Islam's relation with Japan is quite recent as compared to those with other countries around the world. There are no clear records of any contact between Islam and Japan nor any historical traces of Islam coming into Japan through religious propagation of any sort except for some isolated cases of contact between individual Japanese and Muslims of other countries before …

A message to fellow Sinhala Budhists in Sri Lanka!!   The recent anti Muslim campaign in many part of the Island by protests over Mosques and Dharhas of historical importance has created a kind of fear psychosis and uncertainty among the Muslims of this Island nation. The Muslims firmly believe that the vast majority of Sinhala Buddhists are well aware of …

  The others unanimously found guilty of war crimes such as torture, inhumane and degrading treatment were former US Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Counsel to President Bush, Alberto Gonzales, General Counsel to Vice-President, David Addington, General Counsel to Secretary of Defence, William Haynes II, Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee and former Deputy Assistant Attorney-General, John …

  More than 60 people died in a series of bomb blasts across Iraq on Wednesday. The endless violence indicates that Iraq’s problems are far from over though the United States withdrew its troops – at least on paper – six months ago.   That the victims of Wednesday’s bomb attacks were largely Shiite pilgrims indicates that the sectarianism created …

Tucked away in the southwest corner of Sri Lanka’s coastline, away from the hustle and bustle of the busy town of Galle lies the quaint old peninsula that is the Galle Fort. Originally built by the Portuguese and then modified by the Dutch in the 17th century, this little enclave shot to fame after it was declared a World Heritage …