Publications

One State, Two States – Book Review, By Jim Miles

One State, Two States – Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict. Benny Morris. Yale University Press, New Haven, NJ. 2009 This is a rather oily work to deal with, operating under the pretence of academic objectivity that “does not flatter anyone’s prejudices.” And while Benny Morris obviously knows his historical facts, “One State, Two States” reveals more of a prejudice than the …

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Genealogical Tree of Sri Lankan Muslims by Fazli & Firoze Sameer

Genealogical Tree of Sri Lankan Muslims by Fazli & Firoze Sameer

Genealogical Tree of Sri Lankan Muslims by Fazli & Firoze Sameer (1996) is a pioneering work on Sri Lankan Muslim genealogy. It contains detailed genealogical information on a number of Sri Lankan Muslim families in a very user-friendly format and is the result of much painstaking work on the part of its compilers who have spent several laborious years gathering …

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Muslims of Sri Lanka. Avenues to Antiquity edited by Dr.M.A.M.Shukri (1986)

Muslims of Sri Lanka. Avenues to Antiquity edited by Dr. M.A.M.Shukri (1986) is one of the most comprehensive works written on the history of Sri Lanka’s Muslim community. This valuable work which comprises a collection of essays by a number of renowned scholars details the growth and progress of Sri Lanka’s Muslim community from the earliest times beginning with Arab …

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Muslim Heritage in our World

Muslim Heritage in our World is a lavishly illustrated, hardback edition about a golden age of Islamic Civilisation and scientific achievement. With over 370 pages of colour photographs, manuscripts and illustrations, it is a mine of information to be treasured by all cultures A golden age of civilization, from 600 and 1600 CE, will unfold, because medieval Muslims were trailblazers …

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Sarandib – An Ethnological Study of the Muslims of Sri Lanka by Asiff Hussein

Sarandib: An Ethnological Study of the Muslims of Sri Lanka by Asiff Hussein is by far the most comprehensive work of its kind. It is the culmination of much research, inquiry and field studies on the society and culture of the country’s major Muslim groups, the Moors, Malays, Memons and other Muslims of Indian origin who though of different ethnic …

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