Thirty Years On: Pain of the Northern Muslims is Forgotten
“And home isn’t here and home isn’t there” – Deborah Landau, The Last Usable Hour Every story of ethnic cleansing is heart breaking. Some of them have been almost forgotten, overlooked in…
Author: Lukman Harees
Macron’s Win Against Populism: Lessons Beyond France
Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-old leader of the fledgling En Marche! (On the Move!) party, soundly defeated Marine Le Pen, the ‘unsinkable’ stalwart of the right, by 66% to 34%. Le Pen’s harsh…
Tribute to Justice Weeramantry: A world free of war, hate and prejudice
The sad demise of Sri Lankabhimanya Justice C. G. Weeramantry, one of the world’s eminent jurists and a legal scholar par excellence at the age of 90 on January 5 leaves a…
Aleppo: A complete meltdown in humanity
.” – Zygmunt Bauma The world is witnessing in Syria a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions. People trapped in Aleppo have been posting goodbyes on social media. Russian forces supported by Iranians,…
Looking beyond the Trump–Clinton duel: The nightmares of American exceptionalism
The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America. –Russ Feingold The run-up to the American Election…
Corbyn’s Classic Win: A Global Inspiration To Political Underdogs
Featured image courtesy the Huffington Post “It’s all about conventional wisdom: The powers that be decide early on who is going to win, and they don’t want their narrative disturbed.”- Koenen The…
National Reconciliation – A Pipe Dream unless Inclusivity Achieved
Featured image courtesy Rotary Peace Centre “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” -Benjamin Franklin It is…
Muhammed Ali – A Positive Muslim Role Model Par Excellence
Featured image courtesy Huffington Post ‘People Will Forget What You Did , But People Will Never Forget How You Made Them Feel ‘ –Maya Angelou King of the Ring, Muhammed Ali left us…
Will Sri Lanka Wake Up To The Realities of The ‘Panama Papers’ Exposure?
Featured image courtesy AFP/GETTY – Rodrigo Arangua On April 3, 2016, , Germany’s largest daily newspaper leaked 11.5 million files from the database of Mossack Fonseca, a law firm headquartered in Panama City, Panama.…
Prospect of a ‘President Trump’! Proving a Nightmare to US and Beyond
Featured image courtesy Newsweek When the power or authority comes in the hands of unfit persons, then wait for the Hour (End of times) – Prophet of Islam SAW quoted in Bukhari…
New Constitution: Need to Address Post-War Challenges Effectively
Featured image courtesy constitutionnet.org (photo credit: Hemmathagama) Ever since the political changes which ensued in 2015, there appears to be another social contract between the government and the people of Sri Lanka forming.…
Independence Not An Accident: Muslim Leaders Put ‘Country Before Self’
Featured image courtesy Reuters The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. –Hubert H. Humphrey ‘A Small Island of…
Stand Up Against Extremism
Image courtesy NBC News Africa these days has been battling with EBOLA, a severe, infectious, often fatal disease in humans and primates with no apparent cure in sight. Many have been dying…