Malay Mail: Selangor appoints first female mosque administrator

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KLANG, March 2 — Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL) president and vice-chancellor, Professor Datuk Noor Inayah Yaa’kub, became the first woman in Selangor to be appointed as a mosque nazir (administrator).

Noor Inayah, 53, who will serve as a nazir at IUKL’s Ikram Mosque in Bandar Baru Bangi, received her letter of appointment from the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah at the presentation of letters of appointment ceremony at the Balairung Seri Istana Alam Shah, here today.

Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Amir Shah was also in attendance.

When met by reporters after the ceremony, Noor Inayah expressed her gratitude for the appointment because it is a rare occasion (for a woman to be appointed as mosque nazir) in the state, and described it as elevating the level of women to work alongside other mosque committee members.

“We see that the management of the mosque does not restrict if a woman becomes a leader, and maybe this is very rare, but I have the full support of my friends who are more knowledgeable, the appointed imams (today) and other nazir,” she said.

Noor Inayah, who is also a Baitulmal Selangor Committee member, said that her appointment as a mosque nazir is a big responsibility, to bridge the gap between the students of the IUKL and the local community.

“As I am the nazir of a mosque at an institution, apart from students receiving knowledge there, local community relations need to be prioritised too because we do not want this mosque to only (consist of) students studying at the institution.

“After being entrusted as a nazir, I hope that the local community can be brought closer to the academics and students in the university and bridge the gap with other mosque congregants,” said Noor Inayah, who is one of 1,256 mosque imams and nazir in Selangor who received their letters of appointment today. — Bernama

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