Muslim Issues

“Oddamavadi” – Reveals Sri Lankan Muslims’ plight amid pandemic

The documentary film takes the audience on a poignant journey through an untold story of the Sri Lankan Muslim community’s struggle during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting their ordeal with forced cremations of loved ones who succumbed to the virus. The COVID-19 pandemic, which emerged in late 2019, had a devastating impact on Sri Lanka, claiming nearly 17,000 lives. As families …

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Saudi-built 500 tsunami houses become the topic at the presidential polls

COLOMBO :During this week’s election campaign, presidential candidate and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told the voters in the Eastern Province that he, if elected, would take early action to distribute the 500 houses to tsunami victims of the. Island. At least, Sajith realized the plight of those tsunami victims who were rendered homeless in this tragedy. The tsunami that hit …

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Hezbollah leader’s body found in rubble following airstrike

This pictured shows the aftermath of an Israeli military strike on a building in Beirut’s southern suberbs on July 31, 2024. (AFP) Lebanon urges international community to act to halt further escalation BEIRUT: Hezbollah civil defense teams on Wednesday found the body of senior commander Fouad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli drone strike the previous night in the southern …

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty

Pentagon says ‘The specific terms and conditions of the pretrial agreements are not available to the public at this time’ WASHINGTON: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of Al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The development points to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that killed …

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Olympic Games: Aussie Muslim boxer takes another swipe at France for enforcing hijab ban in Paris By Ollie Lewis

Aussie boxer Tina Rahimi (pictured) has slammed France for enforcing a controversial hijab ban at the Paris Games France has banned its Olympic athletes from wearing hijab Aussie Muslim boxer is up in arms over the decision Australian Muslim boxer Tina Rahimi has once again torched France for its refusal to allow the nation’s athletes to wear the hijab during …

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