January, 2013

• 31 January

  Bodu Bala Sena regrets acts committed by others in its name by Dasun Edirisinghe

  

  The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisation yesterday said that an organised group of extremists, with the intention of tarnishing its name, had carried out attacks on Muslims at several places in the country.   "We want to ensure the harmony of Sri Lanka’s traditional Muslim and Sinhala people, but an organised small group is trying to tarnish our image by …

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• 31 January

  As Islamic extremists declare Britain’s first Sharia law zone, the worrying social and moral implications By Sue Reid

  

  As a throng of Muslim families crowd around him, Abu Izzadeen speaks in a quiet voice of his plans for the future of Britain. The tall, bearded 36-year-old — who was recently freed from prison after serving a term for funding terrorism — is telling, in chilling detail, how he wants to impose Islam’s strict Sharia law on this country. …

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• 31 January

  A 1915 type Sinhala Muslim clash is imminent! – Says JHU’s Udaya Gammanpila

  

  By Latheef Farook In his weekly column THE GUARD POST in the Ceylon Today Mr.  Udaya Gammanpila of Jathika Hela Urumyaya, constituent party of the UPFA government, stated on 20 January 2013 that he “strongly feels a repetition of the 1915 Sinhala Muslim clash is imminent”. This is in response to that comment; When Mr. Gammanpila predicted a 1915 type …

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• 31 January

  Maryam Jameelah – Life, legacy and lessons by Dr. Callista B. Rakhmatov

  

      “In Islam, my quest for absolute values was satisfied. In Islam I found all that was true, good     and beautiful and that which gives meaning and direction to human life (and death)… My adherence to the Islamic faith is thus a calm, cool but very intense conviction.” Maryam Jameelah (may Allah have mercy on her, 23 May 1934 …

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• 31 January

  The ’Pearl of the Orient’ begins to lose its luster. By TARIQ A. AL-MAEENA

  

  Sri Lanka, nicknamed the "Pearl of the Orient", has begun to lose its luster following the brief spell of harmony that came at the end of a decades-long civil war, a war that claimed countless victims and ravaged the countryside, threatening to split the country into many factions. The government understood that reconciliation with its minorities including the Tamils and …

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• 27 January

  Peace in Sri Lanka – By AGA Barrie, P.Eng.

  

  The speech was delivered by me at the peace rally, which was organized by peace loving Sri Lankans of Toronto in December 2008 and was one of the speakers representing the expatriate Muslims of Sri Lanka. It is very appropriate even today as some mischief makers wants to create chaos in our loving motherland. Hope all our friends , specially …

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• 25 January

  Sri Lanka at the crossroads By Tariq A. Al Maeena, Special to Gulf News

  

  The world cannot continue to tolerate the oppression and terror activities directed at minorities and Sri Lanka is no exception When Sri Lanka overcame the rebellious movement of the Tamil Tigers back in 2009, there was hope that the island nation would finally emerge stronger and more united. The scars of the three-decade struggle by the Tamils had hurt the …

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