April, 2012

• 26 April

  ACJU Appeal to Muslims of Sri Lanka – Dambulla Incident

    An appeal to the Muslims! A request from the All Ceylon Jamiyathul Ulama Muslims of this country are deeply worried over the recent incident took place in Dambulla in which a gang stormed the Jumma Mosque of Dambulla and damaged the place on 20 April, Friday. Muslims along with peace loving citizens of Sri Lanka are fretful if this …

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• 25 April

  Order to demolish Dambulla Mosque. Why raise this explosive issue now? By Latheef Farook

  Prime Minister D.M. Dayaratne’s order to demolish a 65 year old mosque in Dambulla and instead build a mosque in another place  strikes at the very root of religious freedom .It also shocked and hurt the island’s Muslim community. Responding to the order and expressing the community’s mood Muslim Congress Secretary and parliamentarian Hassen Ali said the “community will not …

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• 24 April

  தம்புள்ள பள்ளிவாசலை அகற்றுமாறு சமய விவகார அமைச்சர் டி.எம்.ஜயரட்ன உத்தரவு! வேறு இடத்திற்கு மாற்ற முஸ்லிம் தரப்பினர் இணக்கம்!

    தம்புள்ளையிலுள்ள சர்ச்சைக்குரிய பள்ளிவாசலை அகற்றுமாறு புத்தசாசன மற்றும் சமய விவகார அமைச்சரும் பிரதமருமான டி.எம்.ஜயரட்ன இன்று ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளார். வரலாற்று முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்த ரங்கிரி தம்புள்ள விகாரை புனித பிரதேசத்தில் இப்பள்ளிவாசல் அமைந்துள்ளமையினால் இப்பள்ளிவாசலை உடனடியாக அகற்றுமாறும் பிரதமர் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளார்.   தம்புள்ள பள்ளிவாசலை அகற்றுமாறுபிரதமர் அலுவலக முத்திரையுடன் வெளியான உத்தரவு அறிக்கை  அகற்றப்படும் பள்ளிவாசலுக்கு பதிலாக வேறு பொருத்தமான இடத்தில் இஸ்லாமியர்கள் சமய நடவடிக்கைகளை மேற்கொள்வதற்கு தேவையான உதவிகளை வழங்குமாறு அதிகாரிகளை பிரதமர் அறிவுறுத்தியதாக பிரதமர் அலுவலகம் விடுத்துள்ள அறிக்கையொன்றில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. …

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• 23 April

  Dambullah Incident – SMF – By AGA Barrie, P. Eng.

    Incident On Friday the 20th April, some devotees around eighty in number, as usual had gone to the Masjid in Dambulla for Jummah prayers. A crowd estimated around 2000 had come on procession along Matale Road and had tried to enter the Masjid but due to narrow access all could not enter the Masjid during which time Police also …

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• 23 April

  Sri Lanka orders relocation of mosque – Dambulla

    Move comes after Buddhist monks said structure had been built illegally in an area sacred to their religion.     The Sri Lankan government has ordered a mosque be relocated after Buddhist monks threatened to demolish it because they said the 50-year-old structure had been built illegally in an area sacred to Buddhists. The order came on Sunday, two …

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• 21 April

  The Irrationality of the Case against Iran’s Nuclear Program By Gary Leupp

  President Obama has informed the Iranians they have one “last chance” to avoid attack. They must suspend higher uranium enrichment, close down the Fordow enrichment facility, and “surrender” their stockpile of uranium enriched to 20 per cent purity. Iranian officials respond matter-of-factly that such demands are “irrational.” (Some Israeli officials, eager to build the case for attack, are reportedlydelighted with …

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• 21 April

  Russia Planning Troops Deployment On Iran’s Northern Border And Waiting For A Western Attack By F. Michael Maloof

  WASHINGTON – The Russian military anticipates that an attack will occur on Iran by the summer and has developed an action plan to move Russian troops through neighboring Georgia to stage in Armenia, which borders on the Islamic republic, according to informed Russian sources. Russian Security Council head Viktor Ozerov said that Russian General Military Headquarters has prepared an action …

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