Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

ஸ்ரீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ்
ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ஸ்ரீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ்; ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය
Leader	Rauff Hakeem
Secretary	Nizam Kariapper
Founder	M. H. M. Ashraff
Founded	1981
Headquarters	Dharussalam, 53, Vauxhall Lane, Colombo 02, Sri Lanka
Ideology	Muslim minority politics
Religion	Islam
National affiliation	Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Colors	Yellow ; Green
Parliament of Sri Lanka	5 / 225
Election symbol
	Tree ;
Party flag
Website
	www.slmc.lk
	Politics of Sri Lanka; Political parties; Elections;

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (Tamil: ஸ்ரீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ், romanized: Srīlaṅkā Muslīm Kāṅkiras; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය Sri Lanka Muslim Kongrasaya) is a political party in Sri Lanka.

It is one of the parties that represents the Muslim community of Sri Lanka.^[1]

History[]

The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders. The group was pioneered by Congress Leader, M. H. M. Ashraff.

At the last legislative elections in April 2004, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 5 out of 225 legislative seats.

About the Party[]

Note about SLMC from the website[]

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) is a political party that is totally focused on giving voice to the Muslim minority who comprises 8% of the island's population. It is Islamic centric but is committed to foster multiracial amity and collective prosperity for all Sri Lankan citizens. It firmly believes that Sri Lankan Muslims can be equal partners in Sri Lanka's path to economic development and achievement of a quality of life that human endeavour can offer mankind in the second decade of the 21th century.^[2]