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Prof Syukri chairing the first ISDEV Management Committee meeting on Friday 23 July 2010 Alhamdulillah . The moment that awaits the entire ISDEV fraternity has finally come true. ISDEV Director Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh is finally back at ISDEV. On 19 July, 2010 Professor Muhammad Syukri came to his office at C05 and was immediately seen immersed into his workload. With his new zest and inspirations received from his experience abroad, as a Visiting Scholar at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) in Jeddah and as a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) in England, United Kingdom, he has already committed his one Tuesday afternoon of a month as a “Tarbiyah Pengarah ISDEV”. This programme is intended for ISDEV fraternity to hear and have a special session with ISDEV Director at least once a month where Professor Muhammad Syukri plans to share and implement some of these new found ideas whilst he was abroad at ISDEV. Some of ISDEV fraternity ...

Welcoming and Orientation Session ISDEV welcomed its third batch of Master students recently on 5 July, 2010. 14 students attended the said orientation programme. The welcoming session started at eight in the morning of the Meeting Room of C05 with a Ta’aruf Session and Welcoming Speech by the Chairperson of the Islamic Development Management Section, Dr Fadzila Azni Ahmad. This was followed by a briefing on the MISDEV programme by Brother Khairul Faizi. Although ISDEV Director, Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh, was away as a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, MISDEV ’10 still had a chance to listen to his welcoming remarks and general advice on being a student of Islam to them. The programme ended with the “Sahabat Programme” where each student of MISDEV ’10 was allocated a senior sister/brother from MISDEV ’09. Some of the students

ISDEV recently conducted two in-house seminars in June 2010. The first of the ISDEV In-House Seminar was held on Friday 25 June, 2010 at 9:30am. ISDEV Post Graduate Fellow, Dr. Miftahur Rahim presented his paper entitled “Ahlus Sunnah Dalam Dunia Global” (The Ahlus Sunnah in the Globalised World). Dr. Miftahur Rahim The second ISDEV In-House Seminar was delivered by a guest speaker who is the Director of the Palestine Centre of Excellence (PACE), based in Kuala Lumpur. Assoc. Professor Dr Hafidzi Mohd Noor presented his talk regarding “Keberkatan Baitul Maqdis” (Baitul Maqdis’ Blessings) on Tuesday 29 June, 2010 at 2:30pm. Both of these ISDEV In-House Seminar Series were held at the Meeting Room (C05) and were chaired by Ustaz Mohd Shukri Hanapi. Assoc. Professor Dr Hafidzi Mohd Noor

ISDEV PhD Candidate Brother Ahmad Azrin Adnan has submitted his PhD thesis. The title is “Choice Determinants of the Islamic Banking Institutions Among the Muslims in Terengganu” (Penentu Pemilihan Institusi Perbankan Islam Dalam Kalangan Muslim Di Terengganu). Brother Azrin presenting his thesis at ISDEV before he is allowed to submit it He has been working with ISDEV Director Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh and ISDEV Management Committee Member Dr Zakaria Bahari. Viva voce for the thesis is expected to be held sometime in August 2010. When the exact date is confirmed, a mock viva will be held at ISDEV to train him to face the real viva voce. Whilst waiting for his viva, Brother Ahmad Azrin has resumed his duties as a lecturer at the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) in Terengganu. The participants at the presentation

Narrated 'Aisha, The Prophet never fasted in any month more than in the month of Sha'ban. He used to say, "Do those deeds which you can do easily, as Allah will not get tired (of giving rewards) till you get bored and tired (of performing religious deeds). "The most beloved prayer to the Prophet was the one that was done regularly (throughout the life) even if it were little. And whenever the Prophet offered a prayer he used to offer it regularly [Hadith from Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 31: Fasting, Hadith Number 191] .

Professor Syukri working at his Clevedon House in Oxford After being in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for about three and a half months, ISDEV Director Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh has now, since 18 July 2010, moved to Oxford, United Kingdom. Professor Syukri has been in Jeddah from 1 March to 17 July 2010, attaching to Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) as a Visiting Scholar. Here he undertook a research on "Islamic Management of Poverty". In Oxford, Professor Syukri is attached to the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) as a Visiting Fellow, undertaking a research on the "Conceptualisation of Islamic Project Management". He will be in Oxford until 16 July 2010, afterwhich he will be back in Universiti Sains Malaysia to resume his normal duties.

It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that ye say that which ye do not [al-Saff, 61: 3] .