In the year 1955, the Royal College Islamic Society was established with the vision to create and establish a society in which efforts are made to promote harmony and wellbeing between Muslims and non-Muslims of Royal College. They also felt the need of bringing good Islamic qualities in the Muslim students and reward the Muslim students who had knowledge of Islamic principles.

The club year of the Islamic Society for the year 2021 began in the month of January 2020. We, as the Islamic Society of Royal College, plan to carry out many successful projects to take our club to greater heights.

For many years, the Islamic Society has been conducting four major annual projects. The projects are as follows:

  1. Annual Islamic Day Celebrations
  2. Publishing the Souvenir “Sout-Ut-Tullab”
  3. Annual Interschool competitions
  4. Annual Intergrade competitions

The first quarter of the calendar will commence by holding our Annual General Meeting for the year 2021. Following that, we will be conducting the Annual Inter-House Quiz Competitons where we plan to carry out an Islamic quiz competition for the Muslim students representing their respective houses of Royal College. The competition will take place through the virtual platform Zoom and will be held as a tournament consisting of elimination round to choose the winning house. The competition will take place in two consecutive days, each day allocated for the junior and senior categories, respectively.

For the second quarter, we will hold another project named “Ramadhan Kareem” during the month of Ramadhan. During this project, we will donate meals during Sahar (early morning before sunrise) and during Ifthar (the time of sunset) to the hostel students. Through this project we intend to aid and encourage them to fast during the holy month of Ramadhan and create a good relationship with the hostel students.

Furthermore, we plan to carry out the Annual Inter-Grade Competitions in which the students from Grade 4 to 13 can take part in various Islamic Competitions. Islamic Song, Azaan, Open Essay, Calligraphy, Arabic Writing,General knowledge and Oratory are some example for the competitions which will be held.

Next will be the Annual Interschool Competitions, where many Muslim students of other schools in Sri Lanka will compete with each other through various Islamic competitions. Schools island wide will be invited to take part in the competitions. The competitions with a judging panel will consist of a minimum of 3 judges at all times to ensure the reliability of the results. Competitions like General Knowledge, Quirath, Islamic Song, Hifl Quran, Azan, Essay, Open Essay, Oratory and Calligraphy will be held. All competitions will be held separately for boys and girls and will be awarded separately. Winners at the Annual Inter Grade Competitions will be awarded at the Annual Islamic Day.

During the third quarter, we plan to carry out a sub project named “Social- Welfare”, a project with 4 phases to lend a helping hand to the underprivileged. Similar to the previous years, during the 1st phase we will donate dry rations to the underprivileged who live in Colombo and its suburbs. As we all know, there are many people living in Colombo who struggle every day to make a living. The current situation in the country caused by the COVID-19 outbreak has only made the lives of the people even more challenging. During the 2nd phase, the committee will visit an orphanage and donate stationery items, books, pen, pencil and etc. The funds will be collected through sponsors. We also have planned to provide lunch for the orphaned children on that day and afterwards we will spend some time with them by conducting fun activities. During the 3rd phase the committee will visit an elder’s home and we will donate some essentials and afterwards we will spend some time with them by conducting fun activities. During the 4th phase the committee will visit a rural village and will help to set up a few water lines for a few families who are deprived of such facilities and struggle without the facilities.

Next, we will move on to carryout a sub project named “Salam”, A religious leader will be brought to talk and discuss about the faith of Islam and afterwards will have a Question and answer session which will be open to the those present. Through this project we intend to portray the right picture of Islam and promote the idea that Islam is a religion of peace. Afterwards we will conduct another sub project named “Al Anbiyaa”, this is a workshop aimed towards educating the primary students of Royal College. We intend to bring upon 3 guest speakers for each day and narrate the stories of the prophets in Islam.

For the final quarter, we plan to carry out the biggest project annually organized by the Islamic society of Royal College, “Annual Islamic day celebrations” The primary objective of organizing such an event is because to bring together the Muslim students of Royal college and thereby strengthen the unity among them. During this event, the prize winners of the Annual Inter-Grade, Inter-School and Inter-House competitions are awarded. Furthermore, the Muslim students of Royal College are given an opportunity and platform to perform and showcase their talents on this day. In other words, the Islamic day is the day of the year reserved for Muslim community at College.

Along with this major project we will also conduct our project of publishing the souvenir “South-Uth-Tullab” (The Students voice) and we will publish it on the Annual Islamic day. The information in the souvenir is broken down into the following categories, Articles (English, Sinhala, Tamil), Competitions results, Photos, Reports and messages and Advertisements. The Board of officials of the Islamic society of Royal College for the years 2021 are hoping to conduct a wonderful year despite the Covid pandemic.