FRIDAY, 8 OCTOBER – The Student Welfare Committee (JAKMAS) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) recently organised an Islamic Arts Festival (FKKI) 2015.

The programme was jointly organised by a coalition of JAKMAS from each centralised residential college headed by the JAKMAS Residential College Excellent (Kg. E) Spirituality and Personality Development Exco, Muhammad Farhan Mohamad Amran.

The two-day festival saw some activities planned to enliven the programme, amongst them were Al-Quran reading competition and Nasyid, entrepreneurship expo, Story Telling Competition and Qasidah.

The highlight of the programme was a Forum entitled “Memperkasa Pemuda, Membangun Ummah” (Empowering Youth, Building Ummah) that was moderated by two invited panellists.

They were the runner up of Imam Muda Season 2, Imam Muda Nazrul and a former member of the UNIC nasyid group, Fitri Haris.

The forum was well received when more than 1,500 people attended the programme with a chargeable fee of RM3.00 for UMS students and RM5.00 for members of the public.

50% of the proceed would be donated to the Maahad Darul Hadis Fund, Kg. Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. - (fl)

Source: Syahrul Hazizi, Chancellery Department