Economic crisis deepens as nation misses interest payments on two international sovereign bonds Residents wait to buy kerosene oil for cooking in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A dearth of fuel has led to long queues for petrol and multi-hour power cuts © Eranga Jayawardena/AP Benjamin Parkin in Colombo and Chloe Cornish in Mumbai …
Read More »Illegal attack by supporters of SLPP on peaceful protestors on 9th May 2022
It is alleged that the supporters of SLPP after the meeting with PM had subsequently attacked on innocent, peaceful protestors at Galle Face on 9th May 2022. It is a fact that certain political parties and their leaders who are boasting about their grass root level contact in the country, …
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World Forum For Srilankan Muslim PRESS RELEASE Alleged Shooting of Protesters by Police at Rambukkana – Srilanka
The Board Of Management, Executive Committee and Members Of World Forum For Sri lankan Muslims, are shocked, dismayed and saddened at the loss of life in the incident at Rambukkana Sri lanka where the Police alleged to have shot at Protestors. We request all concerned to honour the Constituion of …
Read More »RAMADHAN GREETINGS 2022
WFSLM WISHES ITS MEMBERS HAPPY RAMADHAN MAY ALLAH ACCEPTS ALL YOUR GOOD DEEDS AND HAVE MERCY ON ALL WE, THE ADMINISTRATORS OF WFSLM, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH ALL THE MEMBERS OF WORLD FORUM FOR SRI LANKAN MUSLIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THE BEST AND PRAY TO ALMIGHTY TO ACCEPT ALL …
Read More »Black October 1990 Remembered
A Tragedy Of expulsions Of innocent peace loving Muslims from their traditionally ancestral homeland Remembered. A Tragedy Of exodus never to be repeated. The 31st anniversary of this cruel, inhuman episode in the history of Tamil –Muslim relations in Sri Lanka is being widely remembered at present. Black October’ 1990 …
Read More »Sri Lanka Independence Day Celebration 2022
World Forum For SriLanka Muslims, send this message of felicitation to our brothers, sisters and fellow citizen of our motherland Sri Lanka on the happy occasion of the National Day of Sri Lanka, and commemorate our country’s 74th anniversary of independence from four and a half centuries of foreign colonial rule. …
Read More »Sri Lankan Authorities Must End Violence & Discrimination Against Muslims: Amnesty International
Sri Lanka’s Muslim community has suffered consistent discrimination, harassment and violence since 2013, culminating in the adoption of government policies explicitly targeting the minority group, said Amnesty International, in a new report published today. Lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah From Burning Houses to Burning Bodies: Anti-Muslim Harassment, Discrimination and Violence in Sri Lanka, …
Read More »Talking Points – Sri Lanka Muslims Event By Ahmed Shaheed
Good afternoon! It is a real honour to participate and speak at this book launch, to join the distinguished speakers and all who are present here. I thank the organisers for inviting me, especially Shreen Saroor and Yamini Ravindran for enabling my participation today. I want to begin by congratulating …
Read More »SRI LANKAN MUSLIMS APPALLED AT SUPERMARKET TERRORIST ATTACK | Letter to PM NEWZEALAND
Right Honourable Jacinda Arden, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Level 8, Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand Madam Prime Minister, SRI LANKAN MUSLIMS APPALLED AT SUPERMARKET TERRORIST ATTACK, Members of the World Forum of Sri Lankan Muslims, are appalled at the terrorist attack in the West Auckland Supermarket on Friday the 3rd of this …
Read More »UNDERSTANDING RULE OF LAW, HUMAN SECURITY AND PREVENTION OF TERRORISM IN SRI LANKA by Ermiza Tegal
The Law and Society Trust (LST) initiated this report to understand the ongoing implementation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 1979 (PTA), with special focus on its use after the Easter Sunday bombings on 2019. Understanding_Rule_of_Law_Human_Security_and_Prevention_of_Terrorism_in_Sri_Lanka_English
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