Grandpass Muslim Prayer Centre Attacked, Armed Forces Deployed

Armed forces have been deployed in Grandpass after a well known masjid or Muslim prayer centrein the area was attacked a short while ago. Upto five people injured including two policemen so far, according to reports onsite.



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Sihala Ravaya exchanging words with members of the Muslim community in Grandpass last week.

 

According to eyewitnesses about 10 Buddhist monks suspected to be from the Ravana Balaya group, allegedly attacked the mosque despite the police guard.

The area remains tense after a few houses were also attacked on the Swarna Chaitya road in Grandpass where the mosque is situated.

The attack took place soon after Maghrib or evening prayers, sources told Colombo Telegraph.

The Ravana Balaya group called for its relocation within one month.  Security forces personnel have now been stationed around the mosque to assist the police to keep calm

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flood effect in kahatowita, Attanagalla Oya over flow

Weather condition is normal, raining also rarely stop at the mement here . there are so many families displace from their home. People in some places have told us they have seen no sign of aid  government relief.

 

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Ramdhan Eid Prayer at Kahatowita , Sri Lanka.

The Ramadhan Eid prayer which was organized by the Kahatowita Jamiu Tawheed Jumma Mosque was grantly celebrated at Kahatowita Al badriya college ground this morning at 7.15 AM. The Kahatowita is a hamlet in which around 700 families of which majority of muslims live. Following the prayer Eid address was held by the chief priest of the masjidh As-sheik Moulavi Masood Salafi. It was mentioned about the worst situation of muslims in the world particularly mentioning both Myanmar and Syria at present. It was mentioned that how muslims of these countries are controlled by the rulers of that particular countries and how their rights of thoughts and religious are rejected. Further he asked the muslims  of all over the world to invoke for the peace of the people of these countries.

Around 1200 people participated in the Eid prayer.

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Sri Lanka floods toll hits 18

Weather conditions have forced Sri Lanka's president to abandon a visit to areas affected by severe flooding which has displaced nearly 200,000 people and killed 18 others.

Mahinida Rajapaksa had to cancel his helicopter trip from Polonnaruwa in the east to the badly affected coastal city of Batticaloa 120km (75 miles) away.

The downpour is continuing after two weeks of rain in the centre and east.

The floods have inundated farmland and destroyed rice fields.

Emergency The eastern cities of Ampara and Batticaloa have been worst affected by the deluge, which has left some stretches of railway line under nearly a metre of water.

Officials in Ampara say the rainfall there since Saturday has been the highest ever recorded in such a short time.

A number of big reservoirs have burst their banks, destroying paddy fields in a major rice-growing area.

People in some areas have told the BBC they have seen no sign of aid agencies or government relief, and that some people in makeshift camps have been missing out on meals.

Those displaced by the floods have squeezed into 800 camps that have sprung up in school premises, many of which are surrounded by water.

The air force has helped evacuate people and drop food supplies to some cut-off communities.

The government has made an emergency appeal for ordinary people's help in sending dry rations, mattresses and bottled water.

Clean water and food supplies have been sent by official and international agencies to the worst-hit areas.

But the deputy disaster management minister Duleep Wijesekara said some places, such as Mutur, have been difficult to reach.

"I boarded a high-speed navy boat to get there [to Mutur], but due to the huge waves we had to turn back after sailing for about 15km. After that we had to send food in by air," he added.

The floods bring a risk of disease, including the mosquito-borne dengue fever, which even in normal times is a severe problem in the country.

The health ministry and relief organisations are trying to supply hygiene kits and raise people's awareness of health hazards.

Entire communities have been cut off by the rising waters

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Colombo Defense cameras record 50 and more motor transport road violations for a day.

Reports states 50 and more motor transport road violations are been registered through the defense cameras fixed in Colombo daily. In the aim of observing the Colombo city the recently fixed defense cameras in Colombo, could easily identify those engaged in crimes.


Police inform 200 and more drivers who are identified of engaged in road violations, will be charged. Reports states monitoring activities are processed for 24 hours and Inspector of Police including 21 officers is assigned for this task.
Meanwhile road violations leads to road transport system including other crimes are also monitored through the defense cameras is according to police information.

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31st Night & New Year Celebrations - Islandwide Quthbah

Coming Friday, 31st December, 2010 will be a very good opportunity to remind and educate our youth about the importance of abstaining from 31st Night and New Year celebrations. This is very essential now where there is a little/no proper Dawa work is done targeting the Muslim youth who are stranded in western culture and all sort of Jaahiliyyath. Sometimes our youth are in the forefront of organizing such festivities ignoring very basic Islamic principles and guidelines.


Hence, MuslimWatch kindly requests the Mosque trustees, Khatheebs and Ulama to make use of next week Friday Quthbah sermons to address this issue and to prevent our younger generation from Fithna. This may turn away some hearts from evils and prevent them from attending those celebrations in the same night.

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Prophet Mohammad (SAW) said this 1400 yrs ago!

Camels will no longer be used as a means of transport;

People will ride on saddles that aren't saddles (cars?)

The distance on earth will become short;

Horses will not be used in wars;

Muslims will defeat the Byzantines which will end with the conquest of Constantinople Istanbul);

  * The Jews will gather again to live in Bilad Canaan;

  * Very tall buildings will be built;

  * The disappearance of knowledge and the appearance of ignorance, with much killing;

  * Adultery will become widespread, and the drinking of wine will become common;

  * The number of men will decrease and the number of women will increase until there are 50 women to be looked after by one man.

  * Islam will become worn out like clothes are, until no one will know what fasting, prayer, charity and rituals are;

  * Allah will send a disease to fornicators that will have no cure (Aids?);

  * People will begin to believe in the stars and reject AL QADAR (THE DIVINE DECREE OF DESTINY);

  * Men will pass by people's graves and say: 'Would that I were in his place'; (large amount of sucidal deaths?)

  * The Euphrates will uncover a mountain of gold for which people will fight over (the river of Alfurat that lies near Syria );

  * Two large groups of people will fight one another, and there will be many casualties; they will both be following the same religion World War II?);

  * Approximately 30 DAJJALS will appear, each one claiming to be the messenger of ALLAH;

  * Earthquakes will increase; * Time will pass quickly;

  * Afflictions will appear;

  * Killing will increase;

  * Wealth will increase;

  * Women will be wearing clothes but not wearing clothes

  * THE PROPHET (saw) SAID: 'IF MY UMMAH BEARS 15 TRAITS (QUALITIES), TRIBULATION WILL FOLLOW IT.' (DAY OF JUDGEMENT) SOMEONE ASKED,'WHAT ARE THEY O MESSENGER OF ALLAH?' HE (saw) SAID:

* When any gain is shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to the poor;

* When a trust becomes a means of making profit;

* When paying ZAKKAT becomes a burden;

* When voices are raised in the mosque;

* When the leader of a people is the worst of them; when people treat a man with respect because what he may do;

* When much wine is drunk; red wind or the earth swallow them, or to be transformed into animals.'

* 'IMRAN IBN HUSAYN SAID: 'THE PROPHET (AS) SAID, 'SOME PEOPLE OF THIS UMMAH WILL BE SWALLOWED BY THE EARTH, TRANSFORMED INTO ANIMALS, AND SOME WILL BE BOMBARDED WITH STONES'. ONE OF THE MUSLIMS ASKED, WHEN WILL THAT BE O MESSENGER Of ALLAH?' HE SAID, 'WHEN SINGERS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WILL BECOME POPULAR, AND MUCH


WINE IS DRUNK.'' THE GREATER SIGNS OF THE HOUR The Quran will disappear in one night, even from the people's hearts, and no Ayah will be left on earth. (Some groups of old people will be left who will say: 'We heard of fathers' saying 'LAILLAHA ILLA ALLAH' so we repeat it);

* The appearance of the MAHDI;

* The appearance of the DAJJAL (Anti Christ); * The appearance of Ya'juj and Ma'juj (biblical Gog and Magog);

* Isa (Jesus) will come during the time of Dajjal;

* The rising of the sun from the west;

* The destruction of the Ka'ba and the recovery of its treasures;

* The smoke.

Just remember- Allah is watching you. Let's continue praying for one another.

