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March, 2010

  • 24 March

    Holy graves: Closer to peace or apocalypse?, By Ameen Izzdeen

    Tension is building up in the occupied West Bank. Palestinians, especially the youth, are furious, because Israeli troops stopped them from visiting the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem — Islam’s third holiest place of worship. They fear that Israel is carrying out excavation and construction work at the al-Aqsa site with the ill-intention of causing permanent damage to the foundation of …

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  • 24 March

    Israel Gives The Finger To The USA, By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

    It is a case of the dog biting the hand that feeds it. After years of protection by Big Brother USA, covering up for its having nuclear warheads when Iran cannot even have a nuclear program, looking the other way when shocking war crimes and massacres of civilians are committed, when pregnant Palestinian mothers are left to die in the …

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  • 23 March

    Soldiers on Sale… Who’s In Charge of These Hired Killers? Eric S. Margolis

    A fascinating scandal has erupted in Washington over the use of mercenaries (‘private contractors’ in US terminology) that is exposing the dark underbelly of America’s foreign wars. It has been that the Pentagon and other US intelligence agencies secretly fielded mercenaries in Afghanistan, Pakistan (aka “Af-Pak”), and Iraq to assassinate tribal militants. US law forbids murder or using mercenaries. But, …

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  • 23 March

    Difficult homecoming for Muslim IDPs

    PUTTALAM, 22 March 2010 (IRIN) – Resettlement efforts are under way for thousands of displaced Muslims from Sri Lanka’s north who have been languishing in refugee camps for nearly two decades, officials say. The internally displaced people (IDPs) were forcibly evicted in October 1990 from the northern districts of Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaithivu and some parts of Vavuniya by the …

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  • 22 March

    Colombo police reaches out to Tamil community

    Police stations in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, have opened special units to take down statements in the country’s main minority language, Tamil. So far, Sinhala has been the language overwhelmingly predominant in the police force. Tamil-speaking Sri Lankans had to rely on a friend to translate their complaints into Sinhala. The move has been hailed as a small but vital …

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  • 22 March

    Govt allocates Rs 100m for Northern schools

    The Government has allocated Rs100 million to construct school buildings in the Northern Province under the Uthuru Vasanthaya (Northern Spring) project. Construction of 23 school buildings have been completed.  [Uthuru Vasanthaya] * Construction of 23 school buildings completed *20 schools buildings opened * Three more to be opened soon Northern Province Governor Major General G.A. Chandrasiri said after 180 days …

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  • 22 March

    Universal Islamic Declaration of human Rights.- Page -2

    https://sailanmuslim.com/news/universal-islamic-declaration-of-human-rights/ Page 1 Al Quran, Chapter 49, V. 13 states:- O men! Behold we have created you all out of a male and female, and have made you into nations and tribes, so that you may come to know one another. Verily, the noblest of you in the sight of God is the one who is most deeply conscious of Him. …

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