It is a year since the demise of Dr.M.A.M.Shukri, one of the greatest scholars the Sri Lankan Muslim community has produced. Dr.Shukri was more than just a scholar of Islam, he was a man of many facets who served as the director of an Islamic academic institution that produced some remarkable men, a mentor to a younger generation of scholars …

Migrant workers and local converts are swelling the ranks of the country’s small but significant Muslim community The number of mosques in Japan has grown from four in the 1980s to 110, a Japanese expert on Islam has said (AFP) There were “hardly any Arabs in the country” says Mohamed Shokeir about the first time he travelled to Japan in …

The presidency indicated that the filming period took 7 hours, and the number of pictures reached 1050 with ‘Focus Stack Panorama’ technology. Riyadh: The General Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has revealed hitherto unseen images of ‘Hajr-e-Aswad’ or the ‘Black Stone’ creating a ripple among the faithful. The new high resolution images were …

Beruwala Jamiah Naleemiah institute has been transferred into a Covid treatment facility. According to officials, 270 patients can be treated at the institute. Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena today inspected the Education institute which has now been converted into a treatment facility temporarily. (NewsWire)