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December, 2022

  • 6 December

    World Cup 2022: How Arab fans are speaking truth to Israel on Palestine

    Morocco’s Jawad El Yamiq raises the Palestinian flag after the World Cup soccer match between Canada and Morocco at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha on 1 December, 2022 (AP)   By refusing interviews with Israeli journalists, Arab fans are refusing to bestow legitimacy on the state’s apartheid system Israeli journalists have flocked to Doha this month to cover the World …

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  • 2 December

    UN approves resolution to commemorate 75th Nakba anniversary

    Protesters hold up Palestinian national flags during a demonstration near the city of Sakhnin in northern Israel, on 5 May 2022, ahead of the Palestinian marking of the 74th anniversary of the Nakba (AFP)   Israeli ambassador condemns the UN move, while Palestinian representative tells UN the world is facing ‘end of the road’ for two-state solution The UN General …

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November, 2022

  • 28 November

    Palestine warns upcoming Israeli gov’t against altering Jerusalem status quo

    Israeli right wing Knesset member Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R). [ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images] Palestine on Sunday warned the upcoming Israeli government against changing the status quo in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports. Extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be Israel’s national security minister in the upcoming government under a coalition agreement struck with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu. “The Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir deal …

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  • 27 November

    A.M.A. AZEEZ AND THE GLORY THAT WAS ZAHIRA BY THALIF DEEN

    Al Haj A.M.A. Azeez, one of the rare Muslim intellectuals of his generation was a scholar, a writer, an innovative thinker and an educationist with a sharp and perceptive mind. When he quit the elitist and prestigious Ceylon Civil Service (CCS) to take over Zahira College, Colombo, back in 1948, he sacrificed a potentially bright professional career in the cause …

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  • 25 November

    TRADITIONAL BEVERAGES OF THE MOORS AND THEIR ORIGINS

    The Moor community of Sri Lanka has a number of traditional beverages that have especially figured on festive occasions. Here are the main ones with a description and likely origins: FALUDA By far the most popular beverage among the Moors is Faluda, a refreshing drink of a rosy hue made of milk and rose syrup and often embellished with kadal-pasi or agar …

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  • 16 November

    Sailan Muslim Foundation congratulates Faisz Mustapha PC on assumption of duties as Chancellor, South Eastern University

    Sailan Muslim Foundation is proud to announce that our Chairman, Faisz Musthapha, PC has  been appointed as Chancellor of the South Eastern University by President Ranil Wickremasinghe Faisz Musthapha is a President’s Counsel and former Sri Lanka’s high commissioner in the United Kingdom . He also serves as Chairman of Sailan Muslim Foundation. Faisz Musthapha is the son of S. …

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  • 13 November

    Akkaraipattu builds research center in honour of Researcher Marhoom M.I.M Mohideen. By Latheef Farook

    The Marhoom M.I.M.Mohideen Research & Documentation Centre  in Akkaraipattu was ceremonially opened by Chairman of the Governing Body of the The Marhoom M.I.M.Mohideen Research & Documentation Centre (MRDC) Engineer Jahfar M Ismail on 30th September, 2022.  The centre was established on the efforts of late M.I.M. Mohideen’s  colleagues, contemporaries and  relatives. Late Mohideen is a well known researcher, popular writer …

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