Events

Mosque Tours catch on in Sri Lanka

Mosque Tours are fast catching on in Sri Lanka. The latest Open Mosque Day held at Kollupitiya Jumma Mosque in Colombo on 22nd January had around 800 people of other faiths participating. Besides a tour of this beautiful mosque, participants were taken around a poster walkthrough clearing misconceptions of Islam, given free calligraphy of their names in beautiful Arabic script …

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Mosque Tour in Colombo

An ‘Open Mosque Day’ will be held on Sunday, 10th September from 9.00 am-12.00 noon at Akbar Mosque, Kew Road, Slave Island. The program is open to the general public free of charge and will feature a tour of the over century-old historical Masjidul Akbar Mosque, which is an important landmark in Colombo, as well as a calligraphy corner and …

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CIS Poster Exhibition ‘Let’s Understand Muslims’ a Great Success

The Centre for Islamic Studies (CIS) held a grand poster exhibition themed ‘Let’s Understand Muslims’ at the Colombo Public Library on the 5th & 6th of February 2017 to mark International Interfaith Week. Asiff Hussein, Vice President CIS outreach said that the event was a great success. “We sought to highlight the immense contribution Muslims have made to Sri Lanka …

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