{"id":6419,"date":"2026-01-14T15:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propp.my\/?p=6419"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:19:34","slug":"government-champions-tahfiz-education-as-strategic-national-asset-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/government-champions-tahfiz-education-as-strategic-national-asset-2","title":{"rendered":"Government champions tahfiz education as strategic national asset"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6419\" class=\"elementor elementor-6419\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ccc9a38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"6ccc9a38\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c2ebe6b\" data-id=\"3c2ebe6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42f99773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42f99773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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