All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama

In the past, the ACJU has justified and supported the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act which allows child marriage for Muslims and even minors under 12 can be married off with a special permission from an Islamic magistrate. Further all divorce issues are handled by quazi courts which frequently discriminate and abuse female victims of domestic abuse and the woman can't even choose to be represented by a lawyer. Further females are banned from becoming quazis. [1][2] In January 2021, the ACJU published the Report on Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act by Union of Religious Scholars in which it supports the amendment of most of the controversial parts of the MMDA. For instance it proposes to raise the age of marriage to 18 years old for Muslim male and female.[3]

The ACJU has demanded that the Sri Lankan government legalize Female Circumcision claiming that it is different from Female Genital Mutilation despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying FGM as "procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons" and have claimed it as an "obligatory Islamic duty" and according to Al Jazeera victims of FGM are threatened if they speak out. Further the ACJU claim that the process provides numerous health benefits to women despite the WHO stating that the procedure has no health benefits for girls and women. Instead the WHO state the process is painful and traumatic and interferes with the natural functioning of the body causing several immediate and long-term health consequences such as excessive bleeding, swelling of genital tissue and problems urinating, and severe infections that can lead to shock and in some cases, death, as well as complications in childbirth and increased risk of perinatal deaths.[4][5][6][7] Supporters of FGM have claimed it to be a mere harmless "nick" to the clitoral hood and cannot be compared to other forms of FGM. However the process often carried out on infants may expose nerves making intercourse a painful and unpleasant experience. In 2017 Al Jazeera exposed the effects of FGM in Sri Lanka with the title "FGM in Sri Lanka: It's never 'just a nick'".[5]