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-====== Surau dan Masjid di Bandar Baru Bangi ======
+====== Surau dan Masjid di Bandar Baru Bangi (1975) ======
 ===== Dirujuk oleh =====
+  * [[pembangunan_bbb|Pembangunan Bandar Baru Bangi]]
   * [[sejarahbangi-1970-1979#pembukaan_surau_pertama_di_b_b_bangi|1978-08-06: Pembukaan Surau Pertama di B B Bangi]]
+  * [[sejarahbangi-1970-1979#pembinaan_masjid_ukm|1979-03-16: Pembinaan Masjid UKM]]
   * [[sejarahbangi-1980-1989#pembukaan_surau_al_ehsan|1981-06-19: Pembukaan Surau Al Ehsan]]
   * [[sejarahbangi-1980-1989#pembukaan_surau_al-ittihad|1982: Pembukaan Surau Al-Ittihad]]
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   * [[sejarahbangi-1980-1989#pembinaan_surau_al-sobah|1989-06-01: Pembinaan Surau Al-Sobah]]
   * [[sejarahbangi-1990-1999#pembukaan_surau_jubli_perak|1990-03-22: Pembukaan Surau Jubli Perak]]
+{{:gambar:1939-منصور-غزالي-جرد-1.gif?600|Ukm Mosque - Mansor Ghazalli, 2002: Watercolor on cardboard}} \\
+Gambar: //"Ukm Mosque - Mansor Ghazalli, 2002: Watercolor on cardboard"// (Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts: {{ :laman:nationalgallery-org-artist-mansor-ghazalli.pdf ||}}[[https://nationalgallery.org/artist/mansor-ghazalli/|"Mansor Ghazalli; Malaysia, b.1931"]]).
+===== Latar Peristiwa =====
+Pembangunan UKM dan Bandar Baru Bangi berlaku pada zaman kebangkitan Islam di Malaysia sekitar tahun 1970-an dan 1980-an. Aktivis ABIM, PAS dan lain-lain di UKM ketika itu telah mengelola usrah mingguan serta solat berjemaah dari rumah ke rumah, serta aktiviti kemasyarakatan. Dengan pertambahan penduduk Melayu Islam kelas menengah di situ, termasuk golongan ilmuwan Islam, kegiatan tersebut semakin meluas dan pelbagai lagi, ditambah pula dengan sokongan kerajaan setelah presiden ABIM, Anwar Ibrahim menyertainya pada tahun 1982. Antara hasil kegiatan ini ialah surau-surau yang didirikan di sekitar Bandar Baru Bangi, hasil derma/wakaf serta usaha penduduk setempat, seiring dengan perkembangan serta pertambahan penduduknya:-
+//"The development of Bandar Baru Bangi coincided with the resurgence of Islam. Near the town was UKM, the workplace of the majority of its early residents and one of the hotbeds of resurgent Islam. There students and lecturers who were swayed by the arguments for reforms mounted by ABIM, PAS, and the Islamic Republic Group regularly organized socio-religious activities to stimulate the students' religious consciousness and to protest against the state for its role in perpetuating western cultural patterns. Elements of resurgent Islam penetrated Bandar Baru Bangi through UKM being introduced to the fledgling community by several religious activists who worked at the university. They organized usrah (study circle) on a weekly or fortnightly basis in the homes of individuals to discuss and appreciate the relevance of the eternal truths embodied in the Qur'an and Sunna of Prophet Mohammed to modern times. In the absence of any other form of religious gathering, the usrah later functioned as a context for small-scale social gathering as the host usually served food after the discussion and people stayed back to pray. It was during such occasions that the religious activists influenced those present to undertake Islamically inspired community-based projects. \\
+..... \\
