Recent Posts

April, 2024

  • 3 April

    Obituary notes on Marhoom ALM Ibrahim Moulavi.

    – Dr SLM RIFAI: UK – It is with great sadness that I’m writing this obituary note on Marhoom A.L.M Ibrahim Moulavi who passed away today 29/03/24.  Marhoom Moulavi Ibrahim is a well-known Islamic scholar in Sri Lanka. He hails from a religious family in the Kegalle district, Sri Lanka. He was educated in one of the pioneering seats of …

    Read More »
  • 2 April

    President addresses challenges confronting Muslim schools in Colombo

    In a concerted effort to tackle the educational hurdles encountered by Muslim schools in the Colombo region, President Ranil Wickremesinghe chaired a formal discussion at the Presidential Secretariat today (02). The meeting, which brought together key stakeholders, including Minister Ali Sabry and representatives of school principals and organizations, addressed a range of pressing issues. Among the challenges discussed were the shortage …

    Read More »

March, 2024

  • 28 March

    If Gaza is gone, there will be no Palestine by Mohammed Mourtaja

    A Palestinian woman reacts upon seeing the corpses of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment in Al-Zahra in the central Gaza Strip, on 21 March 2024 (AFP)   From Jerusalem to Ramallah, to Haifa and beyond, all Palestinians must come together to stop Israel’s war on Gaza Israel’s continuing war on Gaza has devastated the territory, exceeding even the 1948 Nakba in terms of the …

    Read More »
  • 28 March

    Ramadan in Gaza: Food is scarce, but grief and despair are plentiful

    A Palestinian woman prepares food during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Rafah on 13 March, 2024 (Reuters)   Everything is in ruins and the spirit of Ramadan has been reduced to a mere shadow of its former self For the 2.2 million Muslims in Gaza, Ramadan has historically been a time of joyous social gatherings, spiritual reflection, faith renewal, …

    Read More »
  • 28 March

    ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අභිවෘද්ධිය සඳහා මුස්ලිම්වරු දැක්වූ දායකත්වය – ආසිෆ් හුසේන්

    ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වෙසෙන මුස්ලිම්වරු රටේ ජාතික ප්‍රගමණයට දැක්වූ දායකත්වය අතිමහත්ය. දේශීය කාන්තාවන් සමග විවාහ සබඳතා පවත්වා ගනිමින් අරාබි වෙළෙන්දන්ගෙන් පැවත එන යෝනකයන් හෙවත් මුවර්වරු, දිවයිනේ නේකවිධ ක්ෂේත්‍ර වල දස්කම් දැක්වූවෝ වෙති. ඔවුන් විදේශයන්හි ජනප්‍රියත්වයට පාත්‍ර වූ සූපශාස්ත්‍රය, ඇඳුම් පැළඳුම් ආශ්‍රිත විලාසිතා සහ විසිතුරු භාණ්ඩ නිර්මාණයෙහිලා බෙහෙවින් දායක වූහ.   ඉන්දුනීසියානු දූපත් රාජ්‍යන් ඔස්සේ පැමිණි මැලේ ජාතිකයන් ද මෙරට ආහාරපාන , …

    Read More »
  • 28 March

    A.M.A. AZEEZ COMMEMORATION STAMP

    A.M.A, Azeez was recognised as a National Hero of Sri Lanka and a commemoration stamp was issued on 22.5.1986. Stamps were also issued for other National Heroes, namely, Martin Wickramasinghe, Brahmachari Walisinghe Harischandra, Ven. Kalukondayawe Sri Pragnasekara Maha Nayake Thero and G.G. Ponnambalam. Invitation for Release of Stamp on 22.5.1986 First Day Cover with Stamps  Brief sketch of A.M.A. Azeez …

    Read More »
  • 27 March

    Amana Bank refurbishes Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinic at Kalubowila Hospital

    The Amana Bank Team attended the handover ceremony of the refurbished clinic to hospital authorities at the Kalubowila hospital premises  As a responsible corporate inspired by its people-friendly banking model, Amana Bank recently refurbished the Child and Adolescents Mental Health Clinic of the Colombo South Teaching Hospital (Kalubowila Hospital).  The refurbishment project at the clinic, which is one of Sri …

    Read More »