MP Faiszer Mustapha’s private member bill on reforms to the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA), handed over to Parliament on January 5th 2026, signals the ever-increasing support of Muslim communities for family law reforms. Whilst acknowledging the leadership on a few key issues concerning the MMDA, we register our concern and disappointment that the Bill proposes piecemeal reforms.
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STATEMENT: MPLRAG Applauds Women in Parliament Prioritising Child Rights
We applaud the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus of Sri Lanka, under the leadership of Minister Saroja Savithri Paulraj, for prioritising law reform relating to children and […]
Read moreமுஸ்லிம் திருமண மற்றும் விவாகரத்துச் சட்ட மறுசீரமைப்பானது நிகழ்ச்சி நிரலில் இல்லை என்ற அமைச்சர் விஜித ஹேரத்தின் கூற்று மாற்றத்திற்கான நீண்டகால கோரிக்கைகளை அங்கீகரிக்கத் தவறிவிட்டது.
முஸ்லிம் திருமண மற்றும் விவாகரத்துச் சட்டத்தை மாற்ற வேண்டிய தேவை தற்போது ஏற்படவில்லை என அமைச்சர் விஜித ஹேரத் அண்மையில் தெரிவித்த கருத்து தொடர்பில் நாம் ஆழ்ந்த கவலையடைகிறோம். இலங்கையில் முஸ்லிம் திருமண மற்றும் […]
Read moreමුස්ලිම් විවාහ හා දික්කසාද පනත මේ මොහොතේ ප්රතිසංස්කරණ කිරීමට අවශ්ය නැතැයි විජිත හේරත් අමාත්යවරයා විසින් කර ඇති ප්රකාශය එම පනත පරිශෝදනය සඳහා නගා ඇති දිගුකාලීන ඉල්ලීම් ප්රතික්ෂේප කරයි.
මේ මොහොතේ මුස්ලිම් විවාහ සහ දික්කසාද පනත (MMDA) ප්රතිසංස්කරණ කිරීමට අවශ්යතාවක් මතු නොවේ යැයි අමාත්ය විජිත හේරත් මහතා විසින් පසුගියදා කළ ප්රකාශය පිළිබඳව අප දැඩි […]
Read moreSTATEMENT: Minister Vijitha Herath’s comments that MMDA reforms are not on the agenda fails to recognize long standing demands for change.
We are deeply concerned about the recent remarks made by Minister Vijitha Herath that no need has arisen to change the Muslim Marriage and Divorce […]
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ප්රකාශනය: මුස්ලිම් මන්ත්රීවරු මුස්ලිම් විවාහ සහ දික්කසාද පනතේ (MMDA) ප්රතිසංස්කරණ පාවා දෙති: ශ්රී ලාංකීය මුස්ලිම් කාන්තාවන් සඳහා යුක්තිය තර්ජනයට ලක් වෙයි.
2023 ජූනි 8 දිනැති ලිපියක් මගින් මුස්ලිම් මන්ත්රීවරුන් 18 දෙනෙකු විසින් අධිකරණ අමාත්ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ වෙත MMDA ප්රතිසංස්කරණ පිළිබඳ කෙටුම්පතට ප්රතිචාර වශයෙන් නිර්දේශ ඉදිරිපත් කරන […]
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அறிக்கை: MMDA திருத்தக் கோரிக்கைகளுக்குத் துரோகம் இழைக்கும் முஸ்லிம் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள்: அச்சுறுத்தலுக்குள்ளாகியுள்ள இலங்கை முஸ்லிம் பெண்களுக்கான நீதி
முஸ்லிம் திருமண மற்றும் விவாகரத்துச் சட்டத்தினை (MMDA) திருத்துவதற்கான சட்ட மூல வரைபுக்கு பதிலளிக்கும் விதத்தில் 18 முஸ்லிம் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள் தமது பரிந்துரைகளை நீதியமைச்சர் விஜயதாச ராஜபக்சவுக்கு ஜூன் 08, 2023 திகதியிடப்பட்ட […]
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STATEMENT: Muslim MPs betray MMDA reforms – Justice for Sri Lankan Muslim women under threat (Updated July 15, 2023)
In a letter dated 8 June 2023, 18 Muslim Members of Parliament (MPs) submitted recommendations in response to the Draft Bill on MMDA Reforms to […]
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STATEMENT: MPLRAG welcomes the public release of the report by the Advisory Committee on MMDA Reforms
MPLRAG welcomes the recent public release of the report of the Advisory Committee on recommendations to the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act of 1951 (MMDA). […]
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OPEN LETTER TO ALL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE
President of Sri LankaMinister of JusticeMinisters of the CabinetMembers of Parliament OPEN LETTER TO ALL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE Amidst considerable hardship faced by the […]
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