Muslims in Sri Lanka will start their month-long Ramadan fasting period from tomorrow (Wednesday), the Colombo Grand Mosque announced.The holy month Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and a great opportunity for all Muslims to purify their mind, body, heart and soul by fasting and praying to Almighty Allah. Ramadan is not only for fasting but also …
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This list is intended to be a quick guide to some beneficial things that can, with Allah’s help, improve our lives and faith both in and out of the noble month of Rabi’ al-Awwal. We ask Allah for sincerity and acceptance. Recite and listen to the Qur’an on a daily basis – One of the best ways to get closer …
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We must mourn all victims. But until we look honestly at the violence we export, nothing will ever change BEN NORTON Any time there is an attack on civilians in the post-9/11 West, demagogues immediately blame it on Muslims. They frequently lack evidence, but depend on the blunt force of anti-Muslim bigotry to bolster their accusations. Actual evidence, on the …
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The Etudiants Musulmans de France, a nearly three-decade-old group representing thousands of Muslim students in France, called the Paris attackers anti-Islamic cowards, and pledged their solidarity to France in a moving video released on Nov. 15. “They think they are fighting Crusaders, and they invoke the Qur’an, and quote its verses. But shedding the blood of an innocent has no …
Read More »Every so often, a convergence occurs between a few ostensibly unrelated events in the endless swirl of news stories, polemics and propaganda, spin and advertising that make up the media sphere today. Like the noonday sun, they pierce a hole through the fog of information that normally obscures the core dynamics behind the larger political-economic system’s smooth functioning. But unlike …
Read More »On the morning of Saturday, February 13th, Z.A.M. Refai and I decided to visit the Islamic Centre for the Physically Handicapped located in Doolmala, Thihariya. Thihariya, predominantly a Muslim village in the Gampaha district and located about nine km’s from the Gampaha town, took a pleasant ninety minutes down the Kandy road to reach. We were welcomed by the President …
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