Foundation's effort a 'jihad'

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has paid tribute to the Al-Bukhary Foundation for helping poor students attain education up to the highest level and called on other bodies to emulate the good deed.

Describing the foundation's effort as a jihad (holy war) in Islam, Muhyiddin, who is also education minister, said the aid helped to bridge the gap in education between those in urban and rural areas besides providing access to quality education.

"I wish to congratulate the Al-Bukhary Foundation for improving Muslims' standard of education," he said at a breaking of fast with 312 students of the International Islamic University at the Islamic Arts Museum here on Monday.

Muhyiddin's wife, Puan Sri Norainee Abd Rahman, and foundation chairman Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary were present at the function sponsored by the foundation.