+The Islamization process in Bandar Baru Bangi started to intensify in mid-1980s. Three social currents accounted for this. The first was the state's Islamization policy. Since the co-optation of Anwar Ibrahim, the then President of ABIM into UMNO in 1982, the state had been actively communicating the messages that Islam was an important component of national development and that Islamization of society should be done in a spirit of mutual help and consensus. In short, the state was prepared to consider positively grassroots programmes of Islamization in its efforts to maintain an open dialogue with the Islamists. The second factor which had a bearing on the direction of Islamization was the proliferation of members of the Malay middle class into new growth centres in search of houses and jobs. Bandar Baru Bangi was one of those areas that accommodated them. Still culturally unconsolidated but economically well endowed, the middle class proved to be an important resource to help actualize Islamically inspired projects that were formulated by both the state and the grassroots. Finally, the 1980s also saw an increase in the number of ulama and Muslim intellectuals imbued with strong religious sentiments and possessing great capacity for organizing religious activities. These people were not just ready to apply their knowledge of Islam and skills to explain Islam to the masses but also to help mobilize the people into organizations. \\
+\\
+These three currents impacted the religious life of the people of Bandar Baru Bangi in no small way. Guaranteed of state support, the religiously active people in the town mobilized economic resources to build more surau. To date, there are thirteen surau in Bandar Baru Bangi. Eight are housed in separate buildings and the remainder in apartments. Every surau is managed by a committee comprising of about eight to ten people and serves as the focal point of the religious life of the residents of the neighbourhood. The construction of surau in Bandar Baru Bangi is facilitated by donations collected from within and outside the community. The building or apartment which houses a surau and the land, on which it is located is usually donated by wealthy individuals. They are later classified as public endowments or waqf. The construction of surau on the basis of waqfis closely tied to the Islamic injunction concerning the importance of Muslims to do public good and embodied in three concepts that were and still are very widespread in Bandar Baru Bangi: the concepts of sedekah (alms), amal jariah (personal or collective conduct for public good) and fardhu kifayah (communal duty)."//
+(Sumber: Sharifah Zaleha Syed Hassan, 2001: [[islam_civilsociety|"Islamization and the Emerging Civil Society in Malaysia: A Case Study"]]).
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 ===== 1978-08-06: Pembukaan Surau Pertama =====
-//"Adapun bagi mendirikan solat berjamaah pada peringkat awal diadakan solat  berjamaah dari rumah ke rumah sebagai amalan usrah, namun selepas penduduk mengadakan AJK bagi mengadakan aduan kerosakan kepada pihak PKNS, maka AJK ini sebagai persatuan penduduk yang diketuai oleh Encik Omar Jaafar dan disetiausahakan oleh Encik Salleh bin Kasim yang mana Encik Omar Jaafar sebagai Pegawai Pentadbir UKM dilantik menjadi Ahli Ahli Majlis Daerah Hulu Langat, maka beliau yang selaku YDP Persatuan Penduduk pertama BBB telah berusaha mendapat sebuah bangunan yang dapat dijadikan surau bagi penduduk BBB yang pada masa itu hanya mempunyai satu seksyen sahaja. Di atas usaha ini maka pihak PKNS bersetuju menyerahkan sebuah rumah semi D beralamat No. 6, Jalan 1/3G sebagai surau bagi penduduk. Bangunan ini secara rasmi diserahkan oleh pihk PKNS kepada Penduduk BBB  pada 5 Ogos 1978. Penduduk BBB mengadakan gotong royong membersih rumah tersebut yang secara kebetulan juga bagi menyambut awal Ramadhan, maka pada 6 Ogos 1978 bersamaan 01 Ramadhan 1395 Surau mula digunakan. Nama Surau Al-Umm diberi nama, kerana inilah surau pertama digunakan oleh penduduk BBB. Nama Al-Umm bererti `Ibu` bagi surau BBB. Dengan adanya Masjid di UKM dan Surau al-Umm di Seksyen Satu BBB, maka penduduk tidak memikirkan tentang mendirikan masjid buat pada masa itu."// (Dr Shafie Abu Bakar, May 10, 2015: {{ :laman:dr_shafie_abu_bakar_tapak_masjid_al-umm_setua_bandar_baru_bangi.pdf ||}}[[https://drshafie.blogspot.com/2015/05/tapak-masjid-al-umm-setua-bandar-baru.html|"Tapak Masjid Al-Umm Setua Bandar Baru Bangi"]]).
