Documentary

The Muslims and Sri Lanka By Kamalika Pieris

The first wave of Muslims to arrive in Sri Lanka came from West Asia. Therefore let us briefly look at the Muslim achievements in West Asia. Islam originated in the Arab Peninsula, where the Prophet Mohammed preached in 622 AD. Islamic religious teachings are held in the Koran and the Islamic social life is guided by the Islamic Sharia Law. …

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The church that’s opened its doors to Islam: Christians roll out welcome to Muslims who were having to pray in the wind and rain because their mosque was so small

  The Syed Shah Mustafa Jame Masjid mosque was too small to fit everyone in Church minister Rev Isaac Poobalan saw worshippers praying outside Now he has handed over part of St John's Episcopal Church in Aberdeen Bishop says: 'It would be good to think we can change the world' By HELEN LAWSON A Scottish church has become the first in …

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After centuries of stagnation science is making a comeback in the Islamic world

The road to renewal THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries combined. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have produced only two Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics. Both moved to the West: the only living one, the chemist Ahmed Hassan Zewail, is at the California Institute of Technology. …

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JAPAN and MUSLIMS

  The Japanese are a very evolved race.   Have you ever read in the newspaper that a political leader or a prime minister from an Islamic nation has visited Japan? Have you ever come across news that the Ayatollah of Iran or the King of Saudi Arabia or even a Saudi Prince has visited Japan?   Japan is a …

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