Muslim Issues

The stigma associated with COVID-19 and the fear of being cremated is now forcing some sectors of the community to avoid PCR/antigen testing. This could lead to uncontrolled eruption of new clusters – Pic by Shehan GunasekaraIn the last few months, considerable scientific evidence has been published in international peer reviewed journals about the novel coronavirus and its environmental impact, enabling …

In Sri Lanka, the families of some Muslim coronavirus victims are refusing to claim the remains of their loved ones. They are protesting against the government’s forced cremation policy as it goes against their religious beliefs. On Tuesday the Supreme Court dismissed 11 petitions challenging forced cremations. The health minister says burials cannot be allowed until a committee of technical …

Dr. Nihal Abeysinghe, Consultant Epidimiologist.Former director of epidemiology,Epid.unit Colombo.Member of the NPP.Chamuditha Samarawickrama®

The Supreme Court (SC) today rejected the examining of 12 Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed challenging the gazette notification regarding the cremation of COVID19 victims belonging to Muslim and Catholic communities.The three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, justices Murdu Fernando and Preethi Padman Surasena commenced hearings on November 30.All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) Leader MP Rishad Bathiudeen, former MPS …

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 ජනතාවට …

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 upWhen your country is doing something totally different from  what the …