MAIWP Run 2025 Draws Overwhelming Response 

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- The Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP), in collaboration with Koperasi PPZ Bhd (KoPPZ), hosted the MAIWP RUN 2025 community run today at Dataran Putrajaya.

The third edition of the event saw participation from 10,123 individuals from diverse backgrounds, including international runners.

MAIWP chairman Syed Kamaruzaman Syed Kabeer said this year's turnout was the highest since the run's inception in 2023.

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"We have participants not only from Malaysia but also from countries such as India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom," he said when met at the event.

He added that the MAIWP RUN 2025 was organised to raise awareness of the roles and welfare initiatives undertaken by MAIWP and the MAIWP Zakat Collection Centre (PPZ-MAIWP) while promoting health within the community.

The event featured four race categories - a 21-kilometre (km) half-marathon with 2,000 participants, a 10km run (1,741 participants), a 5km run (2,617 participants), and a 3km fun run (3,765 participants).

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Syed Kamaruzaman highlighted the increase in female participation and the presence of differently-abled participants (PWDs) this year.

Aside from serving as a platform to introduce MAIWP and PPZ-MAIWP to the community, he noted that the event also reflected the success of zakat institutions in strengthening ties with the public.

"We hope this event fosters closer ties between the community and MAIWP and PPZ-MAIWP, enhancing visibility. Alhamdulillah, this year, we collected RM1.113 billion in zakat (tithes), with distributions exceeding collections.

"This underscores the importance of programmes like this in connecting the public to the roles of MAIWP and PPZ-MAIWP," he added.

-- BERNAMA