LONDON (MNTV) – The U.S. Justice Department’s release of over three million documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has sent shockwaves across Europe, exposing ties between the late financier and prominent political, business, and royal figures, prompting multiple resignations and criminal investigations. The fi...
LONDON (MNTV) – Muslim civil rights organizations have called on the U.K. Home Secretary to take urgent action against violent protesters who claim to oppose the Iranian government but are instead targeting mosques, community centers, and Iranian-owned businesses across Britain. The Islamic Human Rights Commission sent a letter to Home S...
BERLIN (MNTV) – Germany experienced a troubling erosion of civil liberties and surge in hate crimes throughout 2024 and into 2025, as the far-right Alternative for Germany party achieved unprecedented electoral success and the new coalition government pursued increasingly restrictive policies on migration and dissent, according to Human ...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (MNTV) — Dutch authorities have formally returned a 3,500-year-old Egyptian sculpture to Egypt after confirming it was looted and unlawfully exported during regional unrest more than a decade ago. The stone artefact, a sculpted head believed to have once formed part of a block statue, resurfaced on the international art ...
VILNIUS, Lithuania (MNTV) — Israel sent a request to the Lithuanian Parliament urging lawmakers to nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, according to public broadcaster LRT. Parliament Speaker Juozas Olekas declined to sign. The letter, initiated by the speakers of the Knesset and U.S. House of Representatives, praise...
Netherlands (MNTV) – The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined ten municipalities €25,000 each for conducting unauthorized surveillance of Muslim communities, processing prohibited personal information without residents’ knowledge, as reported by AP. The towns—Delft, Ede, Eindhoven, Gooise Meren, Haarlemmermeer, Hilversum, Hui...
BURY, UK (MNTV) – A planning application seeks approval to establish an Islamic girls’ school accommodating up to 100 students at Khizra House on Lord Street in Bury, England, according to Bury Times. The property, owned by the adjacent Jamia Khizra Mosque, currently houses the Bury Defence Academy on its upper level, with the grou...
LONDON (MNTV) – British Muslims seeking home financing face systematic barriers that amount to a “financial faith penalty,” according to a comprehensive new study examining Islamic home finance in the U.K. The report, accessed by MNTV and released by Islamic finance provider Offa based on surveys of 3,000 people, reveals that...
MADRID (MNTV) – Spain’s Catholic bishops are moving forward with plans to establish a specialized office focused on dialogue between Christians and Muslims, according to Revista Ecclesia. The proposed department will operate under the Subcommission for Interconfessional Relations and Interreligious Dialogue. Church officials have a...
CHAMPIGNY-SUR-MARNE, France (MNTV) – France’s upcoming municipal elections could make history in Champigny-sur-Marne, a working-class Paris suburb, where Fily Keita-Gassama is vying to become the town’s first Black, Muslim woman mayor. The elections on March 15 and 22 will select nearly 36,000 council members nationwide and s...
