LANKAMUSLIM NEWS FEATURES:

• Evicted Northern Muslims will be resettled by May – President
• Ever memorable and never forgettable painful memory of Jaffna Muslims: M.Shamil mohamed
• Non-existence of operational standard for Muslim IDPs :
• expulsion of Northern Muslims aged 20
• What “muslim” are we ? a moment of truth: S.M.M. Bazeer
• Sri Lanka: Displaced Muslims of the North to be resttled
• Expelled  Northern Muslims and Tamil polity
• Treatment of Tamil IDPs and Muslim Refugees: Double Standard
• Muthur Muslims lose lands to govt. program
• Muslim deputy mayor for Jaffna after one year
• Sri Lanka’s war-displaced Muslims want to return home
• Committee to resolve Vaharai land dispute between Tamils & Muslims
• SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem’s reply to Eastern Province Governor

‘Black October’ -22 nd year of Ethnic Cleansing of Northern Muslims

by Latheef Farook
The month of October has been announced as ‘Black October’ by the Northern Muslims. This black October represents and remarks the sad-full ethnic cleansing of Northern Muslims from their homelands in 1990. twenty two years gone since the expulsion of Northern Muslims, scars created in the life of northern Muslims still living in their heart. The LTTE which has attracted more Muslim cadres than any other tamil armed group, were the group who massacred thousands of Muslims in the east and expelled 75,000 Muslims from the North.

Lankan’s arrest nothing to do with idol worship: Embassy

The Sri Lankan Embassy has rejected reports in Colombo claiming yesterday a Sri Lankan domestic worker has been arrested in Saudi Arabia for worshipping a statue of Lord Buddha.According to the Bodu Bala Senaa, a Buddhist organization based in Colombo, it was alleged the youth, identified as Premanath Pereralage Thungasiri, was arrested by Ummul Hamam police for worshipping the statue inside his home.

REALITIES BEHIND THE RECENT ANTI MUSLIM PROPAGANDA..! A message to fellow Sinhala Budhists in Sri Lanka!!

By MASIHUDEEN INAMULLAH
The recent anti Muslim campaign in many part of the Island by protests over Mosques and Dharhas of historical importance has created a kind of fear psychosis and uncertainty among the Muslims of this Island nation. The Muslims firmly believe that the vast majority of Sinhala Budhists are well aware of the fact that the Muslims of Sri Lanka are  peace loving and patriotic citizens of this Country with a their  peaceful coexistence well rooted in the ancient history of this Island as recorded in Mahavansa and Chulavangsa as well as recorded recent history of Sri Lanka.

Dambulla Kahiriya Jumma Mosque – Symbol of Muslims’ rights and dignity

By Latheef Farook
It is almost a month and half since a mob brought in from outside the area, led by a Buddhist monk, and vandalized Dambulla Khairiya Jumma Mosque on Friday 20 April 2012 in violation of all laws of the country and all known human decency. The beleaguered Muslims await justice while the mob remains free backed by some undisclosed Buddhist Organizations.

ACJU regrets the misinformation carried out by certain sections of the media on the statement made in Riyadh

The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) regrets the misinformation carried out by certain sections of the media on the statement made in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by our leader Al Sheik Rizwe Mufti. Nowhere did Al Sheik Rizwe Mufti call for the demolition or relocation of the Mosque in Dambulla, nor does the All Ceylon Jamiyathul Ulama subscribe to such thought.

Rizvi Muthi’s call for compromise on Dambula Mosque, Rewarding hooliganism and sell out of the community

By Latheef Farook
All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama President M.I.M. Rizvi Mufthi’s speech in Riyadh on Friday 4 May 2012 on the attack on the Dambulla Mosque has shocked the island’s Muslim community. For a moment I asked myself whether he has been dispatched by the mob leader Innamaluwa Sumangala Thera for canvassing in favour of demolishing the mosque.In his speech, published in the Jeddah based “arabnews” and reproduced in Sri Lankan dailies-Daily Mirror and Ceylon Today- on 7 May 2012, Rizvi Mufthi has called for resolving the Dambulla issue, imposed on the Muslim community by violence, amicably through tolerance and COMPROMISE.

Beyond Dambulla mosque Attack- Part 1

By Dr RIFAI (Naleemi)
In this series of articles I will Insha Allah try to gauge the communal relationship between Muslim and Non-Muslim communities in Srilanka in recent times. The primary objective of this article is not to make division between communities rather to bridge the gap in deteriorating communal relationship between different communities. A multicultural nation like Srilanka should maintain a strong sense of social interactions between communities in the greater interest of country and each community.