December, 2012

• 16 December

  Despite Crises, Migration Still a Political Hot Potato By Thalif Deen

  

  Numbers or people? Migrants at Lampedusa. Credit: Ilaria Vechi/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Dec 13 2012 (IPS) – The United Nations will commemorate its annual International Migrants Day next week amidst reports of a rising tide of anti-migrant sentiments – primarily in Europe. The dramatic increase in hatred towards migrants has been triggered by several factors, including the economic crisis in Europe, the …

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• 16 December

  20 Exam Tips for Students for Muslim Students

  

    Praise be to Allaah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger and upon his family and companions.   The Muslim student puts his trust in Allaah when facing the tests of this world, and he seeks His help whilst following the prescribed means, in accordance with the words of the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): …

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• 15 December

  Etiquette of eating in Islam

  

    Praise be to Allaah.    In Islam there is an etiquette for eating, which is divided into four categories:    1 – Etiquette before eating:  1 – Washing the hands before eating. The hands should be washed before eating, so that they may be clean when a person eats with them, and so that he will not be harmed by …

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• 15 December

  Rifti Muhammed Rizwan – Sri Lankan wins intl. Quran Contest for first time

  

  Sri Lanka’s Rifti Muhammed Rizwan, who came first in the international Holy Quran recital contest, held at Mecca in Saudi Arabia recently, returned to the country on Wednesday. Eighty six countries participated in the event.   This is the first time that a Sri Lankan had secured the top slot in this prestigious international contest.   The Deputy Minister of …

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• 15 December

  Syria – No Hope of a people’s government By Latheef Farook

  

    Weapons industry flourishing in human misery Weapons manufacturers and their associates including politicians flourish on the misery of millions.  This is how one could describe the ongoing carnage in Syria-an ancient country of great historic and religious importance where the oppressed   people suffered for   decades under  President Bashar al Assad and his late father Hafiz Al Assad. Following the Arab Uprising which swept …

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• 15 December

  Nomination to undergraduate course in BE, MBBS and B. Pharm

  

  Applications are invited from Sri Lankan students for nomination to undergraduate course in Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Medicine (MBBS) and Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) under the Self-Financing Scheme for the academic year 2013-14 against the reserved seats of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India.   2.       As per revised guidelines applicable from the academic session …

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• 14 December

  අනුමත (හලාල්) හා තහනම් (හරාම්) සංකල්පය පිලිබඳ විග්‍රහයක්

  

    අනුමත-කැප (හලාල්) හා තහනම්-අකැප (හරාම්) සංකල්පය පිළිබඳව නොයෙක් ආකාරයේ නිවැරදි නොවූ මත ඉදිරිපත්වී ඇති බව දකින්නට ඇත. මෙයට ප්‍රධාන හේතුව, මේ පිළිබඳව සිංහල බසින් ප්‍රමාණවත් අර්ථ දැක්වීම් ඉදිරිපත් නොවී තිබීම බව අපගේ අදහසයි. එහෙයින් මෙම කරුණු සියල්ල සලකා බලා මෙම සංකල්පය පිළිබඳව කෙටි විග්‍රහයක් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නට අදහස් කළෙමු. හලාල් (අනුමත) හා හරාම් (තහනම්) යන අරාබි වචන ප්‍රයෝජනයට ගැනීමෙන්, මෙය …

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