We are, indeed, a generation which has become highly dependent on technology. We live in an increasingly science and technology-driven world and, by necessity, make scientific and technological decisions every day. As scientific advances improve our lives, they also complicate how we live and react to the new technologies. Increasingly, human values come into conflict…
Whenever people talk about entrepreneurship, the concept that comes to mind is about people starting their own business. Although the idea is compatible in part with the concept of sustainable entrepreneurship with a slight difference, entrepreneurship is nothing more than the power to make things happen. According to Oscar Motomura, an entrepreneur is anyone capable…
Some time ago, the “Ah Long”menace used to shock the nation with reports of unscrupulous means of debt collections. Even then, the government managed to overcome such a problem. Currently, in replace of the “Ah Long Syndrome”, another form of debt collection has reared its ugly head. This time round, debt collectors make use of…
The Prime Minister today urged Malaysians to work together with the government and each other to realize a better future for the country. In his New Year 2013 message posted in his facebook wall; Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak says ‘the future success is not a mere dream but within reach if all parties are…
In the history of mankind, religion has been the main supporter of environmental protection. Islam emphasizes the necessity and importance of environmental protection so that man can live in harmony with nature, as well as to achieve sustainable development, enrich life on earth, and make best use of available resources. Islam talks not only of…
On June 30 this year, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared Lenggong Valley in Hulu Perak as a world heritage site. This declaration was made following the discovery of artifacts’ which were more than 1.8 million years old through excavation works by the country’s archaeologists and the beauty of this site…
Today’s work on nanotechnology is evolutionary. Hundreds of companies and universities are engaged in this work. Governments around the world are pouring billions of dollars into such research. In term of investment amounts, the USA leads other countries by investing USD3.7 billion through its National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), followed by Japan with USD750 million and…
Bioethics is the study of controversial ethics brought about by advances in biotechnology. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among human and animal life. It also includes the more commonplace questions of values which related with religions. Bioethics involves issues relating to the beginning and end of organism life;…
“Three people who are of the wrath of God, which is prone to what is unlawful, people who follow the act of jahilliyah (barbarian) and people kill people without rights” (Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim). The purpose of Islam came to this world when the world at that time, was in the days of barbarian,…
On 23 Sept 2011, I was invited to attend “Bengkel Kajian Hala Tuju Strategik Nanoteknologi Kebangsaan” at G-Tower, Kuala Lumpur. The title has opened up my interest to participate in the workshop because it is relevant to my Phd(s) research areas on the Development and Characterization of Nanocomposites under Polymer Engineering as well as on Islamic…
