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Colombo Community in Need

ශ්‍රී ලංකා වාසී ඉස්ලාමීය සහෝදර සහෝදරියනි, දානපතියනි…! කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගතයේ බලපෑම හේතුවෙන් කොළඹ නගරයේ සියළු කටයුතු මුළුමනින්ම අඩාල වී ඇති බව ඔබ හොඳින් දන්නා කරුණකි. මෙමගින් පීඩා විඳින අහිංසක ජනතාවගේ අපහසුතාවයන්වලට යම් හෝ අස්වැසිල්ලක් ලබාදීම පිණිස කොළඹ නගරයේ සියළුම මුස්ලිම් දේවස්ථානයන්ගේ එකමුතුව වන කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික් මස්ජිද් සම්මේලනය මීට පෙර ක්‍රියාත්මක වූවා හා සමානව සදකාවන් සහ සකාතයන් ඒකරාශී කර, නිසි ක්‍රමවේදයක් යටතේ …

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Compulsory cremation of Covid-19 dead bodies of Muslims: Science, human decency and racism By Ranga Jayasuriya

Contingencies and the human response to them are also a test of fundamental values of humanityThus, dangerously and disturbingly a good deal of Islamophobia is being made into the mainstreamThis general sense of backwardness is amplified when the saner voices of professors, specialist doctors and other professionals fail to speak up When your country is doing something totally different from  what …

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Burial or cremation – the polemic has begun By Dr M. HARIS DEEN

The front page headline item in The Island (12.11.2020), titled “Resumption of burials a high risk the country cannot afford to take” – (copy of the article is attached below of this post), ascribed to Member of Parliament Muzammil, shows his ignorance; he has caused a reprehensible affront on the Muslim community. Muzammil’ss reasoning is unacceptable, when he says “that the country …

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Last rites of COVID-19 victims; Govt to look into Muslims’ grievances

The special committee appointed to look into how the last rites of those who fall victim to COVID-19, will come up with a solution to the issues faced by the Muslims, Government informed Parliament today. Minister of Justice Ali Sabry came out with this information in response to a question raised by the Opposition with regard to the matter. Opposition …

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FINAL REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PANEL OF INQUIRY INTO HAJJ COMPLAINTS 2019

The report prepared by the Independent Panel of Inquiry into the complaints made by the Pilgrims against the Hdji operators, who performed Hadj in the year 2019 is uploaded here for your information. As the Saudi Arabian authority had announced that this year’s Hadj will be limited to residents, Sailan Muslim Foundation pray that the intentions of those who are …

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