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Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader and Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem said yesterday he had discussed the Dambulla Mosque dispute with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and that he was confident it would be resolved with justice to all. “The President assured me he would not let the dispute get out of hand and will resolve the contentious matter without harming the …
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Moulana willing to resign By Sulochana Perera
Western Province Governor, Alavi Moulana said that he is willing to resign from his position as Governor if authorities go ahead and demolish or relocate the mosque in Dambulla. “Under no circumstance can there be a compromise. If the mosque is relocated it will set a precedence,” Moulana told Ceylon Today. The Dambulla Khairya Jummah Mosque was attacked by …
Read More »Sri Lanka orders relocation of mosque – Dambulla
Move comes after Buddhist monks said structure had been built illegally in an area sacred to their religion. The Sri Lankan government has ordered a mosque be relocated after Buddhist monks threatened to demolish it because they said the 50-year-old structure had been built illegally in an area sacred to Buddhists. The order came on Sunday, two …
Read More »Muslims stood with the majority community in defeating terrorism – President Sandasen Marasinghe in Nuwara Eliya
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday opened the new building of the Al- Kabeer Grand Jumma Mosque in Nuwara Eliya as the first Sri Lankan President to open a mosque and the first non- Islamic leader in the world to open a mosque. He opened the mosque after receiving the blessings of Buddhist monks at the Nuwara Eliya Buddhist Centre in …
Read More »UNHRC and After What’s instore for Sri Lanka By Latheef Farook
A worrisome question on the minds of Sri Lankans is ‘Is the United States sponsored UNHRC resolution ‘calling’ Sri Lanka to implement the LLRC recommendations a prelude to US-Indian military designs on the island? Toss the US strategy for world domination as demonstrated in its PNAC (Plan for New American Century) along with its obsession with China into the equation …
Read More »Muslims stood by the President – Faizer Nadira Gunatilleke
Sri Lanka thanks all Muslim countries which supported the country at the UNHRC sessions in Geneva by voting against the resolution and by abstaining from voting. President Mahinda Rajapaksa is a true and long time friend of Islamic nations, Technology and Research Deputy Minister Faizer Mustapha told the Daily News yesterday. Mustapha said that 15 countries voted against …
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