URGENT APPEAL – Several regions of Sri Lanka have been affected by massive floods and landslides. This has left many families without food. LAILA UMMA DEEN FOUNDATION (LUDF) intends to give dry ration packs to effected families, worth Rupees 5000. Sri Lankan expatriates wishing to make donations are kindly requested …
Read More »Cabinet nod for Sri Lanka Muslim marriages, divorces under common law
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to permit Muslims to marry under the Marriage Registration Ordinance, as provisions in the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) were found to discriminate against women. The Department Government Information announcing Monday’s (19) Cabinet decisions said the ministers had approved …
Read More »President and PM make phone calls to world Muslim leaders
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa have made phone calls to world Muslim leaders, a day before the UN Human Rights Council takes a vote on a resolution against Sri Lanka. Secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-othaimeen, had received a phone call …
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