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By Talha Ozturk BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): The Srebrenica genocide is still “an open wound” at the heart of Europe, said an EU commissioner on Tuesday. Addressing a virtual conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Oliver Varhelyi, commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, said that the genocide reminds us of our shared […]

5th Jul 2020

Myanmar: Soldiers’ court-martial latest sham, say Rohingya groups

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Rohingya rights groups have denounced the recent court-martial of three Myanmar army officers as “a miscarriage of justice” and another of the country’s “sham attempts” to mislead the international community. The three officers were convicted on June 29 for the 2017 massacre of Rohingya people in the Gu […]

2nd Jul 2020

Indian forces killed civilian in Kashmir, family says

By Nusrat Sidiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): The family of a 65-year-old civilian killed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday said he was killed in “cold blood” by government forces in the region, which the police rejected as “baseless” and “fabricated” claims. However, his three-year-old grandson told a reporter that the police has […]

26th Jun 2020

Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians

Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (18 – 24 Jun 2020) Palestinian shot and killed by Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) on al-container checkpoint, eastern Bethlehem; 22 Palestinians shot and wounded, including a child, with live and rubber bullets in the West Bank; […]

17th Jun 2020

Yemen: Attack in Saada by Saudi-led coalition kills 12 civilians

By Jeyhun Aliyev (AA): Airstrike launched by a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, killing at least a dozen civilians, including children, is “terrible and unjustified”, according to a UN body. The initial field reports show that at least 12 civilians, including four children, were killed in strikes on a vehicle in Saada district in the […]

12th Jun 2020

Malaysia, Thailand urged to rescue stranded Rohingya Muslims

By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): Malaysia and Thailand were urged on Friday to rescue the stranded Rohingya Muslims with immediate aid and access to asylum. In a statement, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Malaysian authorities had detained 269 Rohingya refugees who arrived on a damaged boat off Malaysia’s coast at Langkawi last Monday. […]

1st Jun 2020

US: George Floyd protests continue in for sixth day

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): Despite curfews in major US cities, demonstrators took to the streets for a sixth day of protests Sunday over the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Floyd, 46, died after officer Derek Chauvin […]

20th Apr 2020

Cross border shelling rise killing civilians on Kashmir border

By Islamuddin Sajid and Hilal Mir ISLAMABAD, Pakistan/SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): As the world battles the COVID-19, Kashmiris across the Line of Control (LoC) struggle to escape from bullets. The de facto border divides the disputed Kashmir valley between Pakistan and India and a fresh wave of cross border shelling have escalated tensions […]

11th Mar 2020

India: ‘Muslims bore brunt of Delhi riots’

By Cheena Kapoor NEW DELHI, India (AA): Head of a quasi-judicial body in India has claimed that the violence that jolted parts of union capital Delhi recently was “well-planned” and “one-sided”. In the worst-hit riots in decades, which started on the day when U.S. President Donald Trump was in the city, over 50 people […]

10th Mar 2020

Pakistan: 25 killed as van plunges into river

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) All 25 passengers were killed after a van plunged into the Indus River in northern Pakistan on Monday morning, an official said. The vehicle fell into the river in Skardu district, a famous tourist destination which borders China. Faizullah Faraq, a spokesman for the government of Gilgit-Baltistan region […]

8th Mar 2020

Bangladesh: 3 killed, dozens missing in boat accident

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Three people were killed including a child and dozens of others are missing Saturday as two bridal boats capsized in Rajshahi’s Sreerampur, Bangladesh, according to reports. At least 34 people are missing in the accident on the way to Gangerhat village in Poba Upazila of Rajshahi district on […]

4th Mar 2020

Syria: Russian air strikes kill 12 civilians in Idlib

By Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu, Esref Musa and Muhammed Temim Hocaoglu IDLIB, Syria (AA): At least 12 civilians were killed when the Russian and Syrian air strikes bombed Idlib, a de-escalation zone in northern Syria, local sources said on Tuesday. Russian and Syrian fighter jets hit Idlib city center, Binnish town and Sahil Roj region, […]

5th Mar 2020

Syria: Russian airstrikes kill 16 civilians in Idlib

By Esref Musa and Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu IDLIB, Syria (AA): Russia carried out airstrikes in the de-escalation zone in Idlib, Syria, killing at least 16 civilians, a Syrian civil defense group said Thursday as Israel fires missiles into Syria. The controversial White Helmets civil defense group said 16 civilians were killed and 18 others […]

3rd Mar 2020

India: 47 deaths confirmed in Delhi in anti-Muslim violence

By Cheena Kapoor NEW DELHI, India (AA): The death toll from recent anti-Muslim violence in Delhi reached 47 Monday after four more bodies were fished out from drains and brought to a hospital. 350 people have been injured in the violence. Hundreds of Muslim homes, businesses, cars, mosques, madrassas were attacked, many torched. The […]

2nd Mar 2020

Over 100,500 migrants leave Turkey to reach Europe

By Sena Guler and Jeyhun Aliyev ANKARA (AA): The number of irregular migrants leaving Turkey for Europe has reached 100,577 as of Sunday evening, Suleyman Soylu said. The migrants are leaving Turkey through northwestern Edirne province bordering with Greece and Bulgaria. Thousands of migrants flocked to Pazarkule, a border gate with Greece, after Turkish […]

1st Mar 2020

Myanmar: 3 Rohingya Muslims killed by Arakan armed militia

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar (AA): At least three Rohingya Muslims were killed and at least 10 other villagers injured after an artillery shell hit a village in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state on Saturday, an official said. The incident happened in two Rohingya villages in Mrauk-U township on Saturday shortly after Arakan “Army” […]

27th Feb 2020

India: 34 die, 200 injured as pro BJP supporters rampage Muslim areas in Delhi

By Abdul Adil (The Muslim News): The death toll in the Indian capital New Delhi from the violence rose to 34, officials said Wednesday. More than 200 people were also injured in the deadliest violence North East Delhi has seen in years. Hundreds of Muslim homes, businesses, cars, mosques, madrassas were attacked, many torched. […]

25th Feb 2020

India: 7 killed during protests over citizenship law, which discriminates against Muslims

By Cheena Kapoor NEW DELHI, India (AA): A police officer and six civilians were killed, 150 injured,including 48 policement, in the Indian capital Monday as clashes between pro- and anti-citizenship law protesters turned violent on the second day of demonstrations. The violence began on Sunday when Kapil Mishra, a leader of the ruling nationalist […]

19th Feb 2020

Jammu & Kashmir: Internet shutdown cripples research in Kashmir

By Nusrat Sidiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): The communication clampdown over the past six months in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has crippled research activity in academic and scientific institutions . The region has two central and nine state universities besides two premier engineering institutes and 93 degree colleges. Even as the government […]

15th Feb 2020

Northwest Syria exodus tops 800,000

UNITED NATIONS (AA): European governments and the United Nations on Friday sounded the alarm about an escalation in violence that has forced more than 800,000 Syrians to flee their homes in the northwest of the country since December. Speaking on behalf of European Union members, Sven Jurgenson, Estonia’s ambassador to the UN, said a Russian-backed […]

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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.