Kuala Lumpur, 25 October 2010 – Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad (KFHMB), the first foreign Islamic bank in the country, has contributed ihram garments to Malaysian male pilgrims who are performing Hajj this year.
KFHMB is one of the corporate partners for the 2010 Hajj pilgrimage season. A symbolic handover of the Bank’s contribution was made during the Sahabat Korporat Tabung Haji programme which was held recently at Lembaga Tabung Haji's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The event was officiated by Yang Berhormat Major General (R) Dato' Haji Jamil Khir bin Haji Baharom, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. Representing KFHMB at the event was Chief Executive Officer, Puan Jamelah Jamaluddin, who presented the Bank’s contribution of 15,000 pairs of ihram garments worth over RM400,000 to Lembaga Tabung Haji.
Explaining the initiative, Puan Jamelah said, “We are proud to support the Sahabat Korporat Tabung Haji programme for the third consecutive year. Hajj is prescribed once in a lifetime upon the Muslims whose health and means permit. We hope our contribution will be well received by the Hajj pilgrims, and the ihram garments will be used for their future Hajj and Umrah journeys. The gesture is also very much in line with the Bank’s corporate social responsibility objective of providing aids and assistance to benefit the Muslim community.”
On the business front, KFHMB recently launched the KFH Personal Financing-i Hajj and Umrah, a unique product designed for Muslim customers to facilitate their pilgrimages to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. Developing the Shariah-based personal financing facility was consistent with the Bank’s aim to reach out to consumers and the general public.
KFHMB is one of the corporate partners for the 2010 Hajj pilgrimage season. A symbolic handover of the Bank’s contribution was made during the Sahabat Korporat Tabung Haji programme which was held recently at Lembaga Tabung Haji's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The event was officiated by Yang Berhormat Major General (R) Dato' Haji Jamil Khir bin Haji Baharom, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. Representing KFHMB at the event was Chief Executive Officer, Puan Jamelah Jamaluddin, who presented the Bank’s contribution of 15,000 pairs of ihram garments worth over RM400,000 to Lembaga Tabung Haji.
Explaining the initiative, Puan Jamelah said, “We are proud to support the Sahabat Korporat Tabung Haji programme for the third consecutive year. Hajj is prescribed once in a lifetime upon the Muslims whose health and means permit. We hope our contribution will be well received by the Hajj pilgrims, and the ihram garments will be used for their future Hajj and Umrah journeys. The gesture is also very much in line with the Bank’s corporate social responsibility objective of providing aids and assistance to benefit the Muslim community.”
On the business front, KFHMB recently launched the KFH Personal Financing-i Hajj and Umrah, a unique product designed for Muslim customers to facilitate their pilgrimages to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. Developing the Shariah-based personal financing facility was consistent with the Bank’s aim to reach out to consumers and the general public.