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Borneo Bulletin, Tuesday 28 February 2017
MIB will continue to guide nation to success
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A
ZAHARI
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IN CONJUNCTION with the 33
rd
National Day celebration of
Brunei Darussalam, a total of
2,100 officers and staff under
the Ministry of Religious Affairs
(MoRA)
came
together
to
celebrate the joyous occasion at
the Chancellor Hall of Universiti
Brunei Darussalam (UBD) .
Present as the guest of honour
at the special assembly was
Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka
Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang
Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato
Paduka Awang Haji Othman,
the Minister of Religious Affairs,
who also delivered a special
lecture titled ‘Signifikan Titah
Pemasyhuran
Kemerdekaan’,
loosely
translated
as
the
‘Significance of the Proclamation
of Independence Titah’.
Also present at the event
were the Deputy Minister of
Religious Affairs, Dato Paduka
Haji Awang Abdul Mokti bin
Haji Mohd Daud; Permanent
Secretary at the Ministry of
Religious Affairs, Dato Seri Setia
Haji Abdul Aziz bin Orang Kaya
Maharaja Lela Haji Mohd Yussof;
Deputy Permanent Secretary at
the Ministry of Religious Affairs
(Administrative and Financial
Affairs), Roslan bin Haji Taja’ah;
Acting Ra’es of the Religious
Teachers
University
College
of Seri Begawan (KUPU SB),
officers and staff at the Ministry
of Religious Affairs.
The event opened with the
recitation of Surah Al-Fatihah
and a special doa recited by
Haji Haris bin Suboh, Acting
Senior Religious Officer of
Jame’ ‘Asr Hassanil Bolkiah, who
quoted passages from the Doa
Kemerdekaan which was read
on the eve of celebrating the
Declaration of Independence
of Brunei Darussalam at the
main mosques all over the
country on December 31, 1983,
followed by the singing of the
national anthem, and the special
lecture.
Duringthelecture,theminister
mentioned that the Malay Islamic
Monarchy (MIB) is at the core of
the country and is apparent that
Brunei’s proclamation as a MIB
will remain as a political will to
ensure the peace, safety, welfare
and happiness of its citizens.
The MIB country of Brunei will
interact with other countries
on the basis of mutual respect,
equality and territorial integrity,
free from foreign interference,
he added.
The minister said that he has
high faith and confidence in that
will and that it will last forever
through generations of Bruneians
from this era to the next as they
will be able to remain as a country
that practises the Malay Islamic
Monarchy in nature, concept
and philosophy, taking Brunei’s
own experience as an example
in maintaining itself as a country
ruled by a monarchy for the past
1,500 years.
The challenge now, stressed
the minister, is the need to always
be vigilant in keeping the spirit of
love for the country and nation,
to be smart in interactions with
countries all over the world,
having self-confidence in unity, as
well as acquiring knowledge and
a strong economy.
On top of that, the minister
added that it is also important to
last as a nation that obeys Allah
the Almighty, and be thankful
towards Allah the Almighty’s
blessings
through
realising
the concept of a Baldatun
Tayyibatun Warabbun Ghafur
country.
The event endedwith a Selawat
Badriyyah performance by the
teaching staff and students of the
Institut Tahfiz Al-Quran Sultan
Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.
The objectives of the event
were to boost morale and
improve the quality of services in
the field of religion, to strengthen
unity among the people in
upholding the leadership of the
king and monarchy as a Zikir
Nation that supports the Islamic
Syariah, in addition to equally
strengthening the ties amongst
those working under the MoRA,
and as a form of celebrating the
33
rd
National Day.
Invited guests at the ceremony
PHOTOS: DEAN KASSIM
Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji
Awang Othman, the Minister of Religious Affairs, at the event
Cleaning activity at Sengkarai mosque
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ZARAIMY
HH |
A
‘MENYERTU’
cleaning
ceremony was held at the new
mosque in Kampong Sengkarai,
Tutong yesterday.
The cleaning was led by
Dato Seri Setia Haji Abdul Aziz
bin Orang Kaya Maharaja Lela
Haji Mohd Yusof, Permanent
Secretary at the Ministry
of Religious Affairs, in his
capacity as guest of honour.
The ceremony was participated
by officers and staff from the
religious ministry and residents
of Kampong Sengkarai.
Tutong
District
Officer
Shamsul Bahrin bin Haji Mohd
Hussain also joined the cleaning
activity.
The mosque was built on
a four acre land worth $3.8
million which was funded by
the Brunei Islamic Religious
Council through the Zakat Asnaf
Al-Gharimin fund.
The
mosque
can
acc-
ommodate 1,000 people at a
time and it has many facilities.
Other than prayer halls, there
is also a counselling room,
administrative room, reading
room, special guest room,
Jenazah administration room,
kitchens and washrooms.
LEFT: Participants during the cleaning activity at the new mosque
AZARAIMY HH
The Minister of Religious Affairs delivering the special lecture