The contemporary Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has developed a compositional system that—reduced to its sparest minimum—consists of the dynamic interplay of two musical lines in a field of silence. The melody, which proceeds mainly in steps up and down the scale, might be compared to a child tentatively walking. The second line underpins each note of [...]
This is the Friday Sermon given by Dr Mustafa Ceric on the Occaision of the 16th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacres. On the Occasion of 11th of July, 2011, the Day of Burial of the Shahids (Martyrs) of Srebrenica Genocide, 1995 Dear brothers and sisters in Islam and in humanity around the world, This is [...]
After 26 years of war which cost thousands of innocent lives and the displacement of an equal number, with the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Sri Lanka is at a cross roads. Yet despite the victory, there has been widespread international criticism about how the war was handled coming from many [...]
This was a letter sent to the Guardian Newspaper in the UK by a Sri Lankan Tamil Activist living in London, to protest an article being produced in the newspaper regarding Sri Lanka and the end of the war in 2009 —— Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to express my disappointment and disgust with the [...]
The protests outside the British High Commission in Sri Lanka last December over actions undertaken by a small section of the Tamil Diaspora during President Rajapaksa’s recent UK visit, can be described as the wrong answer to the question ‘Who should be more appropriate to respond to the protests that took place in [...]
At the end of July, I finished my contract with Muslim Aid. Away from the high pressure of working in an NGO, it has been interesting to observe things from the other side of the fence. I have been struck by how removed you can be from reality. If I did not make a proactive [...]
After 26 years of war that cost thousands of innocent lives, the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has brought Sri Lanka to a crossroads. Yet despite the government’s victory, there has beenwidespread international criticism about how the war was handled. Success has come at a price in terms of destruction, death and [...]
