Articles & Speeches – Page 7 – Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Foundation

THE LANGUAGES IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE CEYLONESE MUSLIMS

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Azeez Foundation | 0 Comments

Seminar at the All-Ceylon Y.M.M.A. Conference on June 26-28, 1959 Ceylon has one official language – Sinhalese – provided statutorily, two national languages – Sinhalese and Tamil – recognized historically and three instructional languages – Sinhalese, Tamil…

SCHOOL AUTONOMY IN THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

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Speech at the Prize Day 1952 at Chavakachcheri Hindu College, Jaffna I do not believe that it is within the power of a school to pay a greater honour to an individual than to invite him to preside over its…

MUSLIMS AND THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Azeez Foundation | 0 Comments

Education Page of the Ceylon Daily News of 12th March 1953 It is not difficult to understand the very large place which the language problem is occupying in the minds of the people of Ceylon today. It has been the…

RELIGIOUS LITERACY AND THE ASSISTED SCHOOL

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Azeez Foundation | 0 Comments

Prize-Day address, 1956 of Skantha Varodaya College, Chunnakam Mr. Principal, Staff and Students, Ladies and Gentlemen ! Before I proceed, let me say that it is my bounden duty to express my sincere pleasure and deep gratitude for the invitation…

THE STATE AND THE SCHOOL IN CEYLON SOME ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Azeez Foundation | 0 Comments

Speech at Rotary Club of Colombo at the G.O.H. on March 21, 1957. This was published in the Times of Ceylon of Monday, April 1, 1957 “A great economic revolution is sweeping across the world and a new climate of…

THE FUTURE OF ASSISTED SCHOOLS

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Azeez Foundation | 0 Comments

Extract from the Zahira College Prize Day Report of Saturday, 15th February, 1958 Two World Wars with the threat of a Third have taught us that the method of discussion and the method of discovery bring us no peace within…

EDUCATION AND THE GOVERNMENT

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Azeez Foundation | 0 Comments

Speech in the Senate on September 11, 1958 It is axiomatic that democracy cannot be fostered and promoted without a steady growth of local self- government. If we are sincere in our professions in favour of democracy, we cannot any…

MUSLIMS OF CEYLON ARTICLE IN THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Azeez Foundation | 0 Comments

Edited by B. Lewis, Ch. Pellat and J. Schacht Published by E.J. Brill, Leiden and Luzac & Co., London in 1961 (New Edition) CEYLON. The Muslims constitute only 6.63% of Ceylon’s population-roughly 550,000 out of a total of 8,000,000.…

THE CEYLON MUSLIMS AND THE MOTHER TONGUE

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Azeez Foundation | 0 Comments

The Ceylon Daily News of 10th December 1941 It is not strictly correct to speak of the vernacular or the mother tongue of the Ceylon Muslims, as the term "Ceylon Muslims" connotes a religious and not a racial or linguistic…

NAME OF OUR COMMUNITY MOOR OR MUSLIM

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Azeez Foundation | 0 Comments

Address on Sunday 30th October, 1949 on the occasion of the inauguration of the Ceylonese Muslim Union On this important occasion when we are gathered together at the bidding of about five hundred conveners representative of all parts of…