Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Commemoration Meeting and Oration on Tuesday

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The Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Commemoration Meeting and Memorial Oration will be held on Tuesday, 28 November at 4:30 p.m. at the Mahaweli Centre Auditorium, 96, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 7.

Dr. A.C.L. Ameer Ali of Murdoch University, Western Australia will deliver the Oration on the subject of ‘From Islamophobia to Westophobia: The Long Road to Islamist Radicalisation’.

The meeting will be jointly chaired by Khalid M. Farouk. President of the Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Foundation and M.N.M. Naphiel, National President of the All Ceylon YMMA conference.

The Tamil book ‘Azeezum Thamilum’ written by A.M. Nahiya will be released on this occasion. It is a well-researched book on the contributions of Dr. Azeez for the development of the Tamil language.

Dr. Azeez was a Tamil scholar and a fluent speaker and had a deep knowledge of Tamil literature.