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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, …

JEDDAH: A number of conservative scholars have threatened to sue Saudi astronomer and scientist Khaled Al-Zaaq for doubting the testimony of citizens who reported to the Hilal panel (moon sighting committee) that the Shawwal crescent was visible on Ramadan 29 (Aug. 29). After confirming the veracity of the sighting by the people who had reported to the panel, the committee …

  His gruesome strategy to snuff out the lives of the youth likely to lead the Labour Party, known for it’s relatively more liberal and cosmopolitan outlook, shows the height of a new morbid fanaticism The national memorial service for the dead and return of the survivors and bereaved families to Utøya Island, the site of the barbaric blitz by …