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May, 2018

22 May
Hell let loose, heavens cried, helpless Muslims watched When Jerusalem was grabbed and Palestinians slaughtered By Latheef Farook

Response of Muslim countries to the recent Israel massacre of peaceful Palestinian demonstrators is deeply disgusting. Their silence showed that they have become slaves of United States and Zionist Jews whose agenda they implement to remain in power. On Monday 14 March 2018 Palestinians came out on peaceful demonstration to express their opposition to US President Donald Trump’s decision …
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16 May
Seven Benefits of Fasting

The month of Ramadan is upon Muslims once more. A month described in Islamic literature as better than a thousand months, when Satan is locked in shackles and the doors of Heaven are wide open – for those who wish to enter. The Holy Qur’an lays down the main purpose of the month of fasting – to develop righteousness. It’s …
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11 May
Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad to become world’s oldest elected leader

Mahathir Mohamad will become the world’s oldest elected leader, after a shock victory in Malaysia’s election. The former PM, 92, came out of retirement and switched to the opposition to challenge his former protege Najib Razak, who has been beset by corruption allegations. His historic win has ousted the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which has been in power since independence …
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11 April
The bare facts about the Gaza demonstrators are correct, but the rest of the story is missing

Media coverage of Israel’s massacre of Palestinian protesters during the first weekend of multiweek demonstrations in Gaza offered textbook examples of how syntax and word choice shape, and even distort, representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Even if the facts are accurately stated, the ways in which sentences are constructed, and the extent to which details are contextualized, can subtly lead …
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11 April
Gaza Screams for Life

MALAKA, Gaza Strip — The five veiled women were gesturing, confidently, at other women to get closer. They wanted more voices to join in. My friend and I had already made it past the designated protest line and were next to the journalists and the ambulances standing by. We got closer still. Rhythmically, the women chanted “Going Back,” a cult …
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29 March
How Sri Lankans protected each other during the mob attacks

“The monk protected us. He was the only reason that we weren’t attacked,” said Hassan, a business leader from the community. by Lisa Fuller ( March 25, 2018, Boston, Sri Lanka Guardian) On March 4th, Sinhala Buddhist mobs began sweeping through Sri Lanka’s Kandy district, hurling petrol bombs at Muslim-owned houses, shops and mosques. The attacks came as a shock, as Sri …
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27 March
Time-tested bond of Sinhala-Muslim Friendship

The Muslims of Sri Lanka, since ancient times have been in peaceful coexistence with the other communities of the Island and has proved to be an integral and inseparable component of the Sri Lankan society. According to ancient chronicles, traders from countries like Rome, Greece, Persia( Iran ), China, India etc visited Sri Lanka on trade missions. Arab merchants having maintained …
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