SEJARAH hidup junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad SAW yang sebenar-benarnya adalah contoh kepada seluruh umat manusia. Ini jelas menerusi firman Allah yang bermaksud: “Dan tiadalah Kami mengutuskan engkau (wahai Muhammad) melainkan untuk menjadi rahmat sekalian alam”. (Surah Al-Anbiya’ ayat 107). Rasulullah memberikan contoh dalam segenap aspek kehidupan. Baginda adalah contoh paling hebat sebagai pemimpin negara, hakim,…
THE country is experiencing election fever. The general election, with nomination day set for today and polling day on March 21, is the 11th to be held in Malaysia’s history. This election is historic as it is the first in the new millennium and century with a new Prime Minister at the helm. Much water…
TARIKH 31 Oktober 2003 terpahat dalam lipatan sejarah negara. Selepas memimpin negara selama 22 tahun, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad melepaskan teraju kepimpinan kepada penggantinya, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Peralihan kepimpinan ini, yang disaksikan bukan saja rakyat negara ini, malah warga dunia adalah satu proses yang begitu licin dan teratur. Peralihan kuasa dilihