Fuad Koichi Honda, a native of Japan, is known round the world as one of the world’s top contemporary Arabic calligraphers. His works show a level of artistic perfection that has taken him decades to achieve. He has won many awards for his work, including the International Arabic Calligraphy Contest. His most famous works of calligraphic art use passages from …
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“ONE DISTINGUISHED FAMILY OF MOOR STREET JAFFNA” – By: Marina Ismail and Ali Azeez
RELEASED AT THE Dr. A.M.A. AZEEZ COMMEMORATION MEETING IN 2014
Read More »Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar : By : former Attorney General SHIBLY AZIZ PC
As a fellow lawyer, it is indeed my privilege to say a few words about a senior and illustrious figure in the legal profession who in his time adorned the legal and political portals with equal felicity and acceptance. Deshamanya Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar, born in 1917, was a devoted and practicing Muslim, much loved by the Sinhalese and treated …
Read More »The origins of some Sri Lankan Muslim Foods and Beverages-By Asiff Hussein
Sri Lanka’s Muslims are heirs to a rich culinary tradition which has its ultimate origins in Arabia, India and the Malay world. Their cuisine is in a sense ‘international’. Here’s a brief survey of some of their more prominent foods and drinks and their origins. Buriyani – A favourite rice dish which figures prominently in local Muslim feasts is the buriyani, …
Read More »KATHI S.M. ABOOBUCKER J.P. – Muslim Leader of Jaffna – By Ali Azeez
The Muslims had lived for many centuries in Jaffna and they were an integral part of Jaffna Society. They were traders and later dominated the hardware, lorry transport, jewellery, tailoring and meat trades. They shunned education in Christian schools for fear of being converted to Christianity. During their period the British were more tolerant and with the opening of Hindu …
Read More »Islam’s Journey Into Southeast Asia
By Farrukh I. Younus Freelance Writer, Globetrotter Sunday, 25 May 2014 00:00 Defined as the region of land between India to the west, China to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the east, Southeast Asia today comprises 10 countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand (Siam), and Vietnam. Allah Almighty speaks of traveling to different …
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