3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be :"
| (a) to prepare and guide Muslims to lead and conduct their spiritual and material lives, according to correct Islamic precepts ; |
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| (b) to propagate the teachings of the Holy Quran and the traditions of the Holy prophet Mohammed (PBUH); |
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| (c) to promote mutual understanding and friendship among different religious communities, by the holding of seminars, symposia, and dialogues ; |
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| (d) to provide assistance to Muslim students for their educational upliftment; |
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| (e) to encourage the learning of the Arabic language ; |
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| (f) to establish liabraries at village level, to cultivate the reading habit amongst Muslims ; |
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| (g) to set up a Bureau to collect and preserve data relevant to the Muslims of Sri Lanka and other countries ; |
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| (h) to encourage Muslim women to play a greater role in religious affairs and observances ; and |
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| (i) to do all such other acts and things not inconsistent with this Act or any other written Law, as are incidental, or conducive, to the attainment of the above objects or any one of them. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts