All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama honours Justice Weeramantry

All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama awarded a special plaque and two gold coins to honour Justice C G Weeramantry for his work on the book ‘Islamic Jurisprudence: An International Perspective’, at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre on Sunday.

ACJU President As-Shaikh Mufthi Rizwa said, “On this occasion we have a very special guest of honour, Honourable Justice Weeramantry. We, All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama, on behalf of the entire Muslim world and the whole mankind in general, are proud to applaud and honour Justice Weeramantry for his wonderful creation of the book called ‘Islamic Jurisprudence; An International Perspective’. It is a submission to the cause of international peace through the cross-cultural understanding.

”We honour him for his brave attempt of publicizing the Islami Jurisprudence to the whole world, as the divine law. He takes the reader throughout the history from the period of ignorance to the highly civilized and successful society; being a model of all facets of life.

”Justice Weeramantry is a Doctor of Laws in the University of London, a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, a former Professor in Law in Melbourne, Australia, a former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice.

He devoted for more than three decades in exploring the interrelationship between law and religion; and he has examined major world religions to the development of the international law and human rights.