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  • Anti-terrorism Bill will be changed
    The highly controversial Antiterrorism Bill is subject to amendments and changes in Parliament and as such no one should have any fear or feeling of threat from the proposed Bill, Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said. The government is aware of concerns raised by the global and local community on certain provisions contained in the draft of the Anti-terrorism Bill and the Government is ready to alleviate them by discussion, compromise and flexibility, he added. Addressing a news conference at the Information Department auditorium, Minister Rajapakshe said the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) passed in 1979 under President J.R. Jayewardene’s rule as a temporary measure to counter the emerging separatist insurgency. The PTA has been misused and exploited by successive Governments since then for their personal and political...
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  • WhatsApp adds option to use the same account on multiple phones
    WhatsApp users are no longer restricted to using their account on just a single phone. Today, the Meta-owned messaging service is announcing that its multi-device feature — which previously allowed you to access and send messages from additional Android tablets, browsers, or computers alongside your primary phone — is expanding to support additional smartphones. “One WhatsApp account, now across multiple phones” is how the service describes the feature, which it says is rolling out to everyone in the coming weeks.
    Setting up a secondary phone to use with your WhatsApp account happens after doing a fresh install of the app. Except, rather than entering your phone number during setup and logging in as usual, you instead tap a new “link to existing account” option. This will generate a QR...
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  • CBK commends Dr. Shafi’s noble gesture of donating past salary to buy essential medicine
    Falsely accused by racist elements for alleged illegal sterilisation, Kurunegala Teaching Hospital doctor says racism will not take country or organisation forward except make poor people suffer more; calls on all to make Sri Lanka racism-free   Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has commended Dr. Mohamed Shafi Shihabdeen over his gesture of donating the past salaries amounting to Rs. 2.6 million during his suspension and imprisonment on false charges to buy essential medicines. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

    Dr. Mohamed Shafi Shihabdeen



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  • Dr. Shafi donates arrears of his salary to purchase medicines for hospitals
    Dr. Shihabdeen Mohamed Shafi, the doctor at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital has decided to donate arrears of his salary amounting over Rs. 2.67 million for the purchase of essential medicines for hospitals.

    Dr. Shafi who was on compulsory leave on charges of performing infertility surgery, has received a cheque of over Rs. 2.67 million salary arrears from the Health Ministry last week.

    The salary arrears include the basic salary, interim allowance, cost of living, and allowance in lieu of pension for the period of compulsory leave imposed on Dr. Sihabdeen.

    Dr. Shafi who was employed at the Kurunegala teaching hospital was arrested on May 25th, 2019, on charges of performing infertility surgery.
    On July 25, 2019, the Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court ordered that the doctor be released on bail.
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  • Govt. used Sinhala-Buddhist shield to its maximum benefit Ven. Galkande Dhammananda Thera
    This Govt. nurtured thug-like monks promoted them and deployed them in various  places Certain monks have severe psychological wounds If  society isn’t healed cases of domestic violence, harassment and child  abuse will be on the rise Reconciliation  was about having workshops, providing a report and earning dollars Accountability  has not been included in the Constitution or the Judicial system Terrorism  sprouts in a country that has no justice Ven. Galkande Dhammananda Thera who currently heads the Walpola Rahula Institute for Buddhist Studies has been addressing issues related to social justice and harmony while promoting an inclusive and plural society. Having gathered a wealth of experience during the height of war for instance and having encountered various incidents during his lifetime, Ven. Dhammananda Thera has...
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  • Health ministry to pay back-wages for Dr. Shafi before July 10
    The Ministry of Health today gave an undertaking before the Court of Appeal that the salary and allowances payable to Dr. Shafi  Shihabdeen will be paid before July 10 this year. The Ministry of Health gave this undertaking pursuant to a writ petition filed by Dr. Shafi  Shihabdeen, who was at the centre of the controversy surrounding the alleged sterilisation of female patients. The Director General of Establishment at the Ministry of Public Services had earlier informed the Court that the basic salary, interim allowance, cost of living and allowance in lieu of pension could be paid to Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen, for the compulsory leave period. Meanwhile, the petitioner expressed willingness to attend the preliminary inquiry before Director of Kurunegala Teaching Hospital Dr. Chandana Kendangamuwa. Taking into consideration the facts,...
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  • Sri Lanka court orders release of lawyer held for two years
    A Sri Lankan court has ordered the release on bail of a lawyer arrested over his alleged links to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings and held for nearly two years on charges rights groups say lacked credible evidence. Hejaaz Hizbullah was arrested in April 2020 and accused of being linked to the attacks on churches and hotels that left 279 people dead. But after prosecutors failed to provide evidence of his involvement in the attacks, blamed on a local group, he was instead Read More...
  • Hejaaz Hizbullah leaves from remand custody
    Attorney-at-law Hejaaz Hizbullah today left from remand custody after fulfilling his bail conditions before Puttlalam High Court.

