Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows gov’t workers 4-day week to grow food
15 June 2022| 14 Dhul Qadha 1443 Sri Lanka has approved a four-day work week for public sector workers to grow food in their back yards in a bid to…
Worsening crisis forces Sri Lankan Muslims to forgo Hajj 2022
01 June 2022| 30 Shawaal 1443 Sri Lankan Muslims will not take part in this year’s Hajj, the country’s pilgrimage organizers announced on Tuesday, as the island nation faces its…
Sri Lanka blocks no-confidence vote in president
17 May 2022 Sri Lanka’s ruling party on Tuesday blocked a no-confidence motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose removal from office has been central to nationwide protests triggered by the…
Sri Lanka protests: Concerns of possible coup
11 May 2022 Security forces are out in force across Sri Lanka with orders to shoot looters on sight amid continuing protests at the government’s handling of a devastating economic…
OIC warns of hate speech against Muslims in Sri Lanka
04 July 2019| 01 Dhul Qadha 1440| Anadolu Agency Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has warned of an increase in anti-Muslim incidents in Sri Lanka. “OIC has been monitoring closely…
Sri Lanka: Nationwide state of emergency lifted
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 19 March 2018| 01 Rajab 1439 Sri Lanka’s president has lifted a 13-day state of emergency, imposed in a bid to quell communal clashes between the…
Sri Lankan Muslims fear more attacks during Jumuah Salaah
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 09 March 2018| 21 Jumadul Ukhra 1439 Sri Lankan Muslims say they fear being attacked during Friday prayers by Sinhalese Buddhists, amid accusations that security forces…
Muslims in Sri Lanka don’t feel safe amid fresh anti-Muslim violence
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 08 March 2018| 20 Jumadul Ukhra 1439 The Sinhalese Buddhist mob came by the hundreds, screaming at the top of their lungs and carrying sticks, stones…
Violence continues in Sri Lanka despite state of emergency
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 07 March 2018| 19 Jumadul Ukhra 1439 A shop and a mosque in central Sri Lanka have been attacked as communal violence continues in the South…
Sri Lanka: Nation-wide state of emergency following anti-Muslim violence
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 06 March 2018| 18 Jumadul Ukhra 1439 Sri Lanka’s government has declared a 10-day state of emergency to “take stern action” against people instigating communal violence,…