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A.M.A. Azeez, an Intellectual and Visionary By Capt. A.G.A. Barrie P.Eng., B.Sc (Hons)(Eng)

Aboobucker Mohamed Abdul Azeez, an eminent educationist, erudite learned scholar in English and Tamil, brilliant orator, efficient administrator, writer, visionary and dedicated community worker, was born on October 4, 1911 to a traditional elite family of Vannarpannai in Jaffna. His father S.M. Aboobucker, J.P. was a leading lawyer, Quazi and Vice-Chairman of the Jaffna Urban Council. His mother died when …

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God’s love in the Quran – By AGA Barrie

God’s love in the Quran My wife related an interesting incident she couldn’t help observing whilst travelling in the subway. An apparently Muslim lady wearinga hijab was standing  next to her seat holding on to the vertical steel support with one hand and reading sotto voce from a little book she held in the other.It did not take long for …

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