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The Muslim Heritage of Eastern Sri Lanka edited by S.H.M.Jameel and Asiff Hussein is a record of the traditional society, lifestyle and culture of the Muslims of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The Muslims of Sri Lanka have a rich heritage and this is no better seen than in the Eastern Province which has the highest concentration of Muslims …

The police is to strictly impose the law against every person travelling in the driving seat or the front passenger seat in motor vehicles with English number plates who fails to wear their seat belts with effect from October 1.    The penalty for not wearing the seat belt would be a first conviction fine not less than Rs.1,000 and …

Western Province Governor and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) veteran Alavi Moulana warned today that  Minister Mervyn Silva would face major problems if he tried to stop the animal sacrifices that will be performed by the Muslim community on the eve of the Haj festival. “If Minister Mervyn Silva who prevented the ritualistic animal sacrifice at a temple in Chilaw …

  President Mahinda Rajapaksa's gesture to invite student Naleem Zaky Ahamed to Temple Trees was commended by the Principal, teachers and students of Kekirawa Muslim Maha Vidyalaya in Anuradhapura yesterday. Ahamed obtained 195 marks at the recent Year Five scholarship examination. According to a spokesman for the Examinations Department, Naleem Ahamed became Sri Lanka's first Muslim student to obtain 195 marks …

LONDON (AP) — A British academic who was arrested and held in custody on suspicion of terrorism offenses says he has been paid thousands of pounds in compensation. Rizwaan Sabir was detained after attempting to print out an al-Qaida manual as part of his research — though police did not disclose how they became aware of his action. Sabir, a …

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 7, 2011 (IPS) – A high-level meeting on racism, scheduled to take place later this month under the auspices of the General Assembly, is threatening to split the world body and trigger a North-South confrontation. Expressing unfounded fears the meeting might turn out to be anti- Israel, several Western states, including Canada, Germany, the United States, Italy, …