September, 2011

• 19 September

  Sri Lanka’s first Muslim student to obtain 195 marks at a scholarship examination

  

  First three obtain identical marks Dharma SRI ABEYRATNE Three students have come first obtaining 195 marks each in the Year Five scholarship examination, according to results released by the Examination Department. Oshadhi Nethmi Naleem Oshadhi Rashiprabha Fonseka of Kalutara Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Nethmi Ranaweera of Miriswatta Maha Vidyalaya, Dodamgoda and Naleem Zaky Ahamed of Kekirawa Muslim Maha Vidyalaya have obtained 195 marks, each …

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• 19 September

  Naleem Zaky Ahamed (Year 5) Scholarship high-fliers meet President –

  

    President Mahinda Rajapaksa's gesture to invite student Naleem Zaky Ahamed to Temple Trees was commended by the Principal, teachers and students of Kekirawa Muslim Maha Vidyalaya in Anuradhapura yesterday. Ahamed obtained 195 marks at the recent Year Five scholarship examination. According to a spokesman for the Examinations Department, Naleem Ahamed became Sri Lanka's first Muslim student to obtain 195 marks …

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• 19 September

  U.N. Security Council Fiddles While Syria Burns By Thalif Deen

  UNITED NATIONS, Sep 16, 2011 (IPS) – "Syria is on fire," says one exasperated U.N. diplomat, "while the Security Council fiddles." The revolt and the bloody street demonstrations are nearly six months old but the U.N.'s most powerful political body continues to remain paralysed – unable and unwilling to help resolve the spreading crisis.  At last count, the number of …

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• 19 September

  US crucifying Palestine on Zionist cross By Ameen Izzadeen

  

  At a time when our memories have been refreshed with what happened ten years ago on September 11, discussing political terrorism by the very country which is prosecuting the global war on terror is timely. The victims of the US political terrorism are the Palestinian people. They are unable to free themselves from the yoke of Israeli occupation largely because …

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• 19 September

  Taking on Turkey: Israel’s ‘Dangerous’ Game By Ramzy Baroud

  Turkey had no other option but to escalate before an obstinate 'ally.' The UN Palmer Report, which largely exonerated Israel for murdering nine unarmed Turkish civilians in international waters on May 31, 2010, seemed in some ways like the last straw. Prior to its publication, the camel’s back had already mostly broken, and a collapse in Turkish-Israeli ties was looming. Turkey’s …

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• 16 September

  How the US Discovered the Maldives in the Aftermath of 9/11 By Michael O Shea

  

    Before 2002, Maldives was over the horizon and off the radar of the American embassy in Colombo charged with following Sri Lankan and Maldivian affairs. Busy with the Sri Lankan civil war at its doorstep, the embassy kept no representative in Maldives. Following the 2001/9/11 attacks, US anti-terrorism responses required the Colombo embassy to fully engage with Maldives for …

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• 15 September

  Forget about your Toothbrush! Try Miswak

  Benefits of Miswak (Chewing Stick) A Miswak or Siwak is probably an alien thing to the western world. But, it’s a twig which a majority of people from Muslim countries use daily to brush their teeth. Although it might sound outdated to use twigs from trees for cleaning your teeth, studies conducted on the Miswak prove otherwise. Studies have inferred …

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