National Complex for Defence Industry
The Mongol sack of Baghdad–the ‘Abbasid Caliphate seat of power– in 1258 was the culmination of their 60-year military invasion of Muslim lands in the Levant. However, in just two years’ time, the…
Kesiapsiagaan Tentera Tanggungjawab Pemerintah
Sepotong hadis dalam sahih al-Bukhari yang diriwayatkan oleh Sahl bin Sa‘ad al-Sa‘di r.a. mengandungi sabda Rasulullah SAW mafhumnya “Satu hari menjaga…
Military Assets Vital for National Defence
According to Imam Abu’l-Hasan al-Mawardi (d. 1058) in his comprehensive work on Islamic governance, Al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyyah (The Ordinances of the Government), one-eighth of zakat is specified for the…
Recognising the Important Role of the Troops
In 2016, Dato’ Ayub Khan Mydin Pitchay, who was then the Deputy Director of the Special Branch of the Royal Malaysian Police, briefed the academics at the Institute of Islamic…
Paramount Virtues Protect National Sovereignty
According to the ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates (d. 399 BCE), imperialism is ultimately rooted in what his student, Plato (d. 348 BCE), interprets in his phaedo as psykhe, the human soul. Rising and…
Ramadan Reflections On Jihad
Ramadan is the opportune time for Muslims to reflect on their religious identity and life purposes as well as the many struggles which are afflicting segments of the Ummah in troubled parts of the world. It …
LIVING IN THE DAYS OF THUNDER (STORM)
The late Donald Routledge Hill (d. 1994), mechanical engineer turned historian of science and technology in the Muslim world, wrote in his book Islamic Science and Engineering (1993)that the expansion of Islam in the first two centuries made Muslims the inheritors of 3,000 year-long traditions of dam building. Not only did the dams they constructed…
Penguasaan Angkasa Kunci Kestabilan Serantau
Kesiapsiagaan ialah amanah, tanggungjawab kepada pemimpin negara dan panglima tentera. Allah ʿazza wa jalla berfirman dalam al-Quran: “Dan sediakanlah untuk menentang mereka (musuh yang menceroboh) segala jenis kekuatan yang dapat kamu sediakan dan daripada pasukan-pasukan berkuda yang lengkap sedia, untuk menggerunkan dengan persediaan itu musuh Allah dan musuh kamu serta musuh-musuh yang lain daripada mereka…
Air Superiority Key to Regional Stability
Readiness is the sacred charge of rulers and military commanders. God states in the Holy Qur’an: “Prepare against them (i.e. invaders) what you can of [military] power and cavalry to deter God’s enemies and your enemies as well as …
AI sebagai alat menempuh jalan sukar
Apakah yang “terbuat (artificial)” dalam teknologi kecerdasan buatan (Bahasa Inggeris: artificial intelligence) dipendekkan sebagai AI? Berasal daripada artifice dan sinonim dengan “muslihat,” “helah,” dan …