3, The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be :
| (a) to foster and encourage the research and the study of the Arabic language and literature and Islamic religion, history and culture, in all their perspectives ; |
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| (b) to promote and encourage the study of Arabic language and literature and Islamic religion, history and culture in all their perspectives; |
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| | (i) to conduct Arabic and Islamic classes in order to equip the students to sit the Moulavi and other higher examinations, | | |
| | (ii) to conduct examinations for the students who follow courses for the Moulavi and other higher examinations and to grant Moulavi Certificates of Competence to those who have followed courses set for the purpose by the said Corporation; | | |
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| (d) to encourage educational activities among Muslims in all branches of knowledge ; |
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| (e) to promote all other social, educational and religious activities ; |
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| (f) to open branches to further the aforesaid objects; |
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| (g) to print, publish and distribute books, journals, magazines and pamphlets on Islam; |
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| (h) to establish and maintain reading rooms and to promote the study and propagation of Islam ; |
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| (i) to encourage the practical observance of Islam ; |
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| (j) to raise funds in Sri Lanka and abroad for the fulfilment of the aims and objects of the corporation ; |
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| (k) to do all such other acts and things not inconsistent with this Act or any written law as are incidental, or conducive, to the attainment of the above objects or any one of them : |
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Provided always that the subject referred to in this section shall be exclusively in accordance with the " Sunnath wal Jamath of the Islamic Shariyath ". |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts