Dear Mr Sabry As you are aware, Muslim marriages in Sri Lanka centre around the Nikah and Walima in accordance with the tenets of Islam. The Nikah, which is Shariah-based and therefore immutable, is essentially a brief ceremony where, under the guidance of a pious Muslim male, vows are exchanged between the Bride’s guardian (Wali) and the Groom and is ...

The last three decades have witnessed a growing sense of religiosity among members of the Sri Lanka Muslim community resulting primarily from a heightened awareness and better understanding of correct Islamic rituals and practices. Unfortunately, there are reasons to believe that the potential to impose a specific brand of Islam among Sri Lankan Muslims was identified by certain Islamic Nations, ...

Since early 2020, our Motherland has been facing one of the most terrifying health-related crises of recent times which has had and will continue to have life-threatening effects, directly or indirectly, on all of it’s citizens over a relatively long period of time. Covid-19 is here to stay and the steps that we take now, severally and collectively, will determine ...

For purposes of this article, the definition of the word ‘Child’ as per the Oxford Dictionary will be adopted. Accordingly, a child is any ‘young human being below the legal age of majority’, which in the local case is 18 years. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defines child as “a human being below the age ...