August, 2012

• 3 August

  ISLAM IN AUSTRALIA

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• 3 August

  Mannar: The Inside Story – The Island

    As we were saying last week, what makes for good press is the accusation that a government minister tried to bring pressure on a magistrate thereby compromising the independence of the judiciary. This was what the whole country was alerted to and what the entire judiciary from the Supreme Court downwards and the whole legal profession stopped work over. …

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• 3 August

  Syria, Myanmar to top Makkah Summit agenda

  Jeddah, 12 Ramadan 01 August (IINA) – Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu welcomed the call by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to hold an extraordinary Islamic summit in Makkah on Aug. 14-15 to discuss the grave situation in a number of Muslim countries and chalk out ways to solve them.   “The tragic …

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• 2 August

  Syrian War of Lies and Hypocrisy By Robert Fisk

  Has there ever been a Middle Eastern war of such hypocrisy? A war of such cowardice and such mean morality, of such false rhetoric and such public humiliation? I’m not talking about the physical victims of the Syrian tragedy. I’m referring to the utter lies and mendacity of our masters and our own public opinion – eastern as well as …

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July, 2012

• 31 July

  Pathetic plight of returning Mannar Muslim Refugees By Latheef Farook

  Ignored by the government, UNHCR, NGOs and Muslim Politicians   Muslim settlements in Mannar dates back to more than one thousand years.In her book “The Muslims of Sri Lanka” eminent historian Dr. Lorna Dewaraja explained that by 9th century Muslim settlements were established in the coastal areas including Mannar. Muslims in and around Mannar area were descendants of early Arab traders who …

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• 31 July

  The Myth of a Independent Public Service by Tissa Devendra

  I write this article, not as a scholar but as one who has spent his working life in government ‘service’ and hopes that his insights may be thought provoking.    My firm conviction is that there never was, and never can there ever be, an independent public service in Sri Lanka. This panacea of ‘independence’ is often touted by well-meaning …

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• 31 July

  The London Olympics in Ramadan – The Canadian Charger

  Because the 2012 London Olympics will coincide with Ramadan, the most holy month in the Islamic calendar, Muslim athletes will be expected to fast from sunrise to sunset for the entire duration of the games. Ramadan requires Muslims to observe a month of fasting from sunrise to sunset, meaning no food or even water can pass their lips while the …

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