Academic Conference for Islamic Education UiTM 2009

Last week, the Academic Conference for Islamic Education UiTM 2009 was held in Selesa Hotel and Resort, Pasir Gudang. The conference organized by the Center for Islamic Thought and Understanding (CITU) had invited the Minister of Higher Education to officiate the closing ceremony together with a big hope of CITU staff to see a new Islamic campus of UiTM to become reality. And what Tan Sri VC had said that the campus will be built in Jalan Othman, Petaling Jaya, Selangor seems like bringing another new step in acknowledging Islamic knowledge and and agreeing the importance of Islam in playing its crucial role in society and also contributing towards the excellence of UiTM. According to VC, the plan of the establishment has been kept for quite long time (for certain reasons) and he said this is the right time to revive the plan back on its track.

The three days conference was successfully achieved its target which is to hold together in bringing back the victory of Islam in UiTM and also to put back the place of Islamic Education in the position that its desires to be. It also the place where 260 religious scholars of UiTM around Malaysia to meet among themselves to exchange opinions about the future of Islamic education in UiTM.

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