Islamic Educationist Honoured By Queen Elizabeth

The principal of Minaret College at Melbourne, Australia, Mohamed Hassan, has been recognised in the Queen Elizabeth's Birthday honours for dedicating more than 30 years service to education.

He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on Monday for services to education and the Islamic community, particularly as the founder of the school which is attended by scores of overseas students including Malaysians.

"I feel great to have received this honour ," Hassan told the "Leader" newspaper.

"I feel that there has been recognition. I've been involved in the education sector since the 1970s."

After arriving in Australia from Britain where he did a masters degree at Leeds University, he was appointed a research fellow at the University of New South Wales in Sydney before lecturing at the Bendigo College of Advanced Education in Victoria and then at the Footscray College of TAFE in electronic engineering in Melbourne.

"During my work at Footscray, I finished my diploma of education then concentrated on founding Minaret College in 1992," he said

Hassan said the college provided an educational and spiritual programme for its students, who come from several parts of the world.

Hassan is also a board member of several Islamic education groups, including the Australian Council of Islamic Education for Schools, the Islamic Society of Eastern Melbourne region and King Khalid College.

Originally from Egypt, he is a former member of the Australia Federation of Islamic Councils. (Bernama)

***** I hope our very own religious teachers and educationists will be inspired by this honour and aspire to excel in the field of their choice. That will be infinitely much better than engaging in rhetoric and encouraging impressionable kids to hate and despise as some religious teachers have been alleged to be doing.
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