A few weeks ago there was an article in the Island newspaper about the "Muslim problem." After reading it I felt that it was a storm in a teacup. I don't think our country has a "Muslim problem" at all. Infact, to the contrary if more Sri Lankans followed the example set by the Muslim community perhaps we would be …
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23rd June 2014 Mr.N.K. Ilangakoon I.G. Police, Police Headquarters, Colombo 1 Dear IG Police, Violence in Kalutara District – 15 June 2014 A team of lawyers, upon the initiation of the National Shoora Council and the Muslim Lawyers Association, visited the communal violence inflicted areas in Aluthgama, Beruwala, Welipenna etc. on Saturday 21 June 2014 …
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We note the price increases of fruits, vegetable and other products whenever we walk into a supermarket but we fail to understand what is actually triggering this or the cause for it. Especially, food products have a domino effect with adverse condition in production. Until I came across the news related to various diseases affecting the food production, I, too, …
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It is history in the making for Sri Lanka’s Muslim community. This is how one could describe the 25 January 2014 inaugural general assembly meeting of the National Shoora Council, NSC, which elected a permanent general assembly and an executive committee to deal with burning issues faced by the community. Tariq Mahmud, son of late Muslim leader Al Haj Dr Badiuddin …
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Fulfilling a vital need of Muslims living in crowded urban areas, a new facility was opened recently at Maharagama to enable them to conduct the last rites of a janaza. The facility known as “khidmathul Janaaiz Building” was opened recently at the Ghafooriya Arabic College premises in the presence of a distinguished gathering, including Navaz Caffoor and Zubair Caffoor, grandsons …
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