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Ban and UN must recognize the Palestinians’ right to resist

At last, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon seems to be doing what he is expected to do. After more than one thousand Palestinians have died, one third of them children, Ban is taking some measures, which he should have taken the very first day Israel launched its barbaric attack on the defenceless Palestinian people in Gaza. His delayed action …

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Sailan Muslim News Portal Soft Launch

Title: Sailan Muslim News Portal Soft Launch Location: Muslim Lawyers Association Hall, 3rd Floor, Orchard Building, Colombo 06. Link out: Click here Description: You are cordially invited with your spouse for the Soft Launching of Sailan Muslim Website of the Sailan Muslim Foundation to be held at 4.00 p.m. on 11 January, 2009 at Muslim Lawyers Association Hall, 3rd Floor, …

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Lecture on Why ME continues to bleed

Why the Middle East continues to bleed was the theme of a recent forum organised by Malaysia’s Strategic Information and Research Development Centre at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall in Kuala Lumpur.   In his keynote address veteran Sri Lankan journalist Latheef Farook accused Israel, the Western nations and their oppressive puppet Arab regimes as the primary cause for the …

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Seeking Peaceful Solutions to Eastern Muslims’ Grievances

A one day workshop will be held in Colombo next Tuesday, August 19, to seek peaceful means to find a durable settlement to Eastern Muslims’ grievances and initiate a dialogue with other communities on the basis of pluralism, equality and mutual acknowledgement. This workshop is being organized by the Eastern Muslim Peace Assembly,EMPA, in cooperation with the Foundation for Coexistence. …

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