Today marks the 72nd Independence Day of Sri Lanka. The Chairman and Executive Committee members of the Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisation in UK (COSMOSUK), an umbrella organisation for 28 Muslim organisations in the UK, would like to take this opportunity in wishing all Sri Lankans living around the world a very happy and commemorative Independence Day!
Sri Lanka has a rich history of a beautiful and peaceful nation, where all communities lived in peace and harmony. In recent years we have unfortunately witnessed disturbances and an unhealthy trend of racial tensions. We therefore would like to call upon all political leaders, religious leaders, social/ society groups and all citizens to make every attempt to foster goodwill, peace and harmony so that we may all coexist as one nation and contribute to the economic and social development of Sri Lanka.
On this occasion, it is noteworthy to recall that all communities in Sri Lanka joined hands seven decades ago together has one nation, as Sri Lankans!to achieve this independence that we are all celebrating today. We should therefore follow these historic footsteps in promoting peaceful coexistence amongst all our communities for the future.
The COSMOS members in UK are committed towards helping all Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and abroad in every way possible, in order to achieve this goal.
M Shakeer Nawas
General Secretary – Cosmos UK.
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