By Latheef Farook Few years ago, when the government sponsored violence against Muslims unleashed by saffron and civil mercenaries were at its peak ‘I got into a three wheel drive at Wellawatta to go to Kollupitiya. The young and knowledgeable three wheel driver who initiated discussion on violence   touched politics which ruined the country said, “Sir, all what we need …

The Advancing of Diversified Global Society and Career in Japan Japan’s population is decreasing year by year. It is said to be a “declining birthrate and aging society” with few young people and many elders. This declining birthrate and aging population cause the decreasing of the working-age population which led to the increasing demand for labor from outside Japan. In …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …