Monthly Archives: November 2015

Most Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero; An Icon Of Excellence Is No More

By Lukman Harees “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”- Eleanor Roosevelt Most Rev. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero , a national charismatic Icon and the fatherly figure behind the democratic changes which put Sri Lanka back into the map of civilized nations, is no more. Whether the changes ensued in the expected dose was a different …

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Halal tourism going mainstream in the US and elsewhere

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – A rental company in Orlando, Florida, is offering “halal vacation homes” with curtained pool decks and rooms with prayer mats and copies of the Quran. A British company’s app lists gourmet restaurants serving halal meat in London and Dubai, while a Boston-based developer’s app offers travel guides for 90 cities with local prayer times …

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