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In this Nov.. 18, 2008 file image reviewed by the U.S. Military, guards escort a Guantanamo detainee carrying a book at the Camp 4 detention facility at the U.S. Naval open air common area at the U.S. Military Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP) Can one visualize a greater violation of International Law, International Humanitarian Law and the most basic …

Muslims all over the world are duty bound; in fact, it is even their religious obligation, to support the Palestinians in their just struggle for freedom.   To begin with, they have been fighting for their legitimate rights, against a ruthless and heartless enemy to live in peace in their own homes and lands as peaceful citizens. Their struggle is …

Filling a vacuum and meeting a long-felt need in Sri Lanka’s Muslim community, a website was launched on April 5 with the aim of advocating the legitimate interests of Muslims of this country while promoting the national interest. The launch of this website, a portal with multiple features, came at a time when Sri Lanka in general and its Muslim …

here is an endangered species out there – strangely it is not an animal, or bird or plant but is in fact a human being – it is the moderate Muslim. Many hundreds of years ago, the moderate and modern Muslim was alive and well and vocal. It was they who engineered and flourished in the great Islamic empires of …

Muslim presence in the North dates back to eighth century. According to historians forefathers of present Muslims were present in the North of Sri Lanka as far back as the eight century.  Mannar and Jaffna are two places recorded in history. Muslims have been engaged in Trade and other vocation in the Jaffna area. They were settled in number of …