3. General objectives of the Corporation

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

The general objectives for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—

(a)

to provide better facilities to the adherents of the

Islamic faith for spiritual education based on Islamic principles ;

(b)

to provide necessary training in the Islamic faith to those educated as Ulamaas and to perform service in Thahwa which inculcates pious habits and shuns evil things ;

(c)

to provide leadership training to those who complete their spiritual education under paragraph (a) and to follow the Islamic way of life individually and to lead the Islamic Society in the Islamic way of life ;

(d)

to provide facilities to the adherents of the Islamic faith to learn other arts necessary to achieve these objectives ;

(e)

to provide vocational training to the adherents of the Islamic faith in order to enhance their livelihood ; and

(f)

to provide self-training to the adherents of the Islamic faith in order to promote social, cultural, educational and economic development.

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