Many benefits Ceylon has received from Swami Vivekananda – through his words and works, through his influence and inspiration. One of them is the Vivekananda Society founded ten days after the demise of the Swami; another is the Cultural Centre…

When we are assembled on the birth day of Mahatma Gandhi to pay our tribute of homage, it should be our purpose not merely to preserve his memory but also conserve the legacy he has bequeathed to us. For his…

On this occasion, I recall, vividly, the Condolence meeting that was held on Galle Face Green in September 1948, a few hours after Ceylon had received the sad news of his untimely demise. The Prime Minister of Ceylon, the Hon’ble…

It is not widely known, and the popular text books in Ceylon seem to be silent in this respect, that the Muslims of Ceylon had a part to play in the Arab Conquest of Sind, in the Sub-Continent of India.…

We are now endeavouring to perpetuate the memory and name of Ahmad ‘Orabi El Misri the National Hero of Egypt – to us Misr, the land of Islam where ."Islamic civilization and its heritage which the Mongols ravaged in their…

Islam since its dawn has been characterized by a strong desire among its adherents for the “union of all Muhammadan races” – a feature persistent throughout the centuries despite the vicissitudes of the various nations, e.g. Arabs, Persians, Mongols, Turks,…

Iqbal died several years ago; but his influence lives and grows, day by day and year by year, throughout the Muslim World, whose representatives, when they assembled in Karachi in 1951 at the Motamer, listened rapturously to an Arabic version…

In the history of Muslim education in Ceylon, 1892 will always remain a memorable year. It was then that the Muslim Educational Society achieved its cherished object of establishing a school, under its own management, to impart English education. The…