    He was incarcerated for 22 months for allegedly committing offences come under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.Last Monday (07), the Court of Appeal ordered to release Hizbullah on bail pursuant to a revision application filed on behalf him.Hizbullah was ordered to be released on a cash bail of Rs.100,000 with two sureties of Rs.500,000 by Puttlalam High Court Judge Kumari Abeyratne. He was further ordered to report to the DIG office of Puttalam Police Division every second and fourth Sunday of every month.An indictment under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act has now been served on Hejaaz Hizbullah. According to the indictment, Hizbullah...
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  • හිජාස් ගෙදර යයි

    (නිමන්ති රණසිංහ සහ හිරාන් ප්‍රියංකර ජයසිංහ) ත්‍රස්තවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ පනත සහ සිවිල් හා දේශපාලන අයිතීන් පිළිබද ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මුති පනත ප්‍රකාරව චෝදනා ලැබ වසර දෙකකට ආසන්න කාලයක් රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කර සිටි නිතීඥ හිජාස් හිස්බුල්ලා මහතා අභියාචනාධිකරණ නියෝගය ප්‍රකාරව ඇප මත මුදාහැරීමට පුත්තලම මහාධිකරණය අද (09)...
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  • Court of Appeal grants bail on Hejaaz Hizbullah
    The Court of Appeal today ordered to release Attorney-at-law Hejaaz Hizbullah on bail after nearly two years in detention and remand custody. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal directed the Puttalam High Court to release Hejaaz Hizbullah on bail with suitable bail conditions. The Court of Appeal two-judge-bench comprising Justice Menaka Wijesundera and Justice Neil Iddawala made this order taking into consideration a revision application filed on behalf of Hejaaz Hizbullah. The Attorney General did not raise objections to release Hizbullah on bail. On January 28, an application made by the defence requesting to release Attorney-at-law Hejaaz Hizbullah on bail was rejected by Puttalam High Court.   The High Court Judge Kumari Abeyrathne refused to grant bail citing that she has no jurisdiction to grant bail under the Prevention of Terrorism...
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Govt. and Ulamas reiterate -‘halal certificate’ voluntary

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The Government and the All Ceylon Jaamiyathul Ulama (ACJU), reiterated today, that obtaining of the halal certificate is voluntary and the entire process is based on International specifications.

Leader of the House and Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, on behalf of the government, made a detailed response today to Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe who asked the government to take steps to ease religious tension. In his statement the previous day, Mr. Wickremesinghe said that the ACJU, the apex body of Muslim clerics, had no legal power to issue Halal certification on business ventures.

 

ඇත්තටම කව්ද මේ මුහම්මද්?

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ආගම් හා දර්ශන නො වන්නට මේ ලෝකය මහා දරුණු තැනක් බවට පත් වන්නේ ය. එසේ නො වුයේ නම්; මිනිස් සංහතිය මේ වනවිටත් විනාශ වී තිබෙන්නට පුළුවන. සෑම ආගමක ම අර්ථය මිනිසා ශිෂ්ට සම්පන්න කිරීම ය. මිනිස් සමූහයාගේ සහජීවනය මතු කොට ජීවිතයේ පරමාර්ථ ඔවුනට කියා දීම ය. ලෝක සමාජය විසින් අදටත් පිළිගනු ලබන හා අදහනු ලබන පුරාණ ආගම් කිහිපයක් තිබේ. බුදු දහම, ක්‍රිස්තියානි දහම, හින්දු දහම හා ඉස්ලාම් දහම ඒ අතර ප්‍රධාන වේ.

 

ALL ARE FREE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT HALAL CERTIFIED PRODUCTS - NIMAL SIRIPALA

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The government regrets the statement made by Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe regarding the Halal certificate and the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama organization, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva stated.

The Opposition Leader had stated in parliament yesterday  (February 6) that the government is responsible for ensuring that a clash between the Sinhala and Muslim does not occur like in 1915 while requesting the government to look into reports of Muslim people being harassed by the Sinhalese and in turn cases of Sinhalese shop owners being forced to get the Halal certification by Muslims.

 

ඔබ සිටින්නේ කොතැනද? (Where Do You Stand?)

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Divaina Editorial (27 January 2013)

ඔබ සිටින්නේ කොතැනද?