As we look at this article we realize how true the Messenger (P.B.U.H) was these signs were prophesized 1400 years ago!!!

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New cabinet of Sri Lanka

A 59 member cabinet with 18 new faces was sworn in by President Mahinda Rajapaksa a short while ago at the Presidential Secretariat following his swearing in for the second term as the executive President on Friday.


The new Cabinet & Deputy of Ministers of the UPFA government was sworn in before President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (22 Nov). The new cabinet comprises 09 Senior Ministers and 49 Cabinet Ministers. 31 Deputy Ministers were also sworn in.

Following is the list of Cabinet Ministers and their portfolios:

Prime Minister
D. M. Jayaratne – Buddha Sasana & Religious Affairs

Senior Ministers
Ratnasiri Wickramanayake – Good Governance & Infrastructure Facilities
D E W Gunasekara – Human Resources
Athauda Seneviratne – Rural Affairs
P. Dayaratne – Food & Nutrition
A. H. M. Fowzie – Urban Affairs
S. B. Nawinna – Consumer Welfare
Piyasena Gamage – National Assets
Prof. Tissa Vitharana – Scientific Affairs
Dr. Sarath Amunugama – International Monetary Cooperation

Other Cabinet Ministers

1. Nimal Siripala - Irrigation & Water Resources Management

2. Maithreepala Sirisena – Health

3. Susil Premajayantha – Petroleum Industries

4. Arumugam Thondaman - Livestock and Rural Community Development

5. Dinesh Gunawardena - Water Supply & Drainage

6. Douglas Devananda - Traditional Industries & Small Enterprise Development

7. A. L. M. Athaullah - Local Government & Provincial Councils

8. Rishad Bathiyutheen - Industry & Commerce

9. Champika Ranawaka - Power & Energy

10. Wimal Weerawansa - Construction, Engineering Services, Housing & Common Amenities

11. Rauff Hakeem –Justice

12. Basil Rajapaksa –Economic Development

13. Vasudeva Nanayakkara – National Languages and Social Integration

14. S. B. Dissanayake – Higher Education

15. Prof G.L. Peiris – External Affairs

16. W. D. J. Seneviratne - Public Administration & Home Affairs

17. Sumeda G Jayasena - Parliamentary Affairs

18. Jeevan Kumaranatunga – Postal Services

19. Pavithra Wanniarachchi – Technology and Research

20. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa – Environment

21. Tissa Karaliyadde – Child Development and Women's Affairs

22. Gamini Lokuge – Labour and Labour Relations

23. Bandula Gunawardena – Education

24. Mahinda Samarasinghe – Plantations

25. Rajitha Senaratne – Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Development

26. Janaka Bandara Tennakoon – Land and Land Development

27. Felix Perera – Social Services

28. C B Rathnayake – Private Transport Services

29. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena – Agriculture

30. Keheliya Rambukwella – Mass Media and Information

31. Kumara Welgama – Transport

32. Dullas Alahapperuma – Youth Affairs and Skills Development

33. Johnston Fernando – Cooperatives and Internal Trade

34. Chandrasiri Gajadeera – Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms

35. Salinda Dissanayake – Indigenous Medicine

36. Reginold Cooray – Small Export Crops Promotion

37. Dilan Perera – Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

38. Jagath Pushpakumara – Coconut Development and State Plantations Development

39. T B Ekanayake – Culture and Aesthetic Affairs

40. Mahinda Amaraweera – Disaster Management

41. S M Chandrasena – Agrarian Services and Wildlife

42. Gunaratne Weerakoon – Resettlement

43. Mervin Silva – Public Coordination and Public Affairs

44. Mahindananada Aluthgamage – Sports

45. Dayasritha Tissera – State Assets and Enterprise Development

46. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya – Telecommunication and Information Technology

47. Jagath Balasuriya – National Heritage

48. Lakshman Seneviratne – Productivity Promotion

49. Navin Dissanayake – State Management Reforms


Deputy Ministers

1. Susantha Punchinilame – Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Deputy Minister

2. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena – Economic Development Deputy Minister

