Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the attack which took place on the 3rd of September in Auckland, New Zealand. We are shocked and saddened to hear that the perpetrator of this dastardly act is of Sri Lankan origin and his inhumane act was driven by what is reported as an ISIS deviant extremist ideology. Sailan Muslim …
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Singapore allows hijab for Muslim nurses in public healthcare
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday announced that female Muslim staff in Singapore’s public healthcare, including nurses, are allowed to wear hijab or “tudung” as an add-on to their uniforms starting November. He noted that wearing tudung became increasingly important for the Muslim community, and for many Muslim women it is an important part of their faith and expression …
Read More »‘Bad idea’: Israel’s foreign minister slams US plan to reopen Palestinian consulate
A picture taken on 18 October 2018 shows the US Consulate in Jerusalem before its operations were merged with Israel’s US embassy (AFP) Yair Lapid warned that reopening the consulate for Palestinian outreach could ‘destabilise’ Israel’s coalition government Israel’s foreign minister has slammed the Biden administration’s plan to reopen the US consulate in Jerusalem to provide diplomatic outreach to Palestinians, warning it could destabilise …
Read More »‘Blood for Blood’: Resistance in Jenin By Ramzy Baroud
Jenin refugee camp, 2011. (Mujaddara/Wikimedia Commons) It is obvious that what is currently taking place in Jenin is indicative of something much larger. Israel knows this, thus the exaggerated violence against the refugee camp, writes Ramzy Baroud. The killing of four young Palestinians by Israeli occupation soldiers in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, on August 16, is a …
Read More »MMDA: Will The Cabinet Be Judiciously Cautious? By Mass L. Usuf –
This refers to the article titled “MMDA: Will The Cabinet Blink?” written by Mr. Ameer Faaiz which appeared in Colombo Telegraph on 23/08/2021. In the greater interest of (1) the rights of Muslim women, men and children (2) the continuation of the Sri Lankan heritage of legal pluralism and (3) the uniquely diverse ethno-religious-cultural composition, the cabinet may be cautioned against injudiciously …
Read More »Dinesh wins gold for Sri Lanka in Paralympics
Dinesh Priyantha won the first Gold Medal for Sri Lanka at the Tokyo Paralympics after he set a new World Record in the Men’s F46 Javelin Throw with a distance of 67.79m Dinesh Priyantha broke the record of 63.97m set by Devendra in India at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Dinesh Priyantha Herath who is a sergeant of the Gajaba Regiment …
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