JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR In an unprecedented move aimed at preventing congestion and stampedes and ensuring safety of the guests of God, Saudi authorities have urged domestic and foreign pilgrims to postpone their Haj plans for this year if possible due to ongoing expansion work at Makkah’s Grand Mosque. The call follows the government’s decision to reduce the number of …

Zahira College Colombo the premier educational institute with existence for more than one century in the country looks for passionate,dynamic, inspirational and methodical person for the following position in order to upgrade the educational management system more efficiently in the school atmosphere.   DEPUTY PRINCIPAL – ADMINISTRATION     Must possess a recognized bachelor’s degree with post graduate diploma in education from a reputed university …

“Impact” presenter Mishal Husain discussed the controversy over the decision to hold the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka. There are on-going concerns about the suitability of Sri Lanka as the venue for the meeting, raised by human rights organisations and the United Nations. Mishal was joined by Senator Hugh Segal, the Canadian government’s special envoy to the …

The Secretariat for Muslims (SFM) would like to acknowledge the recent public statement by Tamil National Alliance M.P M.A. Sumanthiran made in early May at the meeting to commemorate the 36th death anniversary of S.J.V. Chelvanayagam held in Vantharumoolai, Batticaloa. Recognising the Expulsion of the Northern Muslims from the five districts of the North – Jaffna, Mannar, Vavuniya, Mulaitivu and Kilinochchi as …

Little is it known that the Muslims of the North and East of Sri Lanka have paid a heavy price for their commitment to a united Sri Lanka. They have been massacred in the thousands, expelled from their homes and dispossessed of their lands by the Tamil Tiger militants over the course of two decades of war. Despite the end …