LEADERS OF ISLAMIC AGENCIES NEED TO COME UP WITH MORE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMES - DPM

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 6 (Bernama) -- Leaders of Islamic agencies both at the federal
and state levels need to come up with more innovative programmes for the
advancement of Muslims in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin
Yassin.

He said they needed to adopt innovative approaches in developing management
systems that were more efficient and strategic for Islamic institutions, zakat
(tithe collection), benevolent funds, mosques and endowment matters.

"Come up with halal products that are innovative, a better legal and Islamic
judiciary system and a more innovative Islamic banking system so as to give a
maximum impact to the people.

"Harness our innovative minds to implement programmes that will attract youths
to get closer to Islam and understand its true teachings which will give rise to
a new generation that is able to bring the ummah (Muslim community) further
forward," he said.

Muhyiddin said this when opening the Islamic Innovation Carnival at the Tuanku
Mizan Zainal Abidin mosque here Thursday night.

Muhyiddin also said the step taken by the government to make 2010 as the Year of
Innovation carried a deep meaning and was not a mere slogan.

It needed to be translated into all aspects of the people's lives, sectors and
organisations to make innovation a continous culture, he said, adding that the
government was aware that innovation and creativity were important for continued
development and the people's wellbeing.

"The challenges of globalisation, a more competitive world economy, climate
change and rapid development of information communication technology has changed
the way things are managed and done and requires us to think and act fast," he
said.

He said because the government was aware innovation must become a way of life
for Malaysians, it has set a goal for Malaysia to be a high income nation as had
been spelt out in the New Economic Model.

"In the spirit of 1Malaysia, People First, Performance Now, I invite all
Malaysians to together with the government take up the innovation challenge
specifically in Islamic innovation which is very significant as Malaysia is a
model of a progressive Islamic nation," he added.
-- BERNAMA



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