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![[Sri Lanka: National Youth Service Council]](../images/l/lk_nysc.gif) image located by Dov Gutterman
  
image located by Dov Gutterman
Source: www.lk/national/nysc/flag.html
         
         
The Sri Lanka Police is the civilian national police force of Sri Lanka. The 
police force is responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic law, enhancing 
public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout Sri Lanka. 
During the Sri Lankan civil war, the police service became an integral part of 
maintaining of the nation's security, primarily focusing on internal security.
Images of flag:
https://bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-mumbai-1.oraclecloud.com
https://www.airforce.lk/news.php?news=6583 
  Zoltan Horvath, 12 October 2024
Image based on web site at 
http://www.muslimaffairs.gov.lk/ .
Dov Gutterman, 16 July 2005
Muslims represented 7.6% of the population of Sri Lanka in 1981. The flag is 
1:2, green with a white crescent and star at lower hoist and the white lettering 
MRCA near the fly. 
The website includes a few more details on the MRCA:
Mission Statement:
“Promotion and Preservation of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs in Sri 
Lanka”
Objectives and Functions:
The main objective of the Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs, 
which comes under the Ministry of Eastern Development and Muslim Religious 
Affairs, is to foster and promote Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs and to 
implement the Mosque and Muslim Charitable Trusts or Wakf Act. No 51 of 1956 as 
amended by the Mosques and Muslim Charitable Trusts or Wakf (Amendment) Act No. 
21 of 1962 and Act No. 33 of 1982. 
Ivan Sache, 15 August 2005
 
![[Al-Hikma Foundation]](../images/l/lk_hikma.jpg) image located by William Garrison, 28 April 2024
 
image located by William Garrison, 28 April 2024
Source:
https://lk.linkedin.com/in/dr-sheikh-abbas-ibadullah-jp-b444a13b 
Al-Hikma Foundation is a Muslim NGO. Per its website: "Al-Hikma" in Arabic 
means "The Wisdom". While formed in 1990 by the name of ALHIKMAH FOUNDATION, 
this Muslim-oriented foundation was registered in Sri Lanka in 1997, although in 
its logo it uses the year 2000 as its establishment date. It claims to be an 
apolitical NGO, "committed to spread the message of Allah". It operates 
charities in several countries. Its website is
https://www.alhikmah.in/about-us.php 
William Garrison, 28 April 
2024
Logo
 
![[Al-Hikma Foundation]](../images/l/lk_hikma-l.gif) image 
located by William Garrison, 28 April 2024
image 
located by William Garrison, 28 April 2024
Source:
https://ahfsrilanka.org/