Tuanku Muhriz opens namesake complex at Usim

NILAI: The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, opened the Kompleks Islam Tuanku Muhriz (KITM) at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (Usim) here, today.
Tunku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Aishah Rohani Tengku Besar Mahmud, who is also Usim Chancellor, and Tunku Besar Seri Menanti Tunku Ali Redhauddin Tuanku Muhriz who is Usim Pro-Chancellor, also attended the programme.
Also present were Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, USIM Board of Directors chairman Professor Tan Sri Dzulkifli Abdul Razak and USIM Vice-Chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Musa Ahmad.
KITM was completed on May 22, at a cost of RM20.2 million. The complex includes a multi-purpose hall, café, mosque with a capacity to accommodate a congregation of 4,000, and commercial spaces to be developed gradually.
Other facilities include corpse management rooms, multipurpose rooms for cooking activities, and zakat counters located next to the KITM administration office.
Speaking at the event, Musa said May 26 was a historic day, when the Ramadan 'tarawih' prayers were held at the complex for the first time.
Meanwhile, he said, on June 2, the state's Deputy Mufti Nor Azamir Alias announced that Friday prayers would commence at the complex.
He said KITM was unique, in that Friday sermons would also be translated using sign language for knowledge to be more accessible to the disabled.
He said the project was approved in the 8th Malaysia Plan, however, the allocation was channelled in the 10th Malaysia Plan.
Tuanku Muhriz also launched a special USIM publication entitled 'Merintis Kampus Barakah', depicting the 17-year journey in the university's development. — Bernama