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Remembering SLMC Leader M.H.M. Ashraff

Today (16 September) is the 22nd death anniversary of Mohammad Hussein Muhammad Ashraff, the legendary leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). He was the Cabinet Minister in charge of Shipping, Ports, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in the Government of President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at the time of his death. He, along with 14 others, was killed in an air …

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Hotline to inquire about obtaining electric vehicle permits

The Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment has introduced three telephone numbers for obtaining information, including a hotline number to refer problems related to obtaining electric vehicle import permits under the recently introduced initiative of allowing Sri Lankan migrant workers remitting money through formal channels to import an electric vehicle. Accordingly, the necessary information can be obtained by making a …

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King Charles III: Five things the new British monarch said about Islam and Muslims

King Charles III, pictured on 19 November 2021, next to the ‘mahmal’, the palanquin formerly used to transport the ‘kiswah’, the cover that engulfs the Kaaba, during a visit to Egypt’s Alexandria (AFP)   The king, who once studied Arabic to better understand the Quran, has long spoken about Islamic history and theology   In 1996, the grand mufti of …

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Mimar Sinan: The founding father of Ottoman architecture By Nadda Osman

A statue of Mimar Sinan sits in front of the Selimiye Mosque in Turkey’s Edirne (Wikimedia)   Responsible for designing some of Turkey’s most impressive structures, Sinan was the Ottoman Empire’s chief architect in the 16th century   Modern cities are often recognised for their skyscrapers, such as Dubai’s Burj Khalifa or London’s Shard. But that is not the case in Istanbul, where the …

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Zamzam Well | All About Zam Zam Well

This historic photo shows the location of the Zamzam (Arabic: زمزم‎‎) Well in the Mataf area. The Zamzam Well has provided some 4000 years of almost continuous water supply, a living miracle. Note that the entry to the well and this marking was removed in 2003. The origin of the Zamzam Well Ebrahim (عليه السلام) took his son Ismail (عليه السلام) and the child’s …

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සම් සම් ළිඳේ අභිරහස | The Mystery of Zam Zam well

සෑම අභිරහසක් පිටුපසම විද්‍යාවක් තිබෙනවා. නමුත් සමහර පුදුමසහගත දේවල් විද්‍යාවෙන් ඔබ්බට ගිය විට, හුදෙකලාවෙ වුවත් අපේ මොළය සෑම විටම ඒ පුදුමසහගත සංසිද්ධිය ගැන සිතමින් සිටිනවා. අපි දැන් බලන්න යන්නේ එවැනි සංසිද්ධියක් ගැන තමයි. හරියට කඃබා මස්ජිදයේ ඉඳලා අඩි හැට හයක් නැගෙනහිර දෙසට වන්නට ළිඳක් තියෙනවා. මේ එක් ළිඳ තමයි මේ දක්වා මුළු ලෝකයම ආපසු හැරී බලන්නට සලසල තියෙන්නේ. මේ ළිඳේ …

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