Muslims in North commemorate 22 years of eviction

Muslim Organizations in the Northern Province have arranged islandwide events on October 31st., to commemorate the completion of 22 years of eviction of Muslim civilians by the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

In a joint statement, 13 organisations including the Jaffna-Killinochchi Muslim Federation yesterday said these events were scheduled to be held in Colombo, Jaffna, Puttalam and other parts of the country.

In 1990, nearly 80.000 Muslim civilians were ordered out of the Northern Province within 2 ½ hours by LTTE cadres, including 21,000 from the Jaffna area.

The statement also referred to the delays in resettlement of the northern Muslims due to various reasons, three years after the end of the war

The statement also referred to the delays in resettlement of the northern Muslims due to various reasons, three years after the end of the war.

A special gathering is scheduled to be held in Jaffna, with the participation of Tamil, Sinhala and Muslim Scholars.

Two keynote addresses would be delivered by Prof. S. H. Hasbullah of Peradeniya University on “Barriers on Muslim resettlement and the reasons” and Prof. R. Sivachchandiran of Jaffna University on “How to help Muslim resettlement in Jaffna”.