3. Rohitha Abeygunawardena – Ports and Highways Deputy Minister

4. Pandu Bandaranaike – Indigenous Medicine Deputy Minister

5. Jarathne Herath – Industry and Commerce Deputy Minister

6. Duminda Dissanayaka – Youth Affairs and Skills Development Deputy Minister

7. Lasantha Alagiyawanna - Construction, Engineering , Services Housing and Common Amenities Construction, Engineering , Services Housing and Common Amenities Deputy Minister

8. Rohana Kumara Dissanayaka – Transport Deputy Minister

9. H.R. Mithrapala – Livestock and Rural Community Development Deputy Minister

10. Nirmala Kotelawala – Ports and Highways Deputy Minister

11. Premalal Jayasekara – Power and Energy Deputy Minister

12. Githanjana Gunawardena – Finance and Planning Deputy Minister

13. Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan – Resettlement Deputy Minister

14. Faiszer Musthapha – Technology and Research Deputy Minister

15. Indika Bandaranayake – Local Government and Provincial Councils Deputy Minister

16. Muththu Sivalingam – Economic Development Deputy Minister

17. Siripala Gamlath – Lands and Land Development Deputy Minister

18. W.B. Ekanayaka – Irrigation and Water Resources Management Deputy Minister

19. Chandrasiri Sooriyarachchi – Social Services Deputy Minister

20. Nandimithra Ekanayaka – Higher Education Deputy Minister

21. Nirupama Rajapaksa – Water Supply and Drainage Deputy Minister

22. Lalith Dissanayaka – Health Deputy Minister

23. Sarana Gunawardena – Petroleum Industries Deputy Minister

24. Vijith Vijayamuni Soysa – Education Deputy Minister

25. M.L.A.M. Hisbullah – Child Development and Women’s Affairs Deputy Minister

26. Weerakumara Dissanayaka – Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Deputy Minister

27. A.D.S. Gunawardena - Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs Deputy Minister

28. Earl Gunasekara – Plantation Industries Deputy Minister

29. Basheer Segu Dawood – Co-operatives and Internal Trade Deputy Minister

30. Abdul Cader – Environment Deputy Minister

31. Dulip Wijesekara – Disaster Management Deputy Minister

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Muslims in Sri Lanka celebrate EID ALHA Festival

Sri Lanka- a Buddhist country has 10% of Muslims. The muslims in Sri Lanka are celebrating Eidul Alha, festival today. Kahatowita is a tiny village in Western Prvince in Sri Lanka. The muslims in this tiny village celebrated Haj festival at Kahatowita Al Badriya school ground according to the way of Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wasallam.

Wearing their best clothes, Kahatowita  men, women and children gathered to listen to sermons given by village masjidh Imaam Sheik Masood (Salafi). The sermon was on how we should utilize two main rewards- Youthful ness and Free time, given by Allah to us. Further more he pointed out various points for the upliftment of a society pointing evedence from Islamic History.

Despitethe prevailing rainy , people have been talking their time to celebrate one of those rare occasions in the Muslim calendar.

May Allahforgive us all!



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Invitation: Workshop on Latest Local Govt. Law Reforms

Subject: Fwd: Invitation: Workshop on Latest Local Govt. Law Reforms
Assalamu Alaikkum,
Dear Friends,
Please be informed that, there is a special workshop is organized by Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL) on the topic of latest Local Govt Law Reforms. A detail briefing about the latest Local Govt. Law Reforms and a constructive discussion on the impact of the particular law reforms on Muslim community is to take place. The findings and the decision of the session will be presented to the Minister, Hon. Dinesh Gunewardena on a fresh appointment on early October 2010.  The intellectuals, Ulamas, civil society representatives and the interested individuals of our community are invited for the session to contribute with their valuable inputs and suggestions.
Date: 28th of September 2010
Time: 4.00pm - 7.00 pm
Venue: Ranmuthu, Colombo - 03.
For further details and confirmation, please contact us: 0777 572935.
May Almighty Allah accept our deeds and guide us in the righteous path.
Regards
Asker Khan
on behalf of the Chairman - MCSL
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Asker Khan S.A.
Executive Director
Caring Hands
Tel: + 94 114 899 829
Fax: + 94 112 715 988
Mob: + 94 777 572 935

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