Dr.M.M.M.Najim, Chairman of the Taaruf Lanka delivers the welcome address Chief Guest Justice Saleem Marsoof hand over the first copy of the Sinhala version of the Miracles of the Quran to Mr.A.Liyavudeen, Chairman of CIS. Chief Guest Justice Saleem Marsoof with the guests of honours Mr. A.Liyavudeen, Chairman of CIS, , Mr.Amjad Saleem, COuntry Director/Muslim Aid, Moulavi Fazal, Chairman of …
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The Victim Syndrome, the West, and the LTTE
Alas! It is a great and terrible world. – the Lama in Kipling’s Kim. My purpose in this article is to argue that the West has done incalculable harm to Sri Lanka, though without any malevolent intent, through its over-indulgent attitude towards the LTTE. That attitude bred in the LTTE what might be called a victim syndrome which became a …
Read More »Sri Lanka: A victory that vexes our western friends, by Kalana Senaratne
In this undated handout photo released by the Sri Lanka army, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, confiscated weapons from Tamil Tiger rebels lay down on the ground in Mullattivu, Sri Lanka. Aid groups and the U.N. appealed to be allowed to survey the aftermath of the final battle of Sri Lanka’s civil war and pushed for unfettered access to some …
Read More »Blood on our hands, but this too shall pass , By K Bhadrakumar
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran’s death circa May 19, 2009, in circumstances we would never quite get to know, concludes a morality play. As the curtain comes down and we leave the theatre, the spectacle continues to haunt us. We feel a deep unease and can’t quite figure out the reason. Something rankles somewhere. And then we …
Read More »ACJU commends President for crushing terrorism
The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama rejoice that the scourge of terrorism has been eradicated from our motherland and praise Almighty Allah for this blessing. We extend our congratulations to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, for his visionary and resolute leadership and to Lt. Col. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the Secretary/Defence, the Service Commanders and the IGP for their dedicated services in liberating the country …
Read More »Now, Marginalize the communal political parties
Now since terrorism that plagued the country has been put down, new attitudes and new thinking on how to manage this country of ours must emerge. The president has already set the pace by his speech in parliament on 19th May 2009, when he said that from now there are only 2 different communities, those that are patriotic and those …
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