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Sunday, February 25th, 2024
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මාර්තුවේ දී එට්කා ගිවිසුම අත්සන් කිරීමෙන් පසු ඕනෑම ඉන්දියානුවකුට රැකියාවකට, වෙළඳාමකට ශ්රී ලංකාවට නිදහසේ පැමිණිය හැකි බවත් කලක් ගත වන විට ශ්රී ලංකාව ඉන්දියානුවන්ගෙන් පිරී යාම සහ ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන් මේ රටේ සුළුතරය බවට පත්වීම නොවැළැක්විය හැකි බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පෙන්වා දෙයි. එතැන් සිට […]
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
by A. Abdul Aziz The situation in Gaza has escalated exponentially since 7 October 2023 on a day-to-day basis. The extensive and explicit media (and social media) coverage can, at times, inadvertently cause us to fall prey to compassion fatigue. We may even become desensitized to facts and figures, but it is crucial now more than ever […]
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Monday, January 29th, 2024
Courtesy Al Hakam Ayesha Naseem, UK On Friday 26 January 2024, the International Court of Justice delivered a provisional ruling in South Africa’s case, submitted to the court in December last year, in which it accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The International Court of Justice concluded that South Africa has standing to submit to […]
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Monday, January 22nd, 2024
by A. Abdul Aziz Muslims should rejoice that the era of the second rejuvenation of Islam has arrived” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Given below are the few extracts from the address of Ahmadiyya Khalifa, related to the fulfilment of Latter Days Prophecies, delivered at Concluding Session of the last month Qadian Convention.) His Holiness mentioned […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Rohan Abeygunawardena ACMA, CGMA. On July 20th, 1969, American Astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon. As he took the first tentative steps on the moon’s surface he uttered the immortal words “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” At the same time, the television […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
මුහුණ පොතින් උපුටාගන්නා ලදී බුදුන්වහන්සේ ලංකාවේ දී උපත ලැබූ කියන පුද්ගලයින් ගැන හෙළි කිරීම වැදගත්, එක අතකින් වැදගැන්මක් නැති ලඳබොළඳ කතා බහක් වුවත් ඔවුන්ගේ උත්සහය පරාජය කළ යුතුයි, එළවා එළවා පහර දිය යුත්තේ පුරාවිද්යාත්මක කරුණු වලින්, මෝඩ ශ්රධාවන්තයා මුළා කිරීමට වඩා බරපතල වන්නේ තරුණ ප්රජාව මුළා කිරීමයි. අනාගත සමජය මුළා කිරීමයි. එපමණක් නොව චීවරය දරාගත් […]
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Sunday, December 31st, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. Muslims should rejoice the era of Islam’s revival’: Ahmadiyya Supreme Head (Khalifa) delivers concluding address at Qadian Convention (Jalsa Salana) 2023 The three day 128th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Qadian, India, concluded with a faith inspiring address by […]
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Saturday, December 30th, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz As the world immerses itself in festive celebrations, a stark and harrowing contrast unfolds in the Holy Land. Here, there are no holidays, no family gatherings, only the relentless reality of conflict — a new year dawning much like the last. This scene of strife is not isolated; as we witness the […]
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2023
Press Release by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaát – Sri Lanka. 128th Annual Convention (Jalasa Salana) of Qadian (Punjab, India) is being held on 29th, 30th and 31th, December, 2023. Thousands of Ahmadi Muslims from all over the world attending this three day convention which will be chaired by President, Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
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Friday, December 1st, 2023
Let the Quran Speak Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss is an activist and spokesperson for Neturei Karta, which vocally opposes Zionism and the state of Israel. Irrespective of whether or not the Palestinian people was affected or the land was uninhabited, Neturei Karta say the Jewish people didn’t have a right to self-determination. The establishment of […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz. The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at was held on Sunday the 29 October 2023 at Baitul Basit Mosque Sri Lanka in Pasyala, chaired by Markaz Representative. Prior to the main program, flag hoisting was done by the Markaz Representative followed by silent prayer. The main event […]
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Saturday, November 18th, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. In last Friday Sermon (17th November 2023) delivered at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, United Kingdom, Supreme Head of the world wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad reiterate Ahmadis to Continue their prayers for Palestinians, His Holiness said: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Fifth […]
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Monday, November 13th, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. During his last Friday Sermon (10th November 2023) delivered at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, United Kingdom, Supreme Head (Khalifa) of the world wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad speaks of ongoing injustices against Palestinians and warns of Allah’s punishment. He urges Ahmadis to continue […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
Ministry of Defence – Media Centre දීඝවාපි මහා සෑය ප්රතිසංස්කරණ අතරතුර හමු වූ සර්වඥ ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා හා දීඝවාපි මහා සෑ රඳුන්ගේ තැන්පත් කෙරෙන චූඩා මාණික්ය ලක්වැසි සැදැහැවත් ජනතාවට සියැසින් දැක වන්දනාමාන කිරීමට අවස්ථාව සලසාදීමේ අරමුණින් සිදුකෙරෙන දීඝවාපී මහා සෑ ධාතූ වන්දනා” අද (ඔක්. 31) ගැටබරු රජමහා විහාරය වෙත වැඩම කරවන ලදි. නොවැම්බර් 01 සහ 02 […]
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Sunday, October 29th, 2023