+Bandar Baru Bangi mula diduduki sekitar Disember 1977, di Seksyen 1 kini. Ketika itu belum ada masjid atau surau, dan solat jemaah diadakan dari rumah ke rumah. Pada 4 Februari 1978, persatuan penduduk telah ditubuhkan, diketuai oleh Encik Omar Jaafar. Melaluinya penduduk telah berusaha mendapatkan bangunan surau dari pihak Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS). Pada 5 Ogos 1978, PKNS telah memperuntukkan sebuah rumah semi D beralamat No. 6, Jalan 1/3G sebagai surau tersebut. Gotong-royong diadakan bagi membersihkan rumah ini, dan keesokannya (6 Ogos / 1 Ramadhan) ianya mula diimarahkan. Sebagai surau pertama, ia diberi nama 'Al-Umm' (Ibu):-
-{{:gambar:img_20151211_103001.jpg?500|Surau Al-Umm, 2015}}{{:gambar:blogger-image--162183244.jpg?400|Surau Al-Umm, 2016}} \\ Surau Al-Umm kini (Dr Shafie Abu Bakar, Kiri: December 10, 2015: {{ :laman:dr_shafie_abu_bakar_jangka_panjang_pembangunan_tiga_peringkat.pdf ||}}[[https://drshafie.blogspot.com/2015/12/jangka-panjang-pembangunan-tiga.html|"Jangka Panjang: Pembangunan Tiga Peringkat"]], Kanan: July 6, 2016: {{ :laman:dr_shafie_abu_bakar_ada_garis_pilu_pada_penghujung_ramadhan_ini.pdf ||}}[[https://drshafie.blogspot.com/2016/07/ada-garis-pilu-pada-penghujung-ramadhan.html|"ADA GARIS PILU PADA PENGHUJUNG RAMADHAN INI"]]).
+//"Adapun bagi mendirikan solat berjamaah pada peringkat awal diadakan solat berjamaah dari rumah ke rumah sebagai amalan usrah, namun selepas penduduk mengadakan AJK bagi mengadakan aduan kerosakan kepada pihak PKNS, maka AJK ini sebagai persatuan penduduk yang diketuai oleh Encik Omar Jaafar dan disetiausahakan oleh Encik Salleh bin Kasim yang mana Encik Omar Jaafar sebagai Pegawai Pentadbir UKM dilantik menjadi Ahli Ahli Majlis Daerah Hulu Langat, maka beliau yang selaku YDP Persatuan Penduduk pertama BBB telah berusaha mendapat sebuah bangunan yang dapat dijadikan surau bagi penduduk BBB yang pada masa itu hanya mempunyai satu seksyen sahaja. Di atas usaha ini maka pihak PKNS bersetuju menyerahkan sebuah rumah semi D beralamat No. 6, Jalan 1/3G sebagai surau bagi penduduk. Bangunan ini secara rasmi diserahkan oleh pihk PKNS kepada Penduduk BBB  pada 5 Ogos 1978. Penduduk BBB mengadakan gotong royong membersih rumah tersebut yang secara kebetulan juga bagi menyambut awal Ramadhan, maka pada 6 Ogos 1978 bersamaan 01 Ramadhan 1395 Surau mula digunakan. Nama Surau Al-Umm diberi nama, kerana inilah surau pertama digunakan oleh penduduk BBB. Nama Al-Umm bererti `Ibu` bagi surau BBB. Dengan adanya Masjid di UKM dan Surau al-Umm di Seksyen Satu BBB, maka penduduk tidak memikirkan tentang mendirikan masjid buat pada masa itu."// (Dr Shafie Abu Bakar, May 10, 2015: {{ :laman:dr_shafie_abu_bakar_tapak_masjid_al-umm_setua_bandar_baru_bangi.pdf ||}}[[https://drshafie.blogspot.com/2015/05/tapak-masjid-al-umm-setua-bandar-baru.html|"Tapak Masjid Al-Umm Setua Bandar Baru Bangi"]]).
