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THE RAWUTTAR- A LITTLE KNOWN LOCAL MUSLIM COMMUNITY

There is said to have existed in certain areas like Matale, a little community of South Indian Muslims known as Rawuttar. These folk evidently formed a sizeable community in Matale until about the 1960s before gradually declining in numbers probably due to migration as well as intermarriage and assimilation into the Moorish fold. They are said to have been relatively …

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World Cup 2022: How Arab fans are speaking truth to Israel on Palestine

Morocco’s Jawad El Yamiq raises the Palestinian flag after the World Cup soccer match between Canada and Morocco at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha on 1 December, 2022 (AP)   By refusing interviews with Israeli journalists, Arab fans are refusing to bestow legitimacy on the state’s apartheid system Israeli journalists have flocked to Doha this month to cover the World …

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UN approves resolution to commemorate 75th Nakba anniversary

Protesters hold up Palestinian national flags during a demonstration near the city of Sakhnin in northern Israel, on 5 May 2022, ahead of the Palestinian marking of the 74th anniversary of the Nakba (AFP)   Israeli ambassador condemns the UN move, while Palestinian representative tells UN the world is facing ‘end of the road’ for two-state solution The UN General …

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Palestine warns upcoming Israeli gov’t against altering Jerusalem status quo

Israeli right wing Knesset member Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R). [ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images] Palestine on Sunday warned the upcoming Israeli government against changing the status quo in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports. Extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be Israel’s national security minister in the upcoming government under a coalition agreement struck with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu. “The Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir deal …

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A.M.A. AZEEZ AND THE GLORY THAT WAS ZAHIRA BY THALIF DEEN

Al Haj A.M.A. Azeez, one of the rare Muslim intellectuals of his generation was a scholar, a writer, an innovative thinker and an educationist with a sharp and perceptive mind. When he quit the elitist and prestigious Ceylon Civil Service (CCS) to take over Zahira College, Colombo, back in 1948, he sacrificed a potentially bright professional career in the cause …

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TRADITIONAL BEVERAGES OF THE MOORS AND THEIR ORIGINS

The Moor community of Sri Lanka has a number of traditional beverages that have especially figured on festive occasions. Here are the main ones with a description and likely origins: FALUDA By far the most popular beverage among the Moors is Faluda, a refreshing drink of a rosy hue made of milk and rose syrup and often embellished with kadal-pasi or agar …

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