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By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, (AA): A siege at a restaurant in Dhaka ended in the deaths of 20 foreign hostages, the Bangladeshi army said Saturday. Nine Italians, seven Japanese, three Bangladeshis and one Indian are dead. The twenty hostages were brutally murdered during the chilling siege at the popular hangout in Dhaka’s diplomatic […]

16th Jun 2016

Sri Lanka: 2 years on, Sri Lankans recall deadly anti-Muslim riots

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti DHARGA TOWN, (AA): Two years since anti- Muslim riots killed four, injured over 80 and displaced some 10,000 residents of Aluthgama, Beruwala and Dharga Town — three Muslim-populated coastal towns — many Muslims who remember the incident still harbor fears of renewed sectarian violence. Many of the families involved, who live […]

10th Jun 2016

Pakistan: Muslims build church for Christian neighbours

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): In Pakistan’s northeastern Punjab province, Muslim villagers are raising funds to help their poor Christian neighbors build a church. The initiative was begun shortly before Easter by a group of Muslims from a village in Faisalabad, Pakistan’s textile-manufacturing hub. “There is a tiny Christian population in the village — […]

4th Jun 2016

India: Two dozen killed in violence in Uttar Pradesh

By Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI (AA): Two dozen people were killed, including two police officers, when violence erupted in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday after police attempted to evict illegal squatters. According to local officials, the violence occurred when police arrived to evict illegal squatters — believed to be members of […]

22nd May 2016

Bangladesh:Cyclone ‘Roanu’ claims over 20 lives

By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, (AA): At least 20 people have been killed — and scores injured — by Cyclone “Roanu”, which pounded Bangladesh on Saturday, according to local emergency officials. The head of the country’s disaster management agency, Mohammed Reaz Ahmed, told Bangladesh’s official Sangbad Sangstha news agency: “So far we have counted […]

11th May 2016

Bangladesh: Party head’s execution condemned widely

By Bayram Altug ANKARA, Turkey (AA): Turks gathered overnight to protest the execution of the leader of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami group, Motiur Rahman Nizami. The US has voiced concern to the execution. In Ankara, a group of people connected to several Turkish NGOs protested in front of the Bangladeshi embassy late Tuesday, while members of […]

9th May 2016

Pakistan: Taliban kill prominent rights activist in Karachi

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): The Taliban have claimed responsibility for killing prominent blogger and rights activist Khurram Zaki, who was gunned down in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi late Saturday night. He was killed just after he had twitted on Sadiq Khan, MP, winning the London Mayor elections: Khurram Zaki ‏@intaffairs May 7 […]

3rd May 2016

India backtracks on precondition for Pakistan talks

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India, (AA) – After calling off earlier talks with Pakistan after Pakistani officials met with pro-independence leaders in Kashmir, India seems to have quietly backtracked, saying Kashmiri leaders are free to meet with whomever they pleased. In a written reply to parliament last week, Indian Minister of State […]

30th Apr 2016

Thailand: No progress in peace talks on Thai Muslim south

By CS Thana BANGKOK (AA) – Peace talks between Thailand’s military government and an umbrella group of insurgents operating in the country’s Muslim south have failed after the removal of a key government negotiator, according to local media Friday. The Bangkok Post cited a Mara Patani spokesperson as saying that the latest 75-minute talks […]

29th Apr 2016

US journalist insists Pakistan helped US get bin Laden

WASHINGTON (AA) – A famed American journalist is convinced “more than ever” that Pakistan assisted the U.S. in killing Osama bin Laden despite official denials from both countries. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh made the remarks while speaking to Pakistani daily Dawn. His new book, The Killing of Osama bin Laden, lays out the claim, […]

27th Apr 2016

India: After 2-month hiatus, Pakistan-India dialogue resumes

By Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI (AA) – Two months after talks were suspended following a January terrorist attack in northern India allegedly carried out by Pakistani militants, diplomats of both countries held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday. The talks were held on the sidelines of a “Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process” meeting currently underway […]

20th Apr 2016

Pakistan: Suicide blast kills one, injures 18 in NW Pakistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A suicide bomber on Tuesday blew himself up inside a government building in northwestern Pakistan, killing one person and injuring another 18, local police officials said. The bomber struck a tax department building in the Mardan district some 40 kilometers from Peshawar, regional capital of the violence-hit […]

14th Apr 2016

Jammu Kashmir on edge after Indian army kills civilians

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India (AA): The Jammu Kashmir region witnessed a complete shutdown Wednesday, a day after three civilians, including a 70-year-old woman, were killed by the Indian army. Hundreds of people defied a government-imposed curfew and staged protests across the region. The three civilians were killed on Tuesday after the […]

11th Apr 2016

India: Temple fire kills more than 100 in Kerala State

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA) – At least 102 people have been killed in a massive fire that tore through a Hindu temple in India’s Kerala State on Sunday morning. Another 380 people were injured in the conflagration, which occurred at the Puttingal Temple in Kerala’s coastal town of Paravur, according to local […]

4th Apr 2016

Myanmar: New Myanmar minister scolded over ‘anti Muslim’ comment

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Muslim officials in Myanmar jumped to the defense of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government on Sunday after its new religious affairs minister appeared to make comments detrimental to the country’s Muslims. The National League for Democracy (NLD) only took power Friday after a landslide win in December elections. […]

6th Apr 2016

Pakistan: Rains, floods kill over 200 in northern Pakistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): Rescue workers in northwestern Pakistan dug through debris and mud on Tuesday in hopes of finding survivors after a landslide buried at least 30 people alive on Monday as the death toll from days of torrential rains and flashfloods passed the 200-mark, local officials have said. Footage aired on […]

3rd Apr 2016

Pakistan: Five killed in coal mine explosion

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least five miners were killed and six others injured in a coal mine explosion in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, officials said. At the time of explosion, 11 workers were present in the coalmine and six of them sustained minor injuries and were rescued. The injured were shifted to […]

29th Mar 2016

Pakistanis mourn victims of deadly Lahore blast

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA) – Grieving Pakistanis held special prayers and memorial services on Monday to mourn the victims of Sunday’s massive suicide blast in Lahore, as expressions of solidarity poured in from around the world. A suicide bomber blew himself up in a park packed with men, women and children on Sunday […]

28th Mar 2016

Pakistan: At least 69 killed by suicide blast in Lahore

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded park in Lahore on Sunday evening, killing at least 69 people and injuring 300 others, Salman Rafiq, health minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, has said. According to police, the bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest in a crowded area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal […]

20th Mar 2016

India: 2 killed, incl 13-year-old in suspected anti-Muslim hate crime

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir (AA) – Two Muslim cattle-herders, including a 13-year-old boy, were reportedly hanged to death in the Lateher district of India’s eastern Jharkhand State in an attack some believe may have been religiously motivated. While police say they are investigating the case, local residents believe the two were killed […]

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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.