+{{:gambar:img_20151211_103001.jpg?500|Surau Al-Umm, 2015}}{{:gambar:blogger-image--162183244.jpg?380|Surau Al-Umm, 2016}} \\ Surau Al-Umm kini (Dr Shafie Abu Bakar, Kiri: December 10, 2015: {{ :laman:dr_shafie_abu_bakar_jangka_panjang_pembangunan_tiga_peringkat.pdf ||}}[[https://drshafie.blogspot.com/2015/12/jangka-panjang-pembangunan-tiga.html|"Jangka Panjang: Pembangunan Tiga Peringkat"]], Kanan: July 6, 2016: {{ :laman:dr_shafie_abu_bakar_ada_garis_pilu_pada_penghujung_ramadhan_ini.pdf ||}}[[https://drshafie.blogspot.com/2016/07/ada-garis-pilu-pada-penghujung-ramadhan.html|"ADA GARIS PILU PADA PENGHUJUNG RAMADHAN INI"]]).
+{{:gambar:img_20210813_185444.jpg?400|Bahagian hadapan surau, kini (13 Ogos 2021)}} \\
+Bahagian hadapan surau, kini (13 Ogos 2021).
 //"Antara tokoh-tokoh pimpinan di surau berkenaan yang turut mengajar ialah sepereti Dr. Abdullah pensayarah Fakulti Pengajian Islam, Dr. Mahmud Sa`edon yang juga Pensyarah Fakluti Islam, Imam Supa`at Pensyarah di Maktab Perguruan Islam Bangi. Antara yang pernah tinggal di surau ini ialah En Abdul Wahab Salleh  (Dr. Sebelum beliau bertolak menyambung pengajian di Mesir dan beberapa tokoh pengajar dan imam setempat. Yang pernah memimpin sebagai Pengerusi Surau ialah Tuan Haji Ghazali, Imam Supa`at dan beberapa yang lain."// (Dr Shafie Abu Bakar, December 6, 2019: {{ :laman:dr_shafie_abu_bakar_tiada_lengkap_tanpa_tempat_ibadat.pdf ||}}[[https://drshafie.blogspot.com/2019/12/tiada-lengkap-tanpa-tempat-ibadat.html|"TIADA LENGKAP TANPA TEMPAT IBADAT"]]).
+Peristiwa yang sama, menurut suatu sumber kajian yang lain: //"Elements of resurgent Islam penetrated Bandar Baru Bangi through UKM being introduced to the fledgling community by several religious activists who worked at the university. They organized usrah (study circle) on a weekly or fortnightly basis in the homes of individuals to discuss and appreciate the relevance of the eternal truths embodied in the Qur'an and Sunna of Prophet Mohammed to modern times. In the absence of any other form of religious gathering, the usrah later functioned as a context for small-scale social gathering as the host usually served food after the discussion and people stayed back to pray. It was during such occasions that the religious activists influenced those present to undertake Islamically inspired community-based projects. One of these projects was the creation of voluntary benevolent societies or kumpulan khairat. Two such associations were formed in 1979. Their primary concern was to provide their members with mutual assistance usually in times when death occurred in a family and help was needed to arrange for the funeral. The other project was the establishment of surau or a communal place for prayers. Towards this end, in 1980 the Selangor Development Corporation Authority, the government's agency that was entrusted with the responsibility to develop Bandar Baru Bangi was approached to “loan” one of the semi-detached houses in Fasa Satu so it could be converted into a surau. The agency concerned consented to the request. Thus, the first surau, called Surau Al Umm, was established in 1981. Several people were elected at a meeting to form the surau committee (Jawatankuasa Surau) with roles to co-ordinate the religious activities conducted at the surau. Within the general climate of heightened religious consciousness, the central appeal of this surau was the evening and night obligatory prayers performed congregationally and the religious talks that were conducted after the prayers. These occasions were used to forge a sense of moral solidarity among those present, as well as to reorientate them to a new way of understanding Islam than the established one. Islam was not just a set of rituals but a way of life and a workable doctrine for modern society."// (Sharifah Zaleha Syed Hassan, 2001: [[islam_civilsociety|"Islamization and the Emerging Civil Society in Malaysia: A Case Study"]]).
