August, 2013

• 21 August

  TUBITAK Scholarships for Masters & PhD in Turkey – Undergraduates/Graduates

  Application and Web Site Links   http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/en/scholarship/undergraduatesgraduates/international-programmes/2215/content-application-dates   The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) grants undergraduate scholarships for international students who are medal winners at any the International Science Olympiads*. The scholarship covers fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technological Sciences, Medical Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities.  * International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), …

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• 15 August

  Sri Lanka’s recipe for renewed failure By Tariq A. Al-Maeena

  

  A mistake once committed is rarely repeated by a rational entity.  However such is not the case with the government of Sri Lanka.  It is becoming increasingly obvious that following the 30-year war with the Tamil minority, the Sri Lankan rulers have not learned their lesson. Today, they are busily spreading the seeds of discord against another minority; the island’s …

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• 15 August

  Calculated attack on Grandpass mosque By Latheef Farook

  

  Latest step in the build up to commemorate anniversary of 1915 Sinhala Muslim Riots with July 83 type attacks on Muslims? By Latheef Farook The timely settlement of the dispute over the mosque at the Swarna Chaithiya Mawatha   averted a potentially disastrous conflict which had all the ingredients to turn the area into a killing field. This could have even …

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• 15 August

  U.N. Chief Lambastes Egypt’s Army but Refuses to Affirm Coup By Thalif Deen

  

  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 2013 (IPS) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has refused to describe the Egyptian army’s ouster of a democratically-elected government last month as a “military coup”, lambasted the country’s security forces for Wednesday’s massacre of civilians in the streets of Cairo. He condemned in the “strongest terms” the violence …

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• 15 August

  Bloodbath In Cairo Security crackdown kills at least 90 people in Egypt

  

  At least 94 people reportedly killed as security forces move to end anti-military protests by supporters of Morsi. Security forces have moved in on two Cairo protest camps set up by supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi, launching a crackdown that quickly turned into a bloodbath with dozens dead.   Conflicting reports have emerged over the number of people …

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• 10 August

  Eid Mubarak – SMF Team

  

  'Sailan Muslim Foundation is pleased to wish all its viwers in particular and Muslim Ummah in general a very best wishes on this great day of rejoice. May Allah accept our fasting, prayers, Charity, good deeds and all our supplications and shower His blessings on all of us. May Allah forgive our sins and admit us to Jannathul Fordous. Ameen' …

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• 8 August

  Hindu family in UAE observes Ramadan fast for 14 years By Anjana Sankar, GulfNews

  

  Dubai A Hindu family in Abu Dhabi has been fasting this Ramadan. And not for the first time. They have been doing it for 14 years. “We cannot imagine a Ramadan without fasting. It is like an inner call,” said Indian expat Vakkam Jayalal, 54, who along with his wife Yamuna, 43, and two grown-up children observe fast throughout Ramadan. …

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