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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran’s death circa May 19, 2009, in circumstances we would never quite get to know, concludes a morality play. As the curtain comes down and we leave the theatre, the spectacle continues to haunt us. We feel a deep unease and can’t quite figure out the reason. Something rankles somewhere. And then we …
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Congress victory in India stirs hope in South Asia
Secularism has triumphed in India. So it seems. The Congress Party, under the firm hold of Sonia Gandhi, won the one-month-long election held in five stages. Though the Congress and its allies have fallen short of winning the required 272 seat, with the backing of the Third Front’s BahuJan Samajwadi Party of Mayawati, they have the support of 333 members …
Read More »Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker loses bid to stop hate speech trial
Far-right Dutch extremist Geert Wilders lost a legal bid Wednesday to stop his pending trial for inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims. “The attorney general is of the opinion that there are no grounds” for a further appeal, the Dutch Supreme Court said in a statement. Lawyers for Wilders had sought to overturn a ruling by the Amsterdam Court of …
Read More »ACJU commends President for crushing terrorism
The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama rejoice that the scourge of terrorism has been eradicated from our motherland and praise Almighty Allah for this blessing. We extend our congratulations to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, for his visionary and resolute leadership and to Lt. Col. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the Secretary/Defence, the Service Commanders and the IGP for their dedicated services in liberating the country …
Read More »Now, Marginalize the communal political parties
Now since terrorism that plagued the country has been put down, new attitudes and new thinking on how to manage this country of ours must emerge. The president has already set the pace by his speech in parliament on 19th May 2009, when he said that from now there are only 2 different communities, those that are patriotic and those …
Read More »New Sharia marriage law gives UK Muslim women rights
London, Aug.8 (ANI): Muslim women are to be guaranteed equal rights in marriage under a new wedding contract negotiated by leading Islamic organisations and clerics in Britain. The Telegraph quoted Dr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, Director of the Muslim Institute and author of the contract, as saying that this is the biggest change in Sharia law in Britain in the last 100 …
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