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Symposium on guidelines for presenting Islam in Sri Lanka
View(s):The National Shoora Council (NSC) conducted a symposium on ‘Guidelines for Presenting Islam in Sri Lanka’.
The symposium’s objective was to bring Muslim organisations involved in sociocultural development in Sri Lanka together to develop a common guideline in presenting Islamic teachings to Muslims. It was held on January 9 at the Association of Muslim Youth of Sailan conference hall. More than 60 participants representing around 25 organisations attended the symposium which was an initiative of the NSC’s subcommittee on Da’wa (Promoting teachings of Islam).
Participants unanimously agreed the need to promote peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance in “our beloved motherland and to protect the new generation from being attracted to or distracted by extreme or radical elements that are alien to our religious and cultural values upheld for more than 100 decades ever since Islam was introduced in the region.”
An action committee was formed at the end of the symposium to carry out the recommendations of the symposium and to finalise the guideline for presenting and promoting Islam in Sri Lanka.