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April, 2024

  • 3 April

    Marhoom Ash Sheikh Ibrahim Hasan Lebbe, Former Ameer of Sri Lanka Jamaathe Islami – A Multi-faceted Personality:

    It was a day in 1971. That was the day Ash Sheikh Ibrahim’s degree results  at the University of Peradeniya   were announced . Even before he knew about it, Professor W.S. Karunaratne, the Head of the Department of Eastern Languages at the university, drove around 30km towards Uyanwatta,    in his own car to meet his student Ibrahim  at his home. …

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  • 3 April

    An Appreciation: Islamic Intellectual, Leader and Visionary A.L.M. Ibrahim Moulavi

    N.U. Abdul Razzak Udayar Mother Sri Lanka in general and Islamic Society of this beloved nation in particular have irreparably lost a renowned lecturer, a great orator, a zealous patriot and above all a devout Islamic leader, A.L.M. Ibrahim of Uyanwatta, Mawanella as he peacefully breathed his last in Colombo on 29th March He hails from a reputed family in Uyanwatta, …

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  • 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 …

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  • 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 …

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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 …

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  • 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, …

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  • 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 , …

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