Opinion: We Were Here First – The Case for Malay Political Representation in Sri Lanka

By Thanzyl Thajudeen, a Sri Lankan Malay There is a mosque on Slave Island in Colombo that has stood for more than three centuries. Masjidul Jamiya was not built by merchants or pilgrims. It was built by soldiers, Malay soldiers who came to this island in service to the Dutch crown and, after 1796, to […]