Local Issues

  Incident On Friday the 20th April, some devotees around eighty in number, as usual had gone to the Masjid in Dambulla for Jummah prayers. A crowd estimated around 2000 had come on procession along Matale Road and had tried to enter the Masjid but due to narrow access all could not enter the Masjid during which time Police also …

  Move comes after Buddhist monks said structure had been built illegally in an area sacred to their religion.     The Sri Lankan government has ordered a mosque be relocated after Buddhist monks threatened to demolish it because they said the 50-year-old structure had been built illegally in an area sacred to Buddhists. The order came on Sunday, two …

  A group of 161 foreign nationals, who are in Sri Lanka to preach the virtues of Islam to Muslims, have been ordered to leave the country. “The group which arrived in different batches has violated their visa status,” Immigration and Emigration Controller Chulananda Perera told the Sunday Times. He said visas were granted to them to visit Sri Lanka …

Where are the Muslim parliamentarians and what about the burning issues facing the Muslim community? This is the question raised in many Muslim circles following reports of talks between the government and the Tamil National Alliance aimed at solving the problems of Tamils. However, Muslim politicians, it appears, have not even woken up from their long slumber, leave alone highlighting the grievances of Muslims. One after …