Man and his artifacts have been moving around the world for millennia in pre-historic times. But trade and commerce even in its most rudimentary form as barter is very recent. The antiquity of man on earth is an acknowledged fact…

We have assembled here to commemorate Dr.A.M.A. Azeez a great Muslim intellectual, educationist, thinker and Administrator who had made immense contribution to the educational progress and social upliftment of the Muslims of Sri Lanka in recent times. Dr. Azeez earned…

                  Dr. Mohamed Ali Mohamed Shukri hails from a traditional Muslim family from Matara, in the  south of Sri Lanka. He was born in June 1940 and had his early education at St. Thomas’ College, Matara. It was a leading…

INTRODUCTION This is a review of a selected writings of Dr. Mohamed Ali Mohamed Shukri.  Presently Dr. Shukri is the Director of a leading educational institute of Islamic learning, Jamiah Naleemiah, in Sri Lanka.  Dr.  Shukri has been in this…

Islam, which originated with the commandment of Allah to the prophet in the cave of Hira to ‘read’ (Iqra) found its religious expression in the from of Quranic revelation in Makkah, evolved into a community in Medina, and developed into…

Justice forms an important element of Islamic social ethics. Islam enjoins to establish justice in all matters related to human society. Justice is perhaps the most important of the supreme values of Islam. The main purpose of the sharia is…

Islam is a religion of peace and peace in any society cannot be established without tolerance, it could be in the form of tolerating difference of opinion or in the form of recognizing the existence of different religions or ethnic…

Today at the global level changes are taking place in an accelerated pace. These changes are issuing forth new challenges and also new opportunities. These challenges must be addressed and opportunities must be utilized if any nation or community is…

At a time like this and in a society and country like ours, we are faced with a host of problems, chief among which is the ethnic conflict and also at a time when we are in search of peace…

Alcoholism and drug abuse constitute one of the most serious problems encountered by the contemporary society. It has assumed such a gigantic proportion in recent times, that it has become a potential challenge to the very basis of the moral…