To mark the 51st death anniversary of Dr. A. M. A. Azeez on November 24, 2024, the Azeez Foundation is republishing the insightful article, “A.M.A. Azeez’s Agricultural Feat in the East” by A. I. Marikar. This tribute highlights Dr. Azeez’s transformative initiatives in rural agriculture, showcasing his commitment to uplifting underprivileged communities in Eastern Sri Lanka. His visionary policies not …

By Arrenga Nadaraja and Yomal Senerath-Yapa   For Ameena Mustapha and her team at the SAFA Counselling Centre in Dehiwela, it was one more step towards better mental health care for women when they conducted, last month, a mental wellbeing survey of married working women in Colombo and the suburbs. The online survey was done with 68 women and the …

By Stephanie van den Berg and Nidal Al-Mughrabi ICC issues warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant Warrant also issued against Hamas official whom Israel says is dead Move met with outrage in Israel, welcomed by Hamas ICC has no police, arrest would depend on member states Gaza residents hopeful Israeli suspects will face justice The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on …

A billboard shows a slogan in support of US President Donald Trump in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 5 November 2024 (Reuters) Some Democrats will read this piece in hopes of finding an apology, or maybe simply an acknowledgement of a strategic miscalculation on the part of many Muslim leaders who advocated for third-party voting in the recent US presidential election. …

Who are the Mothers of the Believers? You might have heard the expression Ummahat al-Mumineen.  This translates into English as the ‘Mothers of the Believers’ and this is a title that refers to the wives of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).  They were his wives in this dunya and will be his wives in the akhirah.  1- Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (b.556 – d.619  CE) …

Biography Sir Muhammad Iqbal, fondly remembered as Allama Iqbal, was born in Sialkot on November 9, 1877. He was educated at Sialkot and Lahore, and later at Cambridge. After receiving a doctorate from the Ludwig-Maximillian University at Munich in 1907 for his thesis The Development of Metaphysics in Persia, and bar at law from Lincoln’s Inn in 1908, he practiced law for …