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos Courtesy http://www.defenddemocracy.press/ If Russia had realised in time the depth and systemic nature of the aggression and intransigence of the Western capitalist-imperialist system, it would have acted more decisively by preventing or helping to suppress the coup d’état organised by the Americans in Kiev in 2014. And if it had chosen to […]
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Sunday, October 29th, 2023
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Friday, October 20th, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. During his Friday sermon in earlier today’s (20th October 2023) delivered at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, United Kingdom, Supreme Head (Khalifa) of the world wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad drew attention to the seriousness of the ongoing conflict in the Holy […]
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Friday, October 13th, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. In today’s (13th October 2023) Friday Sermon, delivered at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, United Kingdom, Supreme Head of the world wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad asked Ahmadis to pray for the situation in Palestine and Israel and spoke about the injustices […]
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Thursday, October 5th, 2023
by Gunadasa Amarasekera (A talk given by Gunadasa Amarasekera at the Royal Asiatic Society) When Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe requested me to speak on my long novel in nine volumes I was rather reluctant, not because of anything else but my physical condition. Nearing my 96th year, I have lost almost all my faculties. I am […]
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Monday, October 2nd, 2023
by Dr. Harsha Perera Prof. A.D.T.E. PereraProf. A.D.T.E. Perera, eminent scholar of Buddhist Art and Archeology, passed away on 2023.09.16. at the age of 87 years. A.D.T.E. Perera was born on 1936.04.29 at […]
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Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Mahinda Gunasekera His Excellency, Ranil WickremasinghePresident of Sri Lanka Your Excellency, I would like to draw your attention to the annexed article written by Shenali Waduge pointing out the invalidity of the Indo-Lanka Accord and the implementation of the 13th Amendment creating Provincial Councils is null and void for the same reasons. We too have […]
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Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Nimal Samarasinghe This rejoinder sent to Sunday Island to articles appeared there criticizing changes post 56 was not published. The articles on English language in your Sunday issues are intriguing. Today I play a senior professional role in my occupation in the kingdom of the English. I obtained a credit pass at my English O/L […]
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Saturday, September 30th, 2023
Sarath Bulathsinghala 29 Sep 2023 That Lord Buddha was of Sri Lankan origin is a canard that is being spread around Sri Lanka. This not only upset the historical foundations of Buddhism as the world knows it at present, but also create schisms among the Buddhists. For a start, Sri Lanka was never a land […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
Priyantha Hettige The source for the collection of ideas and practices called ‘fascism’ (an Italian word) is to be found in the Holy Bible – the word of God. The Popes are fully fascist and rule through the power of God. Their rules are to be imposed on all of humanity without question or answer-back. […]
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
by Sarah Raymundo Increasing numbers of activists around the world are turning to Vincent Bevins’s The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World to learn more about the horrific atrocities committed by the United States against peoples’ struggles for the right to self-determination in the so-called postcolonial era. […]
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Wednesday, September 13th, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, AMJSL. On 12 September 2023 evening, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived in Islamabad, Tilford, United Kingdom, following a successful tour of Germany. Ahmadi ladies, children and men gathered to welcome their beloved Imam, and upon his arrival […]
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Monday, September 11th, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka. “The Founder of every religion has taught its followers to love one another and so we should adopt this teaching” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad On 5 September 2023, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza […]
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz U.K. based International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) has reported that, in the latest in a string of attacks on religious freedom in Pakistan, the police in Lahore have sided with a wild mob to arrest 6 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at their place of business on the basis of […]
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary – AMJSL. It is indeed the Holy Qur’an that will serve as a source of true guidance, and it is this very means that will enable us to give precedence to faith over the world.”– Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad The Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the […]
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Saturday, September 2nd, 2023
by A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka. When we fulfil the rights of God, it creates within us the spirit of helping humanity” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad On 28 August 2023, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote […]
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