Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak last night attended the Forum Perdana Hal Ehwal Islam programme organised by the Welfare Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti) at Seri Perdana.

Also present at the forum themed "Taqwa Membawa Bahagia" were the prime minister''s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, who is also BAKTI president, and Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Ali Hamsa.

The three panelists were Senior Lecturer of Syariah Department, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Datuk Dr Izhar Ariff Mohd Kasim, Principal Assistant Director of Pahang Islamic Department, Datuk Badli Shah Alauddin and Senior Lecturer of Syariah Faculty, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Dr Nik Salida Suhaila Nik Saleh.

Ustaz Zakaria Othman of Department of Islamic Develeopment Malaysia (Jakim) was the moderator.

The one hour forum was aired live by Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).

Also present were Minister in the Prime Minister''s Department, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom; Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin; Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim, Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Datuk Jailani Johari and Deputy Minister of Human Resource, Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Muttalib. - BERNAMA