Muslim Issues

War battered Sri Lanka could ill afford   Organized attacks on Muslims which began almost two years ago continue unabated while the government remains indifferent, impatient Muslims thinking of turning to streets to highlight their grievance and Muslims worldwide closely monitoring developments here.   Growing feeling within the Muslim community is that though these attacks look isolated, but they are …

This is in response to the article, Continued cruelty demands ban on cattle slaughter, by Sagarica Rajakarunanayake of Sathva Mithra in The Island Opinion page of July 20.   I admire Sagarica’s compassion towards animals, especially cows. Reflecting the general mindset she has accused Muslims of committing these cruelties. However, the question is what is preventing the relevant authorities from stopping such cruelties by …

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 2013 (IPS) – The growing political uproar over the unlawful denial of European airspace for a jet carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales has spilled over into the United Nations.   Bolivian President Evo Morales. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The 120-member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the largest single political grouping in the world body, has expressed its “deep concern over …

King Abdullah spent billions to implement Israeli agenda in Egypt   Saudi ruler Abdulla, self declared custodian of the two Hoy Shrines in Makka and Medina, once again soaked himself  in Muslim blood when fifty one Muslims at morning prayer were  massacred in cold blood on Monday 8 July 2013  by the  very armed forces which he  spent billions and …

Protesters battle police in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on the second anniversary of Egypt’s January 25 revolution. Credit: Khaled Moussa al-Omrani/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Jul 9 2013 (IPS) – When the dust settles from the ongoing deadly confrontations between the Egyptian armed forces and thousands of Islamist protesters in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria, the eventual winner will be the United States …

A few hundred Sinhala ethno religious rabble rousers who call themselves the guardians of Buddhism and Sinhalese though they do not represent the Sinhalese community, went on a protest march last week from Kataragama to Temple Trees to get the government to ban cattle slaughter. This seems to be the second stage of their ongoing anti Muslim campaign following the …