March, 2009

• 27 March

  Lest they forget Iraq

  Bush out, Obama in and Iraq forgotten. On March 20, the sixth anniversary of the US occupation of Iraq, which was once a sovereign nation, came and went but there was little media hype. Probably, Iraq is no longer an issue for the Americans, since President Barack Obama who won the race for the White House on his anti-war credentials, …

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• 24 March

  Muslim Personalities in Sri Lanka – By Fazli Sameer

  The Muslims of Sri Lanka Brief History of the Muslims of Sri Lanka Introduction Sri Lanka, known to the ancients as Ceylon, has been recorded in history books as a country that has had many visitations from foreign travelers throughout the ages. The people are mainly Buddhist, with a complex mixture of Hindus, Muslims, Roman Catholics and other Christian denominations. …

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• 23 March

  Inheritance According To Islamic Sharia Law – by Fazli Sameer

  

  When a believer dies it becomes incumbent on the family members to ensure that the wealth and property left behind are distributed according to Shariah Law prescribed in the Qur’an and Authentic Sunnah. After meeting the initial expenses incurred in giving the deceased an Islamic burial, and, after paying all of his debts and the “mahar” (dowry) that may still …

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• 23 March

  International Gathering to Support Palestinians Abandoned by Regimes in the Region

  In the  aftermath of the 22 day long Israeli carnage  which killed  over 1330 Palestinians including 411 children ,injured more than 5,450 people , left over 70,000 homeless and virtually  turned Gaza into a wasteland ,all what the war battered and impoverished  Palestinians wanted was  food, medicine , water and  the like  to keep their body and soul together in …

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• 19 March

  EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF HAJI ISMAIL EFFENDI AN 1884 CEYLON MOOR TRAVELLER TO EGYPT AND TURKEY by Siddiq Ghouse

  Islam in many verses of the Holy Quran urges mankind to travel through the earth. Travelling to perform the Haj in Makkah is compulsory for Muslims meeting certain conditions. Haji Ismail Effendi the father of the late Mohamed Sameer (Ex Chief Trustee of the Maradana Mosque) and late Mohamed Anis & late Sithy Saleema was one traveler who was bitten …

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• 17 March

  Molding our Future Leaders

  We train youth in Leadership in all Districts and Regions of Sri Lanka. Conducting Youth Camps and In-House training in creative thought and action. Contact your District Youth Rep. of Sailan Muslim and be a volunteer Assistant. We need Trainers in specialist fields eg. Islam, Computer, English, Sports, other skills. We need Translators – English to Tamil and English to …

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• 16 March

  Demonized Iranian Women’s Crucial Role in Nation Building Classic Example of How Western Media Deceived the World.

  The general image built up by the relentless pro Jewish Western media since the 1979 Islamic Revolution has been that women in Iran were an oppressed lot without any freedom that the women in the West were supposed to have been blessed with. I too was partly a victim of this powerful Western propaganda that is part of the western …

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