French rapper Mélanie Georgiades, known as Diam’s, made her first TV appearance with her new image. (Composed by Al Arabiya) Amid a nationwide debate in France surrounding attitudes towards the Islamic veil, or hijab, a French rapper has surprised fans by announcing her conversion to Islam and choosing to wear a headscarf.  Mélanie Georgiades, known as Diam’s, has gone through …

National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka has awarded Zam Gems the gold award for the Precious Stones and Jewellery Large Category. Dominant and a robust performance have placed Zam Gems at the pinnacle of Foreign Exchange earners to the country. Delivering outstanding sales value with a keen eye on Services and Quality coupled with sheer hard work, has brought …

ඉස්‌ලාම් සමය නිග්‍රහයට ලක්‌ කරමින් ඇමරිකාවේදී සාදන ලද චිත්‍රපටය නිසා ලොව පුරා සිටින මුස්‌ලිම් සහෝදරවරුන්ගේ සිත ඉතා දරුණු ලෙස පෑරී තිබේ. මේ මොහොතේදී ලොව හැම රටකම ඉස්‌ලාම් භක්‌තිකයෝ පෙර කී චිත්‍රපටයට එරෙහිව විරෝධතා ව්‍යාපාරවල නියෑළෙමින් සිටිති. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ තත්ත්වය ද මෙයමය. මෙහිදී කුඩා මතක්‌ කිරීමක්‌ කළ යුතුය. එනම් මෙය ඇමරිකාව විසින් සාදන ලද චිත්‍රපටයක්‌ නොව ඇමරිකානුවකු විසින් සාදන ලද චිත්‍රපටයක්‌ බවය. මේ චිත්‍රපට අදටත් අන්තර් ජාලයේ යූ …

Dr. A.M.A. Azeez, eminent educationist, efficient administrator, erudite learned scholar in English and Tamil, brilliant orator and writer, visionary and dedicated community worker was born on 4th October, 1911 in Vannarpannai, Jaffna to a leading Muslim family. He had his childhood and entire schooling in Jaffna and received his education at the Hindu schools Vaidyeshwara Vidyalayam and Jaffna Hindu College. …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the general debate of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly. Credit: UN Photo/J Carrier UNITED NATIONS, Oct 1 2012 (IPS) – When world leaders packed their bags and headed home last week, there was one lingering memory of the General Assembly’s high-level debate: Benjamin Netanyahu’s dramatic presentation of a cartoonish nuclear red line, which …

In late March this year, a Muslim third-grader was found hanging unconscious in his school in Louisville, KY. It was not the first time Muhammad had been bullied and abused. The same week a Muslim girl from Dreyfus School in New York was beaten up; thrown on the ground,  had her headscarf pulled off, as she was repeatedly called a “terrorist,” “Muslim,” …