UUM Berselawat bersama Habib Ali Zaenal Abidin Al-Hamid

24 Februari – Kira-kira 2,000 warga Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) hadir memeriahkan Majlis UUM Berselawat yang diadakan di Dewan Mu’adzam Shah, hari ini.

Program kerohanian ini merupakan sebahagian daripada pengisian Sambutan Hari Pengasasan UUM ke-31 yang disambut pada 16 Februari lalu.

Majlis dimulakan dengan alunan selawat dan qasidah memuji junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad SAW daripada kumpulan Qasidah Maahad Tahfiz Ar Riayadah, Pondok Hutan Palas dan kumpulan Shoutul Fateh yang ahli-ahlinya terdiri daripada pelajar dan kakitangan UUM.

Selain itu, majlis ini juga melibatkan sesi ceramah daripada tokoh agama terkenal nusantara, Habib Ali Zaenal Abidin Al-Hamid yang menyampaikan ceramah mengenai kepentingan Ilmu.

Pengarah Pusat Islam UUM, Prof Madya Dr. Ismail Ishak berkata saban tahun UUM menyambut Maulidur Rasul dengan perarakan namun pada tahun ini sambutan diadakan dengan sedikit kelainan dengan mengadakan majlis selawat di dalam dewan dan menjemput tokoh agama terkenal bagi menyampaikan ceramah serta persembahan kumpulan qasidah.

Jelasnya, program berkenaan diadakan bertujuan memperingati hari keputeraan junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad SAW dan pengorbanannya dalam memperjuangkan Islam

“Objektif program ini adalah untuk menggalakkan umat Islam khususnya di UUM memperingati Nabi Muhammad SAW, seorang insan yang diutuskan Allah SWT untuk memberi rahmat dan telah membawa sinar dalam kehidupan manusia,” ujar beliau.

Majlis turut diserikan dengan kehadiran Naib Canselor, Prof. Dato’ Wira Dr.  Mohamed Mustafa Ishak, ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Universiti dan para pelajar UUM.

Majlis diakhiri dengan semua peserta bersama-sama berselawat memuji Rasululah SAW.

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Border Pass [Baru RM10 untuk Setahun]

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians who cross over into Thailand using border passes will be issued a travel document in the form of a book resembling a Malaysian passport beginning early next month.

The Malaysia-Thailand border pass, used by Malaysians especially in Kelantan, Kedah, Perlis and Perak (only in Hulu Perak region), is currently in the form of paper and easily damaged.

While the Malaysian passport is red, the new border pass will be blue.

The cover will feature the national emblem with the words “Malaysia” and “Border Pass” embossed in gold.

Immigration Department security and passport director Ibrahim Abdullah said the new border pass was aimed at enhancing its quality and security features.

The new passes were expected to be issued from Sept 2 at Pengkalan Hulu (Kroh), Perak, before being extended to other areas in the four states, involving 19 Immigration offices.

“The book format has a hard cover similar to the Malaysian passport. The pages are also of better quality. The front page in this new pass has numbers that are recognised by the ‘Machine Readable Zone’ (MRZ) which cannot be duplicated,” he said in an mStar Online interview.

The MRZ feature is used by most international passports according to the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

“The MRZ serial number on the new border pass would be scanned using the same machines as those for passports,” Ibrahim said.

Application fee for the new border pass, which will come with 16 pages, remains at RM10.

“The biodata page has stickers containing personal information,” he said, adding that details of children below 12 could also be included.

The new pass includes travel to provinces in south Thailand such as Satun, Songkhla, Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani.

The department expects to issue 500,000 new passes this year.

The validity of the pass has also been extended from six months to one year.

SUMBER : http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/08/31/Thai-border-pass-now-in-book-form-Shortterm-travellers-to-get-passporttype-document/