රටේ වර්ධනය වෙමින් තිබෙන ආගමික අන්තවාදී හා මූලධර්මවාදී ක්‍රියාකාරකම් හඳුනාගෙන ඒවා මැඬපැවැත්වීම සඳහා විශේෂ තේරීම් කාරක සභාවක්‌ පත්කිරීමට කටයුතු කරන බවට ඇමැති නිමල් සිරිපාල ද සිල්වා මහතා විසින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී කරන ලද ප්‍රකාශය අපි බෙහෙවින් අගයමු. ඇමැතිවරයාගේ එම ප්‍රකාශයට තුඩුදුන් විපක්‍ෂයේ මන්ත්‍රීවරයකු වන අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතාගේ අනතුරු හැඟවීම ද සියලුම දේශපාලන ආගමික ජාතික නායක කාරකාදීන්ගේ නොමඳ අවධානයට යොමු විය යුතු බව ද අපි හඟිමු.

 

Bodu Bala Sena Meets President Mahinda Rajapaksa

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Bodu Bala Sena Meets President Mahinda Rajapaksa

January 27, 2013

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Buddhist priests representing Bodu Bala Sena met President Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon at Temple Trees and discussed a host of issues during the near two-hour meeting.

While discussing a number of problems pertaining to Buddhist temples, priests and the practice of the Buddhist religion in the country overall, one of the main points of the conversation revolved around some of the ongoing disputes between some Muslim and Buddhist groups.

Referring to the various messages that have appeared in the media recently, President Rajapaksa requested the group not to engage in any activities that would be seen as promoting communal hatred.

 

ACJU Press Conference on Halaal Certification

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Halaal Certification Explained

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By J.T. Mahmud

During the last few months there has been increasing criticism from certain quarters to the halaal certification scheme of ACJU (All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama). In Sri Lanka, most non-muslims have the impression that halaal is something only to do with animal slaughter. This is a misunderstanding of the Arabic word halaal which means ‘permitted’ and its opposite haram means ‘prohibited’. Halal and haram are universal terms that apply to all facets of life. However, we will use these terms only in relation to food products, meat products, cosmetics, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, and food contact materials. ACJU’s halaal certification process, besides monitoring abattoirs, also involves the scrutinizing of ingredients in food production facilities that do not deal with any slaughter and instead produce consumer items. Unfortunately, wrong figures are given and wrong accusations are made against ACJU, which has taken the shape of a disinformation and defamation campaign. This article is an attempt to try and dispel these false claims and present the facts and figures to the readers so that they may realize and understand the truth.

 

හලාල් සහතිකය සඳහා අය කරන මුදල් ත්රස්‌ත සංවිධානවලට ලබා දෙන්නේ නැත - සමස්ථ ලංකා ජමියියතුල් උලමා

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හලාල් සහතිකය ලබා ගැනීමට සමස්ථ ලංකා ජමියියතුල් උලමා අය කරන මුදල් ජගත් ත්‍රස්ථ අරමුදලට ලබා දෙන බවට නගා ඇති චෝදනාව ඔප්පු කරන ලෙස අබියෝග කරන්නෙමු. මිනිසුන් උද්වේගයට පත්කිරිම සඳහා මෙවන් මුසාවාද ඉදිරිපත් නොකරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටින්නෙමු.

හලාල් (අනුමත) සංකල්පය පිළිබඳව මෙවන් අසත්‍ය තොරතුරු ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් හෙළිදරවූ කර ඇත්තේ මෙම විශය පිළිබඳව නොදැනුවත් බව මිස අන් කිසිවක් නොවේ. හලාල් හෝ අනුකුත් ඉස්ලාමිය ප්‍රශ්ණයන් පිළිබඳව දැනගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය නම් කරුණාකර අප සමග සම්බන්ධ වී කරුනු පැහැදිළි කර ගැනීම සුදුසු යැයි සිතෙනෙමු.

හලාල් සහතිකය ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා අය කරන ප්‍රමාණයන් විස්තර පහතින් ලබා දී ඇත්තෙමු. අපගේ ගිණුම් රජයේ නීති රීති වලට අනුකුලව නිවැරදිව පවත්වාගෙන යන අතර ඒවා වාර්ෂිකව විගණනය කොට සහතික කර ඇත. මේ කිසිවක් රහස් ලෙබණ නොවන අතර මෙය පරික්ෂා කර බැලීම සඳහා අප කාර්යාලය වෙත ක්‍රමාණුකූලවපැමිණ එම කරුණ ඉටු කර ගත හැකි බව ප්‍රකාශ කරන්නෙමු.

හලාල් සහතිකය සඳහා ගාස්තු අය කිරීමක් ඇයි?

 

Egyptians Approve New Constitution

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CAIRO – A constitution commemorating a new era in Egypt’s future was approved in a referendum after the second round of vote showed a greater support for the document among Egyptians, officials in rival camps announced preliminary results early on Sunday, December 23.

"According to our calculations, the final result of the second round is 71 percent voting 'yes' and the overall result (of the two rounds) is 63.8 percent," a Brotherhood official, who was in an operations room monitoring the vote, told Reuters.

The vote passed off peacefully with long queues forming in the 17 provinces that did not vote in the first round on 15 December.

 

Halaal and Haraam Concept - An Analysis (IN SINHALA)

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This write-up appeared in LANKADEEPA local news paper on 19th December 2012.

 

Sri Lankan Wins International Quran Contest

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Sri Lanka’s Rifti Muhammed Rizwan, who came first in the international Holy Quran recital contest, held at Mecca in Saudi Arabia recently, returned to the country on Wednesday. Eighty six countries participated in the event.

This is the first time that a Sri Lankan had secured the top slot in this prestigious international contest.

 

Palestinians celebrate status upgrade at UN

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Overwhelming majority of states vote to give Palestine non-member observer status, despite Israeli and US opposition.

Jubilant Palestinians have rejoiced at the historic but largely symbolic vote at the UN General Assembly in New York granting them a non-member observer status.

Celebrations took place overnight in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera's correspondents in both places reported.

"People here know that when they wake up on Friday they'll still be living under an Israeli occupation. They won't, for instance, be in control of their own borders," reported Nadim Baba from Ramallah, West Bank, amid deafening noise from ecstatic Palestinians. 

   

ஹிஜ்ரத் சில பார்வைகள்

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ஹிஜ்ரத் என நாம் வழமையாக அழைக்கும் வரலாற்று உண்மைகள் முஸ்லிம் பொதுமக்களுக்கு மத்தியில் மிகவும் பிரபல்யமானவை. இறைதூதர் (ஸல்) அவர்களின் தலைமையில் ஒரு சிறு கூட்டத்தினர் மக்காவிலிருந்த தம் வீடுகளை விட்டு மதீனாவுக்குப் புலம் பெயரும் நிர்ப்பந்தத்திற்குட்பட்டனர். அக்கூட்டத்தினர் தம்மிடமிருந்த அனைத்து சொத்துக்களையும் விட்டுசென்றது, ஈமானை மட்டும் அது சுமந்து சென்றது, நபித்துவத்தின் பின்னர் 13 ம் வருடத்தில் இது நிகழ்ந்தது. அதாவது கி.பி. 622 செப்டம்பரில் அது நிகழ்வுற்றது.

மனித மனதில் பல காட்சிகளை வரைய மூல ஊற்றாக அமைந்த, அமையும் இந்நிகழ்வு கவலையையும், மனவெழுச்சிகளையும் தூண்டும் பல நிகழ்வுகளாக வரலாற்றில் பதியப்பட்டுள்ளது. அந்நிகழ்வில் தௌர் குகை நிகழ்வு மிகுந்த மனவெழுச்சியைத் தூண்டக் கூடியது என்பதில் சந்தேகமில்லை. சிலந்தி குகை வாயிலில் வலைபின்னுகிறது. புறா அங்கே கூடு கட்டுகிறது. விரட்டுவோரை வழிதவறச் செய்யும் நிகழ்வுகளாக இவை அமைந்து விடுகின்றன. இறுதிமுடிவை தீர்மானிக்கும் அந்தச் சில நிமிடங்களின்போது இறைதூதர் (ஸல்) அவர்கள் தம் தோழர் அபூபக்கர் (ரழி) அவர்களுக்கு அப்பிரமிக்கச் செய்யும் ஆச்சரியமான வார்த்தைகளைக் கூறுகிறார்:

''கவலைப் படாதீர்! அல்லாஹ் எம்முடன் இருக்கிறான்!!' (ஸூரா தவ்பா- 40)

 

World Should Condemn the Israeli Atrocities: ACJU

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இஸ்ரேலின் அடாவடித்தனத்திற்கு எதிராக உலக நாடுகள் கொதித்தெழ வேண்டும்.

அப்பாவிப் பலஸ்தீன மக்களின் நிலங்களை ஆக்கிரமித்து மேற்கொள்ளப்படுகின்ற இஸ்ரேலின் பயங்கரவாதத் தாக்குதல்களை அகில இலங்கை ஜம்இய்யத்துல் உலமா வன்மையாகக் கண்டிப்பதோடு அதற்கெதிராக சர்வதேச சமூகம் குரல் கொடுக்க வேண்டும் என்றும் கேட்டுக் கொள்கிறது.

மத்திய கிழக்கு பிராந்தியத்திற்கு இஸ்ரேல் ஓர் அச்சுறுத்தலான நாடு என்பதை மீண்டும் அது நிரூபித்து விட்டது. இஸ்ரேலின் மனிதாபிமானமற்ற நடவடிக்கைகளுக்கு எதிராக பலஸ்தீன நற்புறவுச் சங்கத் தலைவர் என்ற வகையில் எமது நாட்டின் ஜனாதிபதி அவர்கள் இது குறித்து ஓர் அறிக்கை வெளியிட வேண்டும் என்றும் நாம் எதிர்பார்க்கின்றோம்.

   

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