+===== 1979-03-16: Pembinaan Masjid UKM =====
+//"MASJID UKM telah dibina di atas tapak seluas dua hektar yang terletak di hadapan pintu masuk utama Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Pembinaannya dimulakan pada 16 Mac 1979 dengan kos berjumlah RM 5.1 juta. Ia telah diserahkan secara rasmi kepada pihak Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia pada hari Rabu 14 April 1982. Usaha pengimarahan masjid ini bermula pada hari Jumaat 16 April 1982.
+Reka bentuk Masjid UKM adalah hasil ilham Encik Abdullah Bakri, bekas Pengarah Unit Pembangunan, UKM. Bangunan ini dikelilingi oleh enam menara dan sebuah menara besar setinggi 6666 sentimeter yang telah diilhamkan oleh Tun Syed Nasir, bekas Pro Canselor UKM."// (Pusat Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM): [[https://www.ukm.my/pusatislam/latar-belakangsejarah-penubuhan/|"Sejarah Penubuhan Masjid"]]).
+{{gambar:image41.jpg?450|Masjid UKM dalam pembinaan}}{{facebook:12809626_1027605813951826_3731739983486480665_n.jpg?450|Masjid UKM dalam pembinaan (Dari sudut lain)}} \\
+Masjid UKM dalam pembinaan:- \\
+**Kiri**: Sumber: Pusat Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM): {{ laman:sejarah_penubuhan_masjid_pusat_islam.pdf ||}}[[https://www.ukm.my/pusatislam/latar-belakangsejarah-penubuhan/|"Sejarah Penubuhan Masjid". Pusat Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)]]). \\
+**Kanan**: Sumber: ibangi.my : Bandar Baru Bangi Online Community, 23 Mac 2016: [[https://www.facebook.com/BandarBaruBangi/photos/foto-komunititerjumpa-foto-lama-ukm-ketika-dalam-pembangunan-ada-siapa-yang-tahu/1027605813951826/|"FOTO KOMUNITI"]] (Sumber asal: Penerbit UKM)).
+**CATATAN 1**: //"Setelah menumpang kawasan  Perpustakaan Seri Lanang, maka tapak Masjid di UKM dipilih di tepi jalan berdepan dengan Dewan Konvensyen Tun Abdul Razak. Kerja bagi membina masjid ini memakan masa yang agak lama iaitu mulai pembinaan tapak pada 16 Mac 1976 dan siap pada 16 April 1982, iaitu memakan masa enam tahun. Walau bagaimana setelah bangunan Masjid UKM dapat disiapkan, maka  tidak timbul kepada keperluan masjid  didirikan di Bangi, oleh kerana Masjid UKM yang dua lapis lebih dari cukup bagi menampung mahasiswa Islam dan penduduk BBB yang pada masa itu ada dua seksyen sahaja, iaitu Seksyen Satu dan Dua yang penduduknya  dalam lingkungan seribu penghuni, Sebahagian besar dari mereka adalah pekerja-pekerja dan tenaga-tenaga pengajar di UKM dan sebahagian adalah tenaga pengajar dan pekerja UPM yang diberi peluang memiliki rumah di Bangi. Pada masa itu kemudahan jalan dari BBB ke kampus UKM telah sempurnma dengan pembinaan jambatan yang menghubungkan BBB dengan kampus, UKM. Sebelum dari itu , pada peringkat permulaan untuk ke UKM terpaksa melalui  Teras Jernang dengan melalui jambatan kayu yang agak uzur."// (Dr Shafie Abu Bakar, December 5, 2019: {{ :laman:dr_shafie_abu_bakar_kepentingan_masjid.pdf ||}}[[https://drshafie.blogspot.com/2019/12/kepentingan-masjid.html|"KEPENTINGAN MASJID"]]).
