This important need is being increasingly felt today than ever before due to ever increasing violence and bloodshed , ethnic conflict, religious strife and many other challenges that are threatening the stable social order, peace and security. Dr. M A M Shukri – Director Jamiah Naleemiah-Beruwala Many conferences are being held in various part of the world in the form …

This article should be read contextually with all previous parts. . It is not my objective to make any derogatory criticism of any community or any religion. An attempt has been made here to illustrate how Sinhalese people have been sympathetic and companionate towards all other religious groups in the past.  Though Portuguese and Hindu invaders from South India try to …

​ Critics argue that the silence of the Security Council constitutes an international green light to Israel to continue with its new policy and military aggression against Syria. Credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas UNITED NATIONS, May 10 2013 (IPS) – Israel, which has launched three air strikes inside Syria since January this year, has escaped scrutiny or condemnation by a Security Council …

In which John Green teaches you the history of Islam, including the revelation of the Qu'ran to Muhammad, the five pillars of Islam, how the Islamic empire got its start, the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and more.      

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 30 2013 (IPS) – The face of migration is changing dramatically as women and girls now represent about half of the over 214 million migrants worldwide.   Bolivian migrant in the airport in El Alto, next to La Paz. Credit: Franz Chávez/IPS And in some regions of the world, they outnumber their male counterparts, says Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, …