IQNA – Sri Lanka’s Muslim Parliamentarians from both the government and opposition have formally requested the Minister of Religious Affairs to intervene and secure the immediate release of a consignment of the Holy Quran (Tamil translation) from Customs.
News ID: 3495137 Publish Date : 2025/10/25
IQNA – An exhibition of Islamic and Quranic calligraphy by Sri Lankan artist Amir Faisal was held at Colombo’s Perera Gallery.
News ID: 3495023 Publish Date : 2025/10/15
IQNA – The winners of Sri Lanka’s second Holy Quran Memorization Competition were awarded in a ceremony in the capital Colombo.
News ID: 3491537 Publish Date : 2025/01/21
IQNA – The final round of Sri Lanka’s second nationwide Quran memorization competition will be held today, January 19, in Colombo, the capital.
News ID: 3491499 Publish Date : 2025/01/18
IQNA – International non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sri Lanka has violated the rights of hijab-wearing Muslim students by withholding their exam results.
News ID: 3488905 Publish Date : 2024/06/27
COLOMBO (IQNA) – Sri Lankan Muslims held special prayers on Friday for the thousands of Palestinians killed and wounded by Israeli attacks on Gaza.
News ID: 3486048 Publish Date : 2023/11/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Muslim community in Colombo is set to organize an open iftar event on April 2 as it has invited all people to participate in it.
News ID: 3482971 Publish Date : 2023/03/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The worst economic crisis facing debt-ridden Sri Lanka has forced Muslims to forgo the Hajj pilgrimage this year.
News ID: 3479150 Publish Date : 2022/06/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Worshippers in a mosque in London were attacked by a mob as they were preparing to break their fast on Tuesday.
News ID: 3478590 Publish Date : 2022/04/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Sri Lanka put an end to the controversial policy of burying Muslims in a remote site.
News ID: 3478026 Publish Date : 2022/03/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Quranic book by Martyr Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti has been translated into Tamil and published in Sri Lanka.
News ID: 3477756 Publish Date : 2022/02/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An originally Persian book titled “Stories As Sweet As Honey”, which tells the story of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) life for children in a simple language, has been translated into Sinhala and published in Sri Lanka.
News ID: 3477693 Publish Date : 2022/02/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot.
News ID: 3476853 Publish Date : 2021/12/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Sinhala translation of the Holy Quran was gifted to the Jama Masjid in India’s capital by the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Milinda Moragoda on Monday.
News ID: 3476505 Publish Date : 2021/11/16
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Sri Lanka’s government said it would take time to consider a proposed ban on the wearing of burqas, which a top security official called a sign of “religious extremism”.
News ID: 3474261 Publish Date : 2021/03/16
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) hailed Pakistan’s premier for supporting Muslim minorities and oppressed nations.
News ID: 3474258 Publish Date : 2021/03/16
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The secretary general of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) condemned discrimination against Muslims in Sri Lanka.
News ID: 3474250 Publish Date : 2021/03/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Sri Lanka announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security.
News ID: 3474232 Publish Date : 2021/03/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hailed the recent decision by Sri Lanka to lift a controversial order to cremate the bodies of all people who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including Muslims.
News ID: 3474112 Publish Date : 2021/02/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on Sri Lanka to respect the right of burial of the Muslim community.
News ID: 3474078 Publish Date : 2021/02/24
