The forthcoming local government elections once again exposes the political bankruptcy of Sri Lanka’s sinking Muslim community especially in the east. Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, the unfortunate outcome of national racist politics , came with the slogan of Islam and Unity, seem to have come to the end of the road. The SLMC ruthlessly exploited religious slogans to hoodwink the …
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By Asiff Hussein Recent moves by activists to ban the Islamic duty of female circumcision in Sri Lanka is a frightening development that threatens the religious rights of the Muslims of our country. We learn that the Ministry of Health is to issue a circular prohibiting cuts being made to the female genitalia carried out in State hospitals. The Parliamentary …
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It’s an evening late in the spring, and the sun is perilously close to setting. I’m getting nervous. Ramadan brings out the Muslim rush when it’s time to break our fast, which puts me among the throng outside of Bantam King, a Japanese restaurant in D.C.’s Chinatown where we’ve all congregated. That’s because Bantam King announced on Facebook that it …
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by Imithiaz Bakeer Markar This is year 2017. The Balfour Declaration which gave birth to Palestine calamity marks its 100th anniversary this year. The Declaration is widely acknowledged as the protocol that triggered a number of protracted armed conflicts and seemingly interminable violence that continue to ravage the world. It set the stage for bifurcation of Palestine to accommodate Jews …
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– By Mass L. Usuf The Public Representations Committee on Constitutional Reform (PRCCR) appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers on the 22nd of December 2015, has released its Report with regard to the proposed Constitutional reform. The more than 300-page Report goes on to state that a study of the representations made by the public reflects a desire in the …
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Dear Friends, The LTTE evicted the Jaffna Muslims in October 1990. After the war ended in May 2009, many were hopeful of returning to Jaffna. However, the Government has not addressed their resettlement, and the Jaffna Muslims are scattered all over. Those who have returned are without housing facilities, although the Government had promised relief in many ways. Most of …
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