KLANG, March 2 — Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL) president and vice-chancellor Professor Datuk Noor Inayah Yaa’kub became the first woman in Selangor to be appointed as a mosque nazir (overseer).
Noor Inayah, 53, who will serve as a nazir at IUKL’s Ikram Mosque in Bandar Baru Bangi, received her letter of appointment from the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Alhaj at the presentation of letters of appointment ceremony at the Balairung Seri Istana Alam Shah, earlier today.
The Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Amir Shah was also in attendance.
When met by reporters after the ceremony, she expressed her gratitude for the appointment because it is a rare occasion (for a woman to be appointed as mosque nazir) in the state, and described it as elevating the level of women to work alongside other mosque committee members.
“We see that the management of the mosque does not restrict if a woman becomes a leader, and maybe this is very rare, but I have the full support of my friends who are more knowledgeable, the appointed imams (today) and other nazir,” Noor Inayah said.
Noor Inayah, who is also a Baitulmal Selangor Committee member, said that her appointment as a mosque nazir is a big responsibility, to bridge the gap between the students of the IUKL and the local community.
“As I am the nazir of a mosque at an institution, apart from students receiving knowledge there, local community relations need to be prioritised too because we do not want this mosque to only (consist of) students studying at the institution.
“After being entrusted as a nazir, I hope that the local community can be brought closer to the academics and students in the university and bridge the gap with other mosque congregants,” she said, who was one of 1,256 mosque imams and nazir in Selangor who received their letters of appointment today.
— Bernama
