ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය මුස්ලිම් ජනතාවගේ දිගුකාලීන අවශ්‍යතාවයක් ලෙස වර්ෂ 1981 දී මෙම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව පිහිටුවන ලදි. මෙමගින් මුස්ලිම් ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික යහසාධනය සම්බන්ධ සියළු කටයුතු හා මුස්ලිම් වකුෆ් පනත කි්‍රයාත්මක කිරීම සිදූ කෙරේ. මෙය මුස්ලිම් ආගමික සිද්ධස්ථාන හා අනෙකුත් ආගමික ආයතනවල අභිවෘද්ධිය සඳහා කැපවන රාජ්‍ය ආයතනයකි.

A long felt need of the Sri Lankan Muslims was fulfilled in 1981 by creating this Department to preserve and promote the religious and cultural activities at its betterment. The tradition and other practices are maintained among people by the Muslim Wakfs Act which is administrated by this Department. This public institution is dedicated for the development of the Mosques and other Religious Institutions.

இலங்கை வாழ் முஸ்லிம்களின் நீண்டகால தேவைப்பாடான இத்திணைக்களம் 1981 ஆம் ஆண்டு உருவாக்கப்பட்டது. முஸ்லிம் சமய கலாசார விடயங்களான மேம்படுத்தல்இ பாதுகாத்தல் உட்பட இலங்கை வக்ப் சட்டத்தை நடைமுறைப்படுத்தல் என்பன இத்திணைக்களத்தின் செயற்பாடாகும். மேலும் முஸ்லிம் மத ஸ்தாபனங்களின் அபிவிருத்தியிலும் பங்குகொள்ளும் ஒரு அரச நிறுவனமாகும்.