The IIUM Policies and Guidelines on Islamisation was officially launched last Friday by the rector of IIUM, Prof. Dato’ Sri Dr. Zaleha Kamaruddin, at the Cultural Activity Centre (C.A.C.).
According to the rector, the need for a written policy on Islamisation was felt in recent years due to a number of reasons with the expansion of IIUM.
One of the reasons was that there was a need to clarify the meaning and implications of Islamisation in the University’s context.
The rector too explained that the written policy would also serve as a reminder for the academic and administrative leaders and managers to give due attention to the reason why IIUM was founded in 1983.
The Islamisation Policy, made reality by Professor Dato’ Sri Dr. Zaleha Kamaruddin, Tan Sri Professor Dr Kamal Hassan, and Dr Azizan, under the Centre for Islamisation (CENTRIS), contains 8 policy statements and the guidelines for implementation.
During the launch, Tan Sri Professor Dr Kamal Hassan took to the stage to give a brief introduction to the policy.
In his speech, he highlighted the four different categories of Islamisation of Human Knowledge (I.O.H.K) efforts in IIUM, from low necessity to highest necessity.
Through categorization, the Professor said, members of the university will be able to identify their position in relation to the whole Islamisation process, and thus contribute.
An academic staff who declined to be identified said that the policies are a good start, but a lot more work has to be done in order to make them a reality.
The rector then concluded the launch by declaring that more awareness of the policy is needed to have it fulfill its purpose.
Deans and directors from the academia and administration will be the first to be called to a special KCDI session.