USIA MUST ADAPT TO CHANGING TIMES




WITNESSING.....Datuk Seri Panglima Yahya Hussin (center) witnessing a zakat handover from Zairenah Irene Siyu, Kop-Pusamaju Chairman (second from right) to Yang di-Pertua USIA Tun Datuk Seri Panglima Sakaran Dandai (third from left), in as good as with USIA's 26th General Assembly hold during Wisma USIA. Accompanying Zairenah is husband as good as Founder of Kop-Pusamaju, Arsit Sedi (far right)

By : SHALINA R

2013 MARKS a 44th year since a investiture of United Sabah Islamic Association in 1969. Officially known as USIA, a organisation has been integral in a chronological growth of Islam in Sabah.

Under a care of Tun Mustapha Harun, USIA's initial Yang di-Pertua as good as Sabah's Chief Minister during that time, a organisation played a significant purpose in a state's companion transformation that has resulted in a investiture of MUIS (Majlis Ugama Islam Sabah) in 1972. For over 4 decades, USIA has remained committed to a companion transformation that focuses on a welfare of Muslims statewide.
Today, reply to world growth as good as in line with a Prime Minister's transformational programs, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman called on USIA to make firm their approach by incorporating modern methods.

"Increasing a use of record through ICT that is in line with technological advances, will assist as good as facilitate ! a smooth ness as good as merger of information. Full utilization of modern technologies will provide many opportunities for a unified dakwah."

"In addition, USIA should explore other disciplines such as science, record as good as supervision between many others. This will make firm USIA serve as good as to illustrate creation it a proactive as good as innovative organization. With a diversity of knowledge, USIA will be able to reach a targeted organisation effectively in on condition that a better bargain of their mission."

Musa additionally urged a organisation to ring a wider range of services such as accommodating a educational needs, increasing level of skills as good as a economic growth of a Islamic society.

ASSEMBLY .....Delegates from opposite Sabah in attendance USIA's 26th General Assembly during a main hall of Wisma USIA.

The State supervision has regularly been supportive of a eremite organizations in Sabah. Musa said, "The state government's commitment to eremite as good as spiritual growth is not only voiced in a form of support, though additionally translated in to a channeling of aid as good as special supplies for any year."

The Chief Minister's speech was delivered by Datuk Seri Panglima Yahya Hussin, Deputy Chief Minister cum Agricultural as good as Food Industry Minister, during a launch of USIA's 26th General Assembly hold during Wisma USIA recently.

Tun Datuk Seri Panglima Sakaran Dandai, a current Yang di-Pertua of USIA, additionally voiced his appreciation of a invariable await since by a superv! ision in Sabah.

"USIA's leaders as good as members recognisethe benefits of working closely with a supervision to capacitate it to assistance a Muslims in a state," said Sakaran.

"It is not easy for us to perform a duties of dakwah individually. We need as good as often receive assistance as good as await from a supervision leaders," he added.

A non-governmental organization, USIA converted 71,471 people to Islam within a initial 6 years of a establishment. (Insight Sabah)
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