The defeat of the Tamil Tigers has finally provided a rare historic opportunity to set our war- battered country on the path to progress. The bitterness and suspicions between the communities remain deep. However, the need to correct past wrongs backed by remedial and reconciliation measures are indispensable to bring communal harmony on the principles [...] [...more]
Sailan Muslim Foundation congratulates the former Attorney General Shibly Aziz, PC for been elected as the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) in the election today, 24/02/2010. Brother Shibly is one of the founder members, a trustee and Vice Chairman of Sailan Muslim Foundation and is heading the editorial section of the website. Sailan Muslim Foundation is grateful [...] [...more]
Imad Iqbal - A student at Victoria Park CI, Imad is thrilled to be carrying the Torch from York Mills CI along York Mills to Bayview Avenue on Dec. 17. A strong academic student, he is highly engaged in learning and a valuable member of the community, both inside and outside of school. Last year, [...] [...more]
Part of this article, dealing up to the Indian involvement, was published in the Ceylon Daily Mirror on Tuesday 22 September 2009 It is heartening to note the swift international response to the misery of Internally Displaced Tamils. There is no doubt that every country ,every organization and every individual should make every effort to ameliorate [...] [...more]
The 1st Sinhala Medium Shariah Higher Academy to Produce Aalims who are will-versed in Sinhala Language is established in March, 2008 in Thihariya, Sri Lanka. Now it deserves your support to expand its services and enhance its resources. The main hurdle is to build a four-storied building to accommodate students who will join in coming [...] [...more]
The sight of dozens and dozens of Sri Lankan Muslim youth cheering the Pakistan team and celebrating its victory over Sri Lanka at the last two one-day matches was something that had disturbed quite a few in this country. When a prominent local Muslim politician was asked for his interpretation of this scenario, he quipped, “Yes [...] [...more]
I read with much interest Lynn Ockersz’s article titled “Containing communalism emerging as key challenge” (Island of July 9), particularly his observations on British legislation on race relations. He refers to Britain’s Race Relations Councils which “are charged with eliminating unlawful discrimination in local authority areas, promoting equal opportunities and promoting good race relations between [...] [...more]
Muslim Aid is responding towards the Humanitarian Crisis for those displaced in the North. Muslim Aid is responding at present by providing an inflatable field hospital, ambulances and a team of doctors. We are also sending our water purification equipment which has the capacity of providing 144,000 ltrs of safe drinking water per day along [...] [...more]
I refer to Kath Noble’s letter in the Island of July 1, in which she writes that the image she projected of me as holding David Miliband’s bag while he gave Sri Lanka a good slap wasn’t based on a general impression that I am a great fan of DM, after which she goes on, [...] [...more]
Eastern Province Muslim militant groups responding to a government amnesty yesterday surrendered dozens of automatic weapons before a major crackdown by the authorities, Police said. Militants surrendered their weapons to the mosques in the area before they were collected in bulk and handed over to the Police at a Kattankudy mosque, they said. Some weapons including 17 [...] [...more]
