In this contemporary world, insurance plays a significant role in the affairs of a human being. It has become inevitable in the life of people. This study aimed at analysing the operations of Takāful (Islamic insurance) companies that are regulated by the Civil Law and finding their core regulatory issues in Sri Lanka. This study highlights the role of Sharīʻah Advisory Council in Takāful industry in Sri Lanka as this council formulates policies and guidelines, and ensures the investment and operation in line with Sharīʻah principles. The research also discusses core issues relating to Islamic insurance such as operation, investment, reporting and separation of funds. It argues that there is a need for the Muslim Leaders as well as the Sharīʻah scholars, Takāful operators and academics to be effectively involved in designing a framework for Takāful regulations in Sri Lanka. Finally, the research recommends the establishment of a regulatory council that will be responsible for the formulation of Takaful Law in that will be similar to that of the

Learning the Holy Qur’an is obligatory for both Muslim men and women since it is a perfect guide for human life in this world and hereafter. However, it is surprising that the Muslim society is far from the Holy Qur’an due to an increased desire for worldly life. It is possible to identify, especially among university students, that their connection or involvement with the Holy Qur’an is becoming spiritually retrograde. Therefore, the study employed a convergent mixed-method research design to identify the involvement of university students with the Holy Qur’an. A total of 315 university students voluntarily participated in this study by filling self-Administrated questionnaires, conducting unstructured interviews and telephone conversations. Moreover, the secondary data was collected from various sources of information such as books, journal Articles, web-publications. The collected data was analysed by way of descriptive method. findings of the study were presented in the form of tables, charts, sentences and texts. This study concludes with the argument that the university students were lack of involvement with the Holy Qur’an, and they are rarely involved in learning and memorizing the Holy Qur’an. Moreover, the numerous factors are there as obstacles to learning the Holy Qur’an and the majority have realized that they will not be able to respond to the inquiry in this regard on the day of judgment.

The aim of this study is to compare and contrast conventional insurance policies from Islamic insurance policies (takāful) using a qualitative method consisting of a descriptive and narrative analysis. This study makes a case for takāful as complimentary to conventional insurance. However, the differences between Islamic and conventional insurance are found mainly in their conceptual framework, how governments regulate them, corporate ownership and financing, management, accounting systems, and how

Reading makes a man perfect and it is very essential component to University students. Hence, students face various obstacles in developing reading habits. Therefore, with the aim of assessing students’ reading habits and identifying the changes and the factors infl uenced when they pursue education through online learning tools due to corona fears, the study was conducted with second year students of Department of Islamic Studies of South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. For this study, which was carried out using quantitative research methods, a fi lled questionnaire was obtained as primary data from 121 of the 174 students studying in the year through Google Forms, analyzed through MS Excel and the results were described. Secondary data such as research articles, journals, and web articles related to the topic were also used. At the end of the study, it was found that students’ reading habit was healthy, the amount of time they spent on daily reading varied, their reading habits have declined due to continuing education through online from home and factors such as lack of library, diffi culty in reading on electronic devices, home works, social media, laziness, workload, sleepiness and increase in data cost have more infl uence on their reading decline, they have the habit of reading from both hard and soft sources, most of them use their smartphones to read the soft copy, while reading through electronic devices they face various problems such as not being able to read for a long time, headache, numbness like reading a book in hand, boredom, inability to read small letters, wasting more time and forgetting easily,. The conclusion of this study was that the continuation of educational activities from home had a negative impact on the reading habits of the students for various reasons. However, the positive change in their reading habits after entering university has been a motivating force for them to continue reading under any circumstances. At the same time, where guidance is provided to overcome challenges, they face in developing reading habits, further positive improvements can be expected in their reading habits.

Nursing is one of the oldest and most sacred professions in the world. The nurses contribute immensely to society and healthcare organizations by providing their services in personal care, medical treatment management, and working with families and the communities. In Islam, the service of nurses is considered a phenomenal deed, and it is a Fardu Kifayah (Societal Obligation). However, Muslim female nurses face various challenges as they live as minority communities in pluralistic societies. Eventually, they are not interested in this sector. Accordingly, the study aims to identify the Islamic legal perspective on Muslim women's service as nurses in a minority context. Based on the qualitative research method, the data from primary sources of Islamic law, the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah, fatwas of Islamic scholars and international fiqh academies and the code of ethics for nurses found in topic-related data have been analysed using the content analysis method. This research deliberates the obstacles that Muslim women face when working as nurses in a minority environment, and the guidelines that they should adhere to when working as nurses in a minority context.