The Prophet as a Role Model to Enculture Research Ethics

Research is an important endeavour in the process of acquiring new knowledge and providing solutions to problems. This activity involves various stakeholders in a complex research ecosystem. This ecosystem includes (but not limited to) the researcher (and his team members made up of other researchers, technicians, statisticians, enumerators and research assistants), the government, the industry,…

Promoting Rahmah as a System of Life

Remembering and commemorating of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. has been the practice of Muslims all over the world. It is a way of reviving his teachings so that Muslims would not in any way go astray or beyond what Islam has ordained them to follow as a system of life. It is clearly stated in the Quran in surah Al Anbiya verse 107 which translates to this effect: “And We have not sent you oh Muhammad except as a rahmah or mercy …

Demystifying ‘Philosophy’ in the University

For centuries in the East and West, the disciplines and ideas connected to “philosophy” were regarded as the most praiseworthy because without it, any practical activity is devoid of depth of meaning in relation to the human soul, to the environment, and ultimately to the Creator.It was the reason that the term ‘university’ was named as such – that it is a place wherein universal matters were investigated and studied by a community …