{"id":16007,"date":"2026-07-17T15:36:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/?p=16007"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:37:00","slug":"heartiest-congratulations-to-prof-emeritus-datuk-dr-osman-bin-bakar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/2026\/07\/17\/heartiest-congratulations-to-prof-emeritus-datuk-dr-osman-bin-bakar\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartiest Congratulations to Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr. Osman bin Bakar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Heartiest Congratulations to Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr. Osman bin Bakar<br><br>The Student Affairs and Development Division (STADD), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), extends its warmest and heartfelt congratulations to Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr. Osman bin Bakar on his reappointment as the Rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), effective 23 September 2026.<br><br>May Allah SWT continue to bless him with good health, wisdom, and strength in leading IIUM towards greater excellence in education, research, and service to the Ummah. We pray that his leadership will continue to inspire the university community in upholding the values of Tawhidic Epistemology and Ummatic Excellence, while advancing IIUM\u2019s vision as the Garden of Knowledge and Virtue.<br><br>Once again, congratulations and best wishes on this well-deserved appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/07\/Heartiest-Congratulations-to-Prof.-Emeritus-Datuk-Dr.-Osman-bin-BakarThe-Student-Affairs-and-Dev-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/07\/Heartiest-Congratulations-to-Prof.-Emeritus-Datuk-Dr.-Osman-bin-BakarThe-Student-Affairs-and-Dev-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/07\/Heartiest-Congratulations-to-Prof.-Emeritus-Datuk-Dr.-Osman-bin-BakarThe-Student-Affairs-and-Dev-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/07\/Heartiest-Congratulations-to-Prof.-Emeritus-Datuk-Dr.-Osman-bin-BakarThe-Student-Affairs-and-Dev-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/07\/Heartiest-Congratulations-to-Prof.-Emeritus-Datuk-Dr.-Osman-bin-BakarThe-Student-Affairs-and-Dev-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/07\/Heartiest-Congratulations-to-Prof.-Emeritus-Datuk-Dr.-Osman-bin-BakarThe-Student-Affairs-and-Dev.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heartiest Congratulations to Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr. Osman bin Bakar The Student Affairs and Development Division (STADD), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), extends its warmest and heartfelt congratulations to Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr. Osman bin Bakar on his reappointment as the Rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), effective 23 September 2026. May Allah SWT continue to bless him with good health, wisdom, and strength in leading IIUM towards greater excellence in education, research, and service to the Ummah. We pray that his leadership will continue to inspire the university community in upholding the values of Tawhidic Epistemology and Ummatic Excellence, while advancing IIUM\u2019s vision as the Garden of Knowledge and Virtue. Once again, congratulations and best wishes on this well-deserved appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":16008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16009,"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16007\/revisions\/16009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/division.iium.edu.my\/stadd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}