Treacherous sell out of democracy and betrayal of the community Democratic forces from all three communities – Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims – in the island are seething with anger at the six Muslim parliamentarians who voted in favour and enabled the government to obtain the required two third majority to …
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The battle over 20A appears to be heading for a victory to one person, and that person is neither Gota nor Mahinda but their brother Basil Rajapaksa who, with one leg in Sri Lanka and the other in US, is set to enter the Parliament. Even though the Supreme Court …
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The island’s Muslim community has appealed to the government to reconsider its decision to cremate Muslim corona virus dead but to allow burial according to their religious rites.Many pointed out that the living Muslims have their obligation towards the dead such as cleaning, clothing conducting special funeral prayer before the …
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Need to be implemented with or without ACJU which does not represent the community. About fifty years ago when I started my journalistic career with the now defunct Sun newspaper the then Justice Minister K.W Devanayagam asked me; why are the Quazi Courts so corrupt? Why don’t the community reform it …
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Latheef Farook – Author & Journalist