+{{:gambar:masjidukm-33.jpg?600|Masjid UKM dalam pembinaan}} \\
+(Sumber gambar: Dr Shafie Abu Bakar, June 6, 2014: {{ :laman:dr_shafie_abu_bakar_dekad_1980an_dasawarsa_pembangunan_dan_perkembangan.pdf ||}}[[http://drshafie.blogspot.com/2014/06/dekad-1980an-dasawarsa-pembangunan-dan.html|"Dekad 1980an Dasawarsa Pembangunan Dan Perkembangan"]]).
+**CATATAN 2**: //"Masjid UKM dibina dengan kos RM6.5 juta, hasil sumbangan kerajaan Malaysia dan Arab Saudi. Mula dibina pada 16 Mac 1979 dan digunakan buat pertama kalinya pada 16 April 1982, iaitu untuk solat fardhu Jumaat - Sumber : SENADA, April 1982 (ms. 01)"// \\
+{{:gambar:masjidukm-jemaah-1982.jpg?400|Betapa khusyuknya suasana ketika mendengar khutbah Jumaat di masjid UKM}} \\ //"Betapa khusyuknya suasana ketika mendengar khutbah Jumaat di masjid UKM"//
+(Sumber: Harith Faruqi Sidek, February 06, 2013: {{ laman:kitab_tawarikh_2.0_sejarah_masjid_ukm.pdf ||}}[[http://harithsidek.blogspot.com/2013/02/sejarah-masjid-ukm.html|"Sejarah Masjid UKM"]]).
 ===== 1981-06-19: Pembukaan Surau Al Ehsan =====
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 Dari sumber gambar bekas Surau An-Nur di sebelah kanan (2013): //"... Ini diikuti dengan perpindahan Balai Polis dari Jalan 1/7 BBB yang dianggap tidak begitu strategic ke bangunan kedai dua tingkat tepi tengah (No. 8, Jalan 1/4) mulai 1997. Bekas Balai Polis di Jalan 1/7  dijadikan surau sementara bagi Surau An-Nur di sini. Apabila Surau An-Nur siap di tapak sekarang, maka Surau An-Nur menurut Tuan Haji Ghazali Abbas berpindah ke Surau An-Nur yang rasmi pada 1998. Adapun bangunan Surau lama yang juga menjadi Balai Polis Lama menjadi Sekolah Agama di bawah kelolaan ABIM hingga sekarang."// (Dr Shafie Abu Bakar, July 14, 2013: {{ :laman:dr_shafie_abu_bakar_agens-agensi_terawal_di_bandar_baru_bangi_menempatkan_pejabat_sementaranya_di_bangunan_kedai-kedai_di_jalan_1_4_bbb.pdf ||}}[[http://drshafie.blogspot.com/2013/07/agens-agensi-terawal-di-bandar-baru.html|"Agens-Agensi Terawal Di Bandar Baru Bangi Menempatkan Pejabat Sementaranya Di Bangunan Kedai-Kedai Di Jalan 1/4 BBB"]]).
+Pentadbiran Surau An-Nur diketuai oleh Ustaz Harun Din, dan turut melahirkan Persatuan Kebajikan Islam An Nur (PKIAN). Selain sistem pentadbiran surau yang sistematik, mereka turut menjalankan pelbagai aktiviti kemasyarakatan di sekitarnya:-
+//"In Bandar Baru Bangi, Ustaz Harun Din together with his friends and followers responded to the call by establishing the An Nur Welfare Association (Persatuan Kebajikan Islam An Nur or PKIAN). The main aims of PKIAN were to provide mutual assistance to its members, to dispense specific charitable services, and to supervise the affairs of a surau located in the neighbourhood where Ustaz Harun Din lived. This surau was called Surau An Nur. The charter of PKIAN acknowledged it as a component of this NGO. The PKIAN and Surau An Nur thus became the new bases for the religiously motivated people living in and around the neighbourhood served by the surau to associate with one another formally and to collectively plan for more community-based projects. \\
+\\
+Towards the latter end, PKIAN restructured Surau An Nur's administrative system. This it did by creating several committees each with a specific function to supervise the affairs of the institution. The core committee was called the Surau An-Nur Administrative Committee. Comprising of twelve men and three women, this committee was basically concerned with co-ordinating the performance of congregational prayers (solat berjemaah), running religious classes, and organizing religious talks (ceramah agama). Then, there was the Social and Welfare Committee which was entrusted with the responsibility to co-ordinate the social welfare activities that the surau engaged in, such as providing financial assistance to needy students, new converts to Islam, and other underprivileged groups. There was also the Youth Committee with roles to organize religious camps and counselling services for youths. The collection of donations and management of the properties of the surau were made the responsibility of the Finance Committee, while the Security and Technical Committee looked after the maintenance of the surau. Except for the An Nur Administrative Committee, which had fifteen members, the other committees had between three to seven members each. \\
+\\
+The importance of the restructuring of surau administration is that there was an increase in community participation in the religious affairs of the community. Insofar as religious leadership was concerned, the new organizational structure helped spread it among many people instead of being concentrated in the hands of one person, that is Ustaz Harun Din. The people who were elected to sit in the various sub-committees were referred to by their friends as orang surau (surau person or surau people) precisely because of their deep involvement with matters pertaining to the management of the institution. They comprised of men and women between the ages of 30 to 65 and came from different occupational backgrounds. Most of them were elected on the basis of their sustained interest in religion, social position in society, and specialized knowledge in certain fields. Within the surau establishment, élite and non-élite, professionals and non-professionals, men and women, were integrated, some holding positions as imam, religious teachers, counsellors, treasurer, and maintenance men. \\
+\\
+Another feature of the Islamization process in late 1980s was the drive to diversify the services provided by Surau An Nur. In addition to providing a place for people to perform the solat, Surau An Nur also provided free lodging for poor students studying at UKM. It also helped procure cows for the ritual of sacrifice (korban) held in conjunction with the Aidil Adha celebrations, made travel arrangements for members and non-members of PKIAN wishing to perform the umrah (minor pilgrimage) and the hajj, organized study tours, and arranged short courses regarding the hajj for would-be pilgrims. In the ritual realm, the surau regularly conducted special prayers called solat hajat for individuals who had personal problems to overcome, as well as for school children who were going to sit for major examinations. \\
+\\
+Perhaps the central appeal of Surau An Nur was the religious talks. Surau An Nur organized these talks regularly on a weekly basis and in conjunction with Islamic festive occasions. To deliver these talks, the surau usually invited religious officials and missionaries (pendakwah). The surau held two types of religious talks, one an elaboration of Islamic doctrinal matters and the other, an informed address of current social issues. It was the latter type of religious talks that provided Surau An Nur its distinctiveness. These talks were usually given by missionaries who were well-known political and social activists, and who would not hesitate to comment on current political and social issues with candidness. The fact that Surau An Nur could get these people to participate in its religious talks series distinguished it from the other surau in the town, attracted a lot of people and gave it great weight as a religious institution."//
+(Sumber: Sharifah Zaleha Syed Hassan, 2001: [[islam_civilsociety|"Islamization and the Emerging Civil Society in Malaysia: A Case Study"]]).
 {{:gambar:surau-annur-1994.png?600|Surau An-Nur, 1994}} \\