Spells disaster for communal harmony. By Latheef Farook An Israeli Parliamentary delegation visited Sri Lanka from 24 to 30 of September 2015. According to reports the delegation had discussions with Secretary-General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake on areas of mutual interest, security arrangements in Parliament, the public outreach and employing disabled people in Parliament. However Mr. Dassanayake did not disclose the …
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Muslim Turkish chemist wins 2015’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Istanbul, (IINA) – Following the great Egyptian chemist professor Ahmed Zewail who won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, another chemist from another Muslim country won 2015's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, according to OnIslam. Aziz Sancar, a biochemist who has exquisitely mapped part of the DNA repair system in cancer cells, has been honored this year with the Nobel Prize …
Read More »Let us join hands with others to free our country from the scourge of Child Abuse, Rape and Murder
AL MASHOORAH : Issue no.5 Child abuse, rape and murder are becoming daily occurrence in our society. This is unprecedented in our country of Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and Christianity underpinning our lives. Sri Lankan society had a strong ethical and moral foundation governing us. What has happened to our ethics and morality? Once we were suffering from the scourge of …
Read More »We don’t understand the universe: Scientist at IdeaFestival explains how science is failing us
At IdeaFestival 2015, astronomer Bob Berman explained why our scientific approach to understanding the universe is misguided. Astronomer Bob Berman at IdeaFestival 2015 "What do we know about the universe?" asked astronomer Bob Berman to a crowded room at IdeaFestival 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky. "Why aren't the answers satisfying? Where do they go wrong?" There's a lot of hard and …
Read More »Hameed Abdul Karim – A Writer & Activist Par Excellence By Hilmy Ahamed
My friend and brother in Islam, Hameed Abdul Karim is no more. He died in Makkah, Saudi Arabia due to a heart attack after completing his Hajj on Saturday the 26th of September 2015. A death immediately after Hajj is what most Muslims dream of, yet the loss of Hameed Abdul Karim is a great blow to Muslim Civil Society …
Read More »Istanbul, Antalya named in world’s top shopping cities in Muslim Travel Shopping Index 2015
Istanbul and Antalya have featured in a list of the world’s top shopping destinations for Muslim tourists in a report which provides detailed insights into their spending behavior while travelling. The MasterCard-CrescentRating Muslim Shopping Travel Index 2015 (MTSI 2015) has revealed Muslim travelers spent a total of $62 billion globally in shopping and dining. Istanbul was fifth while the …
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