Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
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Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ஸ்ரீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ் ශ්රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්රසය | |
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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 |
Parliament of Sri Lanka | 7 / 225
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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.
History
The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.
At the last legislative elections in April 2004, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 5 out of 225 legislative seats.