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Sailan Muslim Foundation (SMF) expresses its condolences on the demise of the Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero.    Ven. Sobitha Thero was a key civil society figure in the defeat of populist authoritarianism. A national charismatic Icon and  a leading  figure behind the democratic changes which delivered Sri Lanka from a dictatorial and divisive rule. Thus, as the nation mourns the …

Declared British policy for  century and half has been to crush Islam and democracy in Muslim countries by Latheef Farook :  British  hypocrisy was at full display in London this week  with British Prime Minister David Cameron rolling red carpet to the Egyptian coup leader Abdel Fattah Al Sisi who  toppled the  democratically elected Mohamed Morsi’s government and massacred more …

By Lukman Harees “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”- Eleanor Roosevelt Most Rev. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero , a national charismatic Icon and the fatherly figure behind the democratic changes which put Sri Lanka back into the map of civilized nations, is no more. Whether the changes ensued in the expected dose was a different …

The Centre for Islamic Studies commenced training the first batch of volunteers for the mosque tour program in the historic Galle Fort, which is a popular tourist hotspot. The preliminary training session conducted by Asiff Hussein, VP-Outreach of the CIS gave the volunteers an idea of how to conduct a mosque tour for tourists visiting Galle Fort through both presentation and practicals which …

Masjid Al Aqsa, the 3rd Holiest site for the Muslims, have been occupied for many decades by the Jews. Several International Organizations including the United Nations, have held many meetings and several resolutions have been passed, but nothing much seems to have been implemented. The Jews who have occupied the Holy site, have made tunnels under the Masjid Al Aqsa, …

    Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Passengers of the Haramain Railway will pay SR20 to travel between Makkah and Jeddah and SR110 between Makkah and Madinah. “This is the lowest fare for passengers using high-speed trains in the world,” said an official at the Saudi Railway Organization. “There is a plan to operate seven trains between Jeddah and Makkah …