Following the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings , construction of the university has stopped and its nature has brought into question with claims that its a Islamic university teaching Sharia law.While Hizbullah has denied that the university will teach Sharia Law the website of the institute claimed that there will be a department dedicated to Sharia law but mentions of Sharia were removed after the controversy . It has been claimed that the institution has been granted degree awarding status from the Ministry of Higher Education and Highways and the University Grants Commission . However this has been rejected by the government further stating that such an approval was not given for construction of such university . When questioned by the Parliamentary Select Committee ( PSC ) to investigate the attacks Chairman of Bank of Ceylon ( BOC ) Senarath Bandara says that the Batticaloa Campus Private Limited never mentioned that Rs 3.5 billion deposited to the BOC savings accounts was received as a foreign loan from a Saudi Arabian company . While Hizbullah stated that he also received a grant he failed to submit any document to the Committee to prove it . The PSC called for an investigation the land allocated by the Mahaweli Authority of the Sri Lankan government as it was noted that the Campus was occupying 35 acres beyond what was allocated to it . When the Hira Foundation which builds the campus requested permission to register as a NGO in 2012 the intelligence agencies of Sri Lanka gave a " negative report " . However the banks that handled the funds of the institute only became aware of this in the aftermath of the bombings . The National University Teachers ’ Associations has called for the government to take over the university . The government aftermath the terror attacks decided to assign the university under the Higher Education Ministry .
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
Batticaloa Campus