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Muslim law in Sri Lanka is one of three customary laws which is applicable to Sri Lankans who are Muslims by virtue of birth and conversion to Islam. The other two customary laws are Kandyan law and Thesavalamai.
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Sri Lanka has a population of about fifteen million of which the Muslims constitute nearly eight percent.1 A vital feature of the Muslim community is its historical continuity. It seems that from the very beginning of their presence in Sri Lanka, the Muslims in general or, at least, the influential among them, have been
24 kwi 2017 · Enacted by the post independent Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1951, the MMDA has governed the Muslims of Sri Lanka, in their matrimonial matters, for the past 66 years with great acceptance ...
History. With the arrival of Arab traders in the 7th century A.D., Islam began to flourish in Sri Lanka. The first people to profess the Islamic faith were Arab merchants and their native wives, whom they married after having them converted to Islam.
The “Muslim law” in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), is a hybrid of Islamic norms and customary law influenced by Roman-Dutch and English statutory and common law, in family law, intestate succession, and the administration of religious and charitable endowments or wakfs (awqaf).
This mixture is a result of the diverse history of the island as a result criminal law is based on English law while much of the common law is Roman-Dutch law, with certain aspects such as marriage, divorce, and inheritance associated with Kandian law, Thesavalamai and Muslim law based on the community and geography.
20 paź 2016 · This chapter provides a historical overview of the Muslim community in Sri Lanka and then catalogues the claims made by the anti-Muslim Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) movement. It analyzes the ways in which Muslim identity has been constructed over the past one hundred years.
