Sailan Muslim

Sailan Muslim

Our purpose is to secure and promote the legitimate interests of the Sri Lankan Muslims, considering as legitimate only those Muslim interests that are consistent with the national interest. It is apolitical and non profit making effort. The other reason is that Muslim politicians have been marginalized to a serious extent over many decades, and cannot therefore fully represent Muslim interests. An effective Muslim website can be useful in bringing about this change. Our aim is to unite our community to speak with one voice and to promote an understanding and interactive dialogue with other communities. We are dedicated to make this website a success with the objective of promoting truth, justice and harmony among all citizens of Sri Lanka with unbiased, accurate, truthful and balanced information.More @ About UsDisclaimerThe entire content of this website (lightgrey-camel-186818.hostingersite.com) is for information purposes only. Individual comments, news, Articles and stories are based upon the opinions of the respective authors, who retain copyright as marked.The information on this website is intended as a sharing of knowledge and Information only. Sailan Muslim Foundation.

Aboriginal Peoples, Muslims face discrimination most: poll ,By Amber Hildebrandt

January 24, 2011 0

One in three Canadians believe that Aboriginal Peoples and Muslims are the frequent targets of discrimination, a CBC-commissioned poll suggests. About 28 per cent of the 2,000 surveyed by pollster Environics Research Group in February and March also said Pakistanis/East Indians often suffer from intolerance, while 20 per cent said blacks regularly faced it. More than a tenth of …

Islam and elements of good governance – Part 1 , by AbdulJeleel Solahudeen

January 24, 2011 0

Islam as an all-embracing ideology adequately touches every aspect of human endeavour; ranging from spiritual, moral, socio-economic to political aspect of life. The world would have been in perfect peace if sincerely, the whole world adopts Islam as a system due to its comprehensiveness. Governance in the act of harnessing both the human and material resources in a particular area …

A Burning Desire for Freedom: Tonight We Are All Tunisians, by YVONNE RIDLEY

January 24, 2011 0

Over the last few days we have seen some of the bravest people facing down some of the worst. Armed with nothing more than a revolutionary heart and hopes of a better future they gathered and protested as government forces aimed their weapons and fired live rounds in to the crowds. But the ammunition and the underlying threats of …

Lankans eighth in list of people ready to help others

January 20, 2011 0

Sri Lanka has secured the eighth place in a Gallup poll on civic engagement, in 130 countries measuring individuals’ likelihood to volunteer their time and assistance to others, Washington based agency reports said yesterday. An IANS story published from Washington said: India is ranked 48th far behind neighbours Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal in a Gallup poll of civic engagement …

MUSLIM WOMEN’S RESEARCH AND ACTION FORUM – Immediate Relief for Flood Victims in the Eastern Province

January 18, 2011 1

73/19 E, KIRULAPONE AVENUE, COLOMBO 5, SRI LANKA. TEL/FAX: 94 -11 4405902 TEL: 94-11 2512846 18th January 2011 Immediate Relief for Flood Victims in the Eastern Province We write to you in the hope that you will be able to assist us to relieve the people in Ampara and Batticaloa who are undergoing immense suffering due to heavy …

URGENT RELIEF NEEDED – Eastern Province

January 18, 2011 0

The recent floods that have wreaked havoc on the Eastern Province has left in its wake much misery and suffering as many people have lost their provisions and sources of livelihood. This has particularly affected the Ampara and Batticaloa districts. Badly affected areas include Kalmunai, Sainthamaruthu, Maruthamunai and Nindavur as well as certain parts of Sammanthurai, Natpattimunai, and Pandiruppu. The …