NEWS FROM THE UK
Manchester Qur’an burner admits public order offence
The Israel-supporter who live streamed himself ripping out pages and then burning a copy of the Holy Quran in Manchester on Saturday has admitted a racially aggravated public order offence.
Martin Frost, 47, was filmed...
Muslim convert convicted of planning attack on Birmingham mosque and bookshop
A Muslim convert has been found guilty of planning an attack against a mosque and a bookshop in Birmingham.
Jason Savage, aged 35 from Small Heath, was convicted following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court...
Two Moroccan teenage girls missing in London
Police are appealing for the public’s help to find two teenage girls from Morocco who have been reported missing in London.
Douae, 14, and Houda, 15, were last seen leaving the hostel they were staying...
‘Dramatic and radical change’: new MCB chief pledges major reform
The Muslim Council of Britain's newly elected Secretary General Dr Wajid Akhter has promised radical "open heart surgery" reforms and has vowed to empower Muslims and confront Islamophobia.
Dr Akhter, who beat rival candidate Dr Muhammad...
NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Germany sees rise in Islamophobic crimes
Germany recorded more than 1,550 anti-Muslim hate crimes in 2024, according to official figures.
At least 54 mosques were attacked between January and December last year, with 53 people suffering injuries from Islamophobic violence.
The...
Tunisia jails opposition politicians and journalists
A Tunisian court has sentenced 41 opposition activists to jail, including opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, former Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, and prominent journalists and bloggers.
The charges against the convicted people include “undermining the integrity of...
Arab leaders rally to confront Trump’s Gaza displacement plan
Major Arab countries and a senior Palestinian official expressed strong opposition to President Donald Trump’s widely condemned proposal to forcibly expel Palestinians from Gaza in a letter sent to the U.S..
In a joint letter...
After fall of Assad, Hama massacre survivors break decades of silence
Forty-three years ago, Syria’s former Baath regime carried out one of the country’s deadliest atrocities — the 1982 Hama Massacre — killing tens of thousands and leaving thousands more missing.
The Alawite-led Baath regime, which seized...