PDN 2025 To Mobilise Over 1,000 Da’wah Programmes Nationwide - Mohd Na'im

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- The National Da’wah Programme (PDN) 2025, launched today, will mobilise more than 1,000 da’wah programmes nationwide throughout its implementation, making it one of the largest national-scale da’wah initiatives to date.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar said the programme, which runs until Dec 15, was designed as a comprehensive movement to coordinate, strengthen and unify da’wah efforts through a more structured, inclusive and high-impact approach.

“PDN 2025 will coordinate various da’wah initiatives through an approach rooted in compassion, wisdom and authentic Islamic understanding, involving cooperation between the government, Islamic NGOs and the public,” he said when launching the programme at the Opening Ceremony of the International Sama’ Hadith Sahih Muslim 2025 at Putra Mosque here today.

With the theme “Cultivating Etiquette to Build the Nation,” PDN 2025 focuses on shaping a knowledgeable and well-mannered society as the foundation of national development, in line with the Malaysia MADANI agenda.

The scheduled programme includes seminars and knowledge sessions, da’wah expeditions, compassionate outreach, welfare activities, screenings of syariah-compliant films, as well as the National Da’i Award as its highlight event.

Mohd Na’im said the implementation of PDN 2025 was also hoped to serve as a catalyst in addressing narrow interpretations, misunderstandings and elements of extremism in religion through the strengthening of a knowledge culture and understanding based on evidence.

The launch of PDN 2025 also marked the opening of the International Sama’ Hadith Sahih Muslim 2025, a hadith listening and scholarly transmission session held from Nov 19 to 28, following the success of the Sama’ Hadith Sahih al-Bukhari event held last year.

The event gathers scholars and intellectuals from Egypt, Tunisia, India, Bahrain, Syria, Indonesia and local figures, which Mohd Na’im described as a symbol of Islamic unity that transcended borders of race and nation.

“Through this sama’ hadith tradition, we continue the chain of scholarly transmission (sanad) between past scholars and the present generation, a continuity of knowledge filled with meaning and blessings.

“This event is not merely a hadith recitation ritual, but an effort to enliven the culture of knowledge and balanced Islamic thought based on authentic texts,” he said.

-- BERNAMA