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Jeddah 29th April 2021: The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) joins the international community in strongly condemning the Sri Lankan Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and its recently enacted regulation namely ‘De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology’, which allows creation of …

The head of Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic church dropped a bombshell Sunday declaring that the 2019 Easter attack was “politically” driven and had nothing to do with Islamic extremism. Malcom cardinal Ranjith said those who carried out the April 21 suicide bombings against three churches and three hotels were only …

RAMADHAN GREETINGS ALLAH’S MERCY IS LIMITLESS, SO LET’S NOT LIMIT OURSELVES IN SEEKING IT IN THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN  WE, THE ADMINISTRATORS OF WFSLM, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH ALL THE MEMBERS OF WORLD FORUM FOR SRI LANKAN MUSLIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THE BEST AND PRAY TO ALMIGHTY TO …

“Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of people until they change what is in themselves.” [Qur’an – 13:11] Coronavirus. Conflict. Climate change. Humanity hangs in the balance, as we face the worst calamities in living memory. Ramadan is the month that Muslims all over the world count down to …

(Reuters) -U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet received a mandate on Tuesday to collect evidence of crimes during Sri Lanka’s long civil war, which ended in 2009 with the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tigers and an upsurge of civilian deaths. The United Nations believes 80,000-100,000 people died in the …

UNHRC adopts resolution against SriLanka. 22 countries voted in favor, 11 against and 14 abstained. Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Pakistan and Philippines among the countries that voted against the resolution. The resolution requests the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to enhance its monitoring and reporting on the situation …

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 …

The British government has come under heavy criticism from its main opposition for failing to seek the UN rights body’s approval to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Forty-seven member states of the UN Human Rights Council will be voting on a draft resolution aimed at promoting …

THE TEARFUL TRAIL – A DOCUMENTARY FILM – Produced by Universal Human Rights Council UHRC -Geneva THE TEARFUL TRAIL, a 36-minute documentary film depicting the atrocities, discrimination and damage inflicted on the Muslim community and its livelihood in Sri Lanka by Buddhist extremist groups under the protection of the Sri …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s government said Tuesday it would take time to consider a proposed ban on the wearing of burqas, which a top security official called a sign of religious extremism. Sri Lanka’s minister of public security, Sarath Weerasekara, said Saturday he was seeking Cabinet approval to …