Talentime Report

This event was successfully organized by Islamic Affairs Bureau (IAB) on 16th January 2011 in conjunction with closing ceremony Campus Dakwah Project (CamPro) 2011. This event which was a pantomime competition was the pioneer event in IIUM Kuantan Campus. It was held in Main Auditorium Kulliyyah of Science. The contestants were among students of IIUM Kuantan Campus and competed between each kulliyyahs in IIUM Kuantan Campus.

Objectives:

1. To deliver message that entertainment is not forbidden in Islam as long as it is accordance with Syariah,
2. To create awareness that Islamic teachings can also be spread through entertainment,
3. To promote the Islamic way of entertaining and to instill the feeling of responsibility to preach the Islamic teachings.
Thank you to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jamaluddin Daud, Deputy Dean Student Affair who attended the closing ceremony of CamPro as VIP and was officially closed the event. There was also a nasyid performance by Army group after closing ceremony.
The contestants had to perform one episode from the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) or any Islamic story according to their creativity for not more than 15 minutes. Apart from gaining more knowledge about the sirah of Prophet, the contestants had also developed their soft skills that cannot be acquired during the usual class.
In addition, contestant also must follow rules and regulations that was determined by the organizer such as no mixing of gender in a group, no overacting and must observe their aurah.
The judges that involved during this event are Bro. Mohd Rizal Mat Isa from Kulliyyah of Nursing who also a national coach for coir group and Ustaz Hafiz Anuar Abdullah from Tilawah Division, CELPAD IIUM Kuantan Campus. Ustaz Hafiz was also commented about the entertainment in Islamic perspective briefly after the competition finished.
There was also a special performance, a Dikir Barat, by Putera Kenchana .
There were four groups participated in this competition.

Achievements:

1st place: Kulliyyah of Nursing
2nd place: Kulliyyah of Science (sister)
3rd place: Kulliyyah of Science (brother)
4th place: Kulliyyah of Allied Health Science
Alhamdulillah, the event was running smoothly even there was a technical problem happened after closing ceremony. We got good comments from the audiences and hopefully this kind of event will organise again in IIUM Kuantan Campus.