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4-day stay with a 3-month duration for visa The visa is free of cost and it will be issued instantly along with the flight ticket, the Saudi Press Agency reported quoting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources. Saudi Gazette Report RIYADH — Saudi Arabia launched the service of issuing electronic Stop-over Transit Visa for arrivals in the Kingdom by air for …
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ACJU celebrates 100th anniversary
The 100th anniversary of the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) was held yesterday (19) at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), Colombo. Ranil Wickremesinghe was invited as the chief guest at the event, and he invited the Muslim community to join hands with the Social Justice Commission to find solutions to the issues facing the Muslim community. Pix by …
Read More »Mosque Tours – A Unique Interfaith Initiative to Build Bridges between Communities
By Asiff Hussein, Vice President, Outreach Centre for Islamic Studies Harmony Center Muslims in Sri Lanka have a long and colorful history of over a thousand years and have lived in different parts of the country in harmony with the Sinhala and Tamil communities. Early Muslims came to Sri Lanka as traders and won the hearts and minds of Sri …
Read More »Sailan Muslim Foundation congratulates Faisz Mustapha PC on assumption of duties as Chancellor, South Eastern University
Sailan Muslim Foundation is proud to announce that our Chairman, Faisz Musthapha, PC has been appointed as Chancellor of the South Eastern University by President Ranil Wickremasinghe Faisz Musthapha is a President’s Counsel and former Sri Lanka’s high commissioner in the United Kingdom . He also serves as Chairman of Sailan Muslim Foundation. Faisz Musthapha is the son of S. …
Read More »Muslims’ contribution to Sri Lanka and the world: Some little known facts
by Ifham Nizam The Island spoke to Asiff Hussein, Vice-President, Outreach of the Centre for Islamic Studies (CIS) about cultural contribution of Muslims and misconceptions about the Islamic faith. Q: You have lectured extensively on Muslim Cultural Contribution. So, how would you describe such contribution both locally and internationally? A: Islam has throughout history been a very dynamic force, extensively …
Read More »WHO declares highest alert over outbreak of monkeypox
The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases. It came at the end of the second meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee on the virus. More than 16,000 cases have now been reported from 75 …
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