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Archive of entries posted on September 2010

The Sri Lankan Muslim minority: A bridge to harmony

22 September 2010, 9:35 pm

Hello Friends,

My article about the late Mr. MHM Ashraff on the 10th anniversary of his death has invoked several different responses. One of which was a personal e-mail sent by Dr. Ruvaiz Haniffa from the Faculty of Medicine at the Colombo University.

Dr. Haniffa also sent a paper written by him on the Muslims of Sri Lanka along with his mail to me. I found the paper very illuminating and interesting and thought it contribute constructively to an informed debate on the Sri Lankan Muslim situation

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M.H.M. Ashraff: The legendary Muslim Congress Leader

17 September 2010, 2:28 pm

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj

September 16th 2010 was the tenth death anniversary of Mohammad Hussein Muhammad Ashraff, the uncrowned sultan of the Amparai district Muslims and legendary leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). The pioneering president of the SLMC was Ahammed Lebbe of Kattankudi with whom Ashraff co-founded the party in September 1981. It was however MHM Ashraff who gave the Muslim Congress a new vision and direction after he assumed formal leadership of the party in 1986.

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Mohammad Hussein Muhammad Ashraff (Oct 23, 1948 – Sep 16, 2000)

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Why the Muslim Congress will vote with the government

3 September 2010, 2:20 pm

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is once again in the eye of a minor political storm after the decision reached by its Apex body to vote with the Government headed by President Mahinda Rajapakse in supporting the forthcoming 18th Amendment to the Constitution while remaining with the opposition led by Ranil Wickremasinghe.

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