Attorney General Dappula De Livera has authorized the Proscription of eleven Islamic Organisations connected to extremist activities, AG’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne.The organisations to be banned are as follows:1. United Thawheed Jamma ‘ath – UTJ2. Ceylon Thawheed Jamma ‘ath – CTJ3. Srilanka Thawheed Jamma ‘ath – SLTJ4. All Ceylon Thawheed Jamma ‘ath – ACTJ5. Ja miyathu I Ansaari …
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RAMAZAN APPEAL 2021 (1442 AH) – The Ceylon Muslim Scholarship Fund
RAMAZAN APPEAL 2021 (1442 AH) – The Ceylon Muslim Scholarship FundRAMAZAN APPEAL 2021 (1442 AH) Alhamdulillah! The CMSF has completed over 76 years of dedicated service to education. With the generous support of our donors and well-wishers, the CMSF has been able to achieve the farsighted vision of the founders in assisting over 2000 needy Muslim students to pursue higher …
Read More »Lankan govt gazettes Special Economic Zone for Colombo Port City
A Bill to provide for the establishment of the Colombo Port City (CPC) Special Economic Zone has been published in the Gazette and is slated to be presented to Parliament next month. The 76-page Bill provides for the establishment of a Commission empowered to grant registrations, licences, authorisations, and other approvals to carry on businesses and other activities in the Special …
Read More »A VISIT TO DAFTAR JAILANI- AN AGE-OLD MUSLIM HERITAGE SITE By Asiff Hussein
In our childhood days, our friends would often talk of a mystical place known as Jailani, an abode of the saints and a haunt of the jinn. We were told that the place was covered in thick jungle and that a special prayer had to be recited to guard oneself from the attacks of wild beasts. Those who did not …
Read More »Six vaccination centres allocated in Colombo this week
Colombo, March 23 (Daily Mirror) – The Colombo Municipal Council yesterday said it had allocated six centers in Colombo this week where those above the age of 60 years can receive the anti COVID19 Astra Zeneca jabs.Chief Medical Officer of the CMC, Dr. Ruwan Wijemuni told Daily Mirror that the vaccination programme will exclusively be administered to those above 60 …
Read More »Resolution on Sri Lanka passed at UNHRC
The resolution on Sri Lanka was adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva today with 22 voting for, 11 against it and 14 abstentions.Resolution A/HRC/46/L.1 was presented to the Council by Julian Braithwaite, the UK representative to Geneva, on behalf of the Core Group on Sri Lanka.Several member States later expressed their views on the resolution during …
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