough stand on the Ukraine conflict, softening their tone with Moscow. Many analysts now predict that EU leaders will compromise with Russia on Syria in an effort to end the European migration crisis, largely caused by the conflict […]

15th Oct 2015

Turkey: Two die as refugee boat sinks off Aegean coast

IZMIR (AA): Two people have died after a boat carrying refugees — most of them Syrian — sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s southwestern Izmir coast on Wednesday. According to a statement from the provincial governorship the incident took place off the Menderes district as the boat was headed towards the Greek islands. Turkish coast guards rescued […]

12th Oct 2015

Greece: Mosque in Western Thrace vandalized

KOMOTINI, (AA): A mosque in Greece’s Western Thrace region has been attacked by vandals, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. The Yeni mosque in Komotini, a town of 50,000 people, including many Muslims, was attacked Friday night and the doors to the building were daubed with the words “Turks out”. Local police were unavailable for […]

9th Oct 2015

Kosovo: Opposition MPs throw tear gas in Parliament

PRISTINA (AA): Kosovo opposition MPs threw tear gas canisters in Parliament on Thursday to protest the latest EU-brokered agreements between Kosovo and Serbia. Opposition MPs first blew whistles and threw water at the speakers, but would succeed in ending the session just after throwing tear gas canisters on the assembly floor. “As we have warned, this government has just […]

2nd Oct 2015

Germany: Council of Europe warns Germany over rise of racism

BERLIN (AA): The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights has praised Germany’s efforts in helping thousands of refugees but also warned authorities about the rise of racism and intolerance in the country. “Germany has made remarkable efforts to protect and receive refugees and in many ways it sets an example to the rest 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.