Morsi… 100 days as Egyptian President and no signs of Good Governance

Mohammed Morsi spent his 100^th day as president of Egypt in the United States of America at the United Nations General Assembly. Mohammed Morsi was sworn in as president of Egypt on Saturday 30^th June 2012 with much pomp and fanfare. Read more>>>

America, Al Qaeda and Taliban

It is common knowledge that Al Qaeda and Taliban were American creations to implement its military agenda in the region. In the aftermath of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, there emerged numerous resistance groups called mujahedeen to liberate their country. Amongst them was Al Qaeda established by Osama bin Laden who hails from a wealthy Saudi family and gave up all his wealth and comforts   to liberate Afghanistan. Osama Bin Laden funneled money, arms and fighters from the outside world into the Afghan war. Read more>>>

Happy Eid-Al-Adha 2012

The Slow but Sure Death of the US Dollar

On September 13^th the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke announced the latest round of QE (Quantitative Easing) but with a dangerous twist. Unlike previous rounds in 2009 and 2010 although large in scale included limits, this time there are no limits and Bernanke effectively indicated that the government will do whatever it takes to achieve various targets, notably employment growth. Read more>>>  

Sri Lanka: Road blocks To Ethnic Reconciliation

The book under review is a compilation of 11 research papers on managing political, socio-economic and ethnic diversity challenges faced by Sri Lanka after the war presented at a seminar organized by CSA at Colombo on conflict resolution and peace building.] The political part has some interesting papers, while socio-economic papers generally present what Sri Lanka has been doing on this front. The book opens with an introduction presenting a bird’s eye view of the contents by Brig K Srinivasan and Ms Ancy Joseph.  The quality of papers included range from the excellent to the mediocre. Read more>>>

The LLRC And The Prospects Of Reconcilation In Sri Lanka

It is now over three years since the LTTE was decisively defeated by the Government of Sri Lanka. Since then the government and the international community have been grappling with the issue of winning peace, addressing the causes which gave rise to the deadly conflict, issues of accountability, and reconciliation. These issues have dominated the Sri Lankan debate in the last few years. Read more>>>

Sri Lankan Muslims; Despicable attack on Iftar party at Akkaraipattu!

ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. This is how one could describe the shameful and disgusting attack on Muslims by Muslims during an Iftar gathering at Akkaraipattu in the eastern Sri Lanka on Monday 13 August 2012. By all means this was a heinous crime committed by thugs, hooligans and gangsters who call themselves Muslims. The irony is that never in the centuries old history of Muslims in this country even non-Muslims ever committed such dastardly crime bringing unprecedented disrepute to Muslim community which was hailed by former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva as the most peaceful people in the island. Read more>>>

A Call for Real Change in Sri Lanka & Muslim Lands

The Islamic Perspective on the Olympics

The closing ceremonies for the London Olympics were performed on August 12th for over ten thousand athletes from 204 nations. It was estimated that 8 million people attended the games in person and close to 4 billion people watched the games from around the world. This year’s Olympics were considered unique for many due to the fact that Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei had sent women participants for the very first time in their history. This move by the 3 Muslim countries was seen as a milestone for the advancement of Muslim women around the world. Read more>>>

London Talk on Burma Massacre - 25/08/12

The massacre of the Rohingya has exposed the hypocrisy of international bodies like the UN, human rights organisations and the global media. Just compare the lack of coverage about the plight of the Rohingya Muslims with the coverage of the house of arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi over many years. Some have described them as the most persecuted minority in the world, yet the lack of prominence given to their cause show exactly how politicized humanitarian and human rights campaigning bodies are. Indeed, even the Nobel Peace Prize winning Aung San Suu Kyi refused to accept they are Burmese citizens, instead saying this “ethnic conflict should be investigated and dealt with wisdom.“ Read more>>>

The Golden Age of Islam under the Caliphate Inventions, Research and Advancements

During the Middle Ages the Islamic World had a very significant impact upon Europe, which in turn cleared the way for the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution. In the Medieval age, Islam and Muslims influenced Europe in a number of different ways. One of the most important of these subjects was Science. Read more>>>

Cross Culture; Allahouma Salli Ala Mustafa

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Next Change by Sri Lankan Professionals (Sinhalese, Tamils & Muslims)

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Saudi Arabia; Sarah Attar made history for the gold in London Olympic 2012

Sarah Attar made history this morning when she ran in the 800 meter race for Saudi Arabia. Congrats Sarah. While Saudi women can now go for the gold, why can't they drive?! Tell Saudi officials: Let women drive. Read more>>>

Sri Lankan government moves to gag web sites

The regulations would extend the coverage of the Press Council, a government tribunal that can fine and jail journalists, to web sites as well as other media outlets. This step is part of an intensifying attack on media and democratic rights, designed to strengthen the police-state apparatus developed by President Mahinda Rajapakse amid an intensifying economic and political crisis. Read more>>>

World Muslim Women's Role in 2012 London Olympic Game

Saudi Arabia's contingent takes part in the athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium July 27, 2012. Saudi Arabia's first female Olympic athletes made their appearance at the opening ceremony to the London Games on Friday, dressed in traditional hijabs, or Islamic headscarfs. Read more>>>

Burma's monks call for Muslim community to be shunned

In a move that has shocked many observers, some monks' organisations have issued pamphlets telling people not to associate with the Rohingya community, and have blocked humanitarian assistance from reaching them. One leaflet described the Rohingya as "cruel by nature" and claimed it had "plans to exterminate" other ethnic groups. Read more>>>

Ethnic Conflict, LTTE And Future

It is now crystal clear that the Sinhala leaders will never put forward a just resolution to the Tamil national question. Therefore, we are not prepared to place our trust in the impossible and walk along the same old futile path…. We therefore ask the international community and the countries of the world that respect justice to recognize our freedom struggle.” This is the key sections of the annual Heroes’ Day statement delivered by the slain leader of the disabled Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), V. Pirapaharan. Read more>>>

Corrupt capitalism approaching endemic levels

Barclays Bank submitted false and misleading figures about the banks’s financial standing in a bid to boost profits during the peak of the recession through 2007 and 2009. This was done to disguise the financial difficulty that Barclays was going through during the economic downturn and astonishingly but perhaps unsurprisingly may have had the blessing of the Bank of England – one of the main banking industry regulators. Read more>>>

Must See this Movie; 'The Stoning of Soraya';And Stay with M. R. Mohamed (1st Muslim Enlightenment/Protestant Muslim Thinker) against Muslim Clerics & Talibanization

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Yemen: Enduring Conflicts, Threatened Transition

Yemen: Enduring Conflicts, Threatened Transition, a new report from the International Crisis Group, proposes ways for the government to win back society’s confidence, tackle political infighting and distance itself from the leadership and practices of the past. It warns that the democratic transition remains messy and incomplete and that any failure to address the challenges soon will weigh heavily on an already divided and increasingly impoverished society. Read more>>>

Sri Lanka: Pro-government thugs kill two JVP supporters

Government-backed thugs gunned down two members of the opposition Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) at a political meeting on June 15. The murders are part of the ruthless, anti-democratic methods being used to stifle any opposition to the government’s imposition of austerity measures dictated by the International Monetary Fund. Read more>>> 

The Education System in Islam

Islam offers a unique alternative which solves many of the problems students are facing in Canada and other Capitalist nations. The education system in the Khilafah is composed of Shariah rules which emanate from the Islamic Aqeedah. As a result, the rights of students that Allah (swt) has provided can never be taken away nor marginalized as it would be a violation of the Shariah – an action which the Khaleefah would be accountable for on the Day of Judgment and could legitimize his removal from his position as head of state. Read more>>>

Aid and Conflict in Pakistan

The latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines how the U.S. focus on military funding has failed to deliver counter-terrorism dividends, instead entrenching the military’s control over state institutions and delaying reforms. In order to help stabilise a fragile country in a conflict-prone region, it concludes, the U.S. and other donors should focus instead on long-term civilian assistance to improve the quality of state services, in cooperation with local civil society organisations, NGOs with proven track records and national and provincial legislatures. Read more>>>

The Egyptian election & First Freely Elected President

The announcement that the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Mohamed Morsi won Egypt’s presidential election has been widely hailed as a turning point in the country’s history. The international media has described Morsi as, in the words of the Wall Street Journal, Egypt’s “first freely elected president.” Read more>>>

Sri Lanka tilts toward the US

A report by the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, entitled “Sri Lanka: Re-charting US Strategy after the War,” declared that the US could not afford to “lose” Sri Lanka. It called for intensified efforts to bring Colombo into Washington’s orbit. Read more>>>

A Course on 'Islamic Philosophy' in London

An intensive introductory course delivered by one of the world’s leading experts on the subject. The course will look at the following: Philosophy (Falsafa) and Rational Theology (Kalam), Major Muslim philosophers and their arguements in various periods: Classical, Post-Classical & Modern,Islamic & modern Western philosophy – Clash, Challenges & the future..Read more>>>

From boom-bust to double-dip: Capitalism’s continuing crises

The fundamental problem with the UK is that its economy is dominated by the financial sector, with the driving engine being the defunct banking industry. The financial crisis began in 2008 with the credit crunch and thus the UK’s largest sector collapsed taking the whole economy down with it. Read more>>>

Greece and the global crisis of capitalism

For Greek workers, the impact has been catastrophic. They have already suffered the greatest decline in living standards since the Nazi occupation. Unemployment has doubled to 22 percent and 50.8 percent among young people, while millions more are relegated to precarious and part-time work. Read more>>>

There are Alternatives to Free Market Capitalism!

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990 was heralded as a landmark event in history; it was considered the wholesale rejection of a way of life and end of Communism. The post – WW2 world was dominated by the competition between the Capitalist free market led by the US and state intervention led by the Soviet Union. Francis Fukuyama considered one of the most important living public intellectuals considered the development of ideas to have ended in his ‘end of history’ thesis as there was no meaningful debate left between Marxism and the market. Read more>>>

Order to demolish Dambulla Mosque. Why raise this explosive issue now?

UNP’s Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa described prime minister’s order as” law of the jungle and nothing to do with the Buddhism”. Sajith asked “   how could we develop the country when the prime minister’s office issues such false statements”? Read more>>>

TUNISIA GHANNUSHI’S POLITICAL PARADOXES: ISLAM? OR SECULAR?

The speech, full of contradictions and paradoxes, often mixes false premises with real issues, also taking some legitimate ideas well beyond their context and relevance. His speech, like other statements from Ennahda’s leadership in Tunisia, as well as respected figures from the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, tries hard to straddle the demands of the West (and Tunisia’s military authorities which it supports) and the population, which has deep Islamic sentiments. Read more>>>

Creating the Quranic Character

It is an established fact that for Muslims the Qur’an is the foundation of the Islamic faith. It is the medium of communication that Allah (swt) has chosen to communicate His (swt) message to mankind. It is this very Book that has been revealed to our master Muhammad (saw) as a source of guidance, and a criteria for right and wrong, which was required to be conveyed to the rest of mankind to bring them out of the darkness and into the light of Islam. Read more>>>

A Debate on: Who will save Pakistan?

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Occupy movements epitomise the rise of anti-capitalism in the heart of capitalist states

The Occupy movement gets its name from the way it seeks to initiate political change. Demonstrators occupy public (though that’s not always the case) squares, and buildings associated with the issue they feel a grievance towards. This adversely impacts the everyday workings of these places, sometimes bringing business to a halt, but most importantly draws public attention to their cause – if and when the media chooses to cover the story. Read more>>>

Alhaj Dr. T.B. Jayah (Plus*) and National Unity

Dr. Jayah (Plus*) devoted his entire life for his community and the Nation in the struggle for obtaining Independence to Ceylon, to forge National Unity and communal harmony among all citizens, to develop the educational standard of the whole country by wholeheartedly supporting the policy making and implementation of the Reforms enunciated by the Board of Education of the State Council under the leadership of the Father of Free Education, Dr. C.W.W. Kannangara, and particularly to improve the overall standard of the Muslim community by providing political leadership, educational direction and the path for social regeneration. Read more>>>