Wednesday, January 6, 2010

IIUI to Construct Grand Mosque at its New Campus

The International Islamic University, Islamabad has decided to build a central grand Masjid at its New Campus Sector H-10. A Committee to supervise the project was constituted in a special meeting held here with IIU President Dr. Anwar Hussain Siddiqui in the chair. Mr. Munawar Iqbal Ahmad Chairman Dept. of English has been appointed as Convener of the project while other members of the committee included Prof. Dr. Sahibzada Sajid-ur-Rehman Director Dawah Academy, Dr. Rehmat Elahi Associate Prof. Faculty of Basic & Applied Sciences, Dr. Muhammad Bashir Asst. Prof. Faculty of Arabic, Dr. Habib-ur-Rehman Asim Asst. Prof. Faculty of Arabic, Dr. Abdullah Rizk Asst. Prof. Faculty of Shariah & Law, Dr. Muhammad Saleem Shah Asst. Prof. Faculty of Usul-ud-Din, Dr. Ubaid Ullah Khan Asst. Prof. Faculty of Shariah & Law, Dr. Suleman Al-Hawamda Asst. Prof. Faculty of Usul-ud-Din, Mr. Ibrar Anwar Additional Students Advisor.

Dr. Siddiqui also defined the functions and role of the committee for fund raising campaign, the money collected will be deposited in the Masjid account # 18440007185501 being maintained with Habib Bank Limited,IIUI Branch Islamabad. It was also decided that the ground breaking ceremony for the mosque shall be held in February, 2010.