The Organizing Committee of the Fifth International Symposium - 2018 of FIA cordially invites delegates from all over the world to participate in the symposium to be held in Faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL), University Park, Oluvil, Sri Lanka 25th October 2018. The objectives of the International symposium is to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange, disseminate and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Religions, Languages, Cultures and Society, providing an insight into sustainable development through Arabic and Islamic Studies, improve the dialogue and coherence between the various scholars, enhance the relevance and exploitation of Islamic perspectives and provide research recommendations for future Islamic thoughts and social issues. Authors are motivated to submit papers on any area of their interest and all papers will be peer reviewed. The abstract of accepted papers for the symposium will be made available published in the proceeding.