“I am happy that I have been recognised in doing good and for having shared Islamic values with the other religions and races.
“This award will encourage me to contri-bute more time and effort in promoting Islam,” he said after receiving the award from USM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Omar Osman during the Maal Hijrah 1436 celebration at USM’s Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra in Penang, yesterday.
