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Before other landmarks were built, some claim that the Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque was recognised as the landmark of Colombo by sailors approaching the port. In 1975 the mosque, with the assistance of the Haji Omar Trust, [ 3 ] purchased a number of the adjoining properties and commenced building an expansion to the mosque to increase its capacity to ...
The Illuminated Prayer: The Five-Times Prayer of the Sufis by Coleman Barks and Michael Green, Ballantine Wellspring publisher, 2000, ISBN 0-345-43545-1. According to the publisher, the book "offers a compelling introduction to the wisdom and teachings of the beloved contemporary Sufi master Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, who brought new life to this ...
Chief Engineer, Colombo Port Authority: 17 November 1988: Welikada: Gunshot: JVP is blamed. [9] E. Liayana Pathirana: Working Director, Salt Corporation: 22 June 1989: Opanayake: Gunshot: JVP is blamed. [9] Wijedasa Liyanarachchi: Lawyer: 2 September 1989: General Hospital, Colombo: Multiple injuries resulting from torture: Sri Lanka Police is ...
Lila Ibrahim, the first COO for AI company Google DeepMind, says bringing in outside perspectives to the next frontier of artificial intelligence is more important than ever.
NewsFirst or News 1st is a Sri Lankan news organization owned by the Capital Maharaja Organization Ltd. [1] News 1st primarily broadcasts news, live on three TV channels (Sirasa TV, Shakthi TV, TV 1, five radio channels (Sirasa FM, Yes FM, Shakthi FM, Y FM and Legends FM), three websites in Sinhala, English & Tamil languages, and social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter).
In 1844 Rev. Solomon David from Kotahena began holding regular services in a house in the area. In 1853 the first chapel in Polwatte, located near the present junction of Hudson’s Road and Mohandiram’s Lane, was dedicated to St. Thomas by Bishop James Chapman.
It was established in 1924 and incorporated by Act No. 51 of 2000 of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. ACJU has established 25 districts and 163 divisional branches, and enrolled over 9000 theologians, most of whom are holders of doctorates, special degrees, master's degree or 1st degrees.
The Kattankudy Mosque Massacre was the killing of over 147 Muslim men and boys on 3 August, 1990. [2] Around 30 armed Tamil militants raided two mosques in Kattankudy (Meer Jummah Mosque, Kattankudy-01 & Hussainiyya Mosque, Manchanthoduwai) where over 300 people were prostrating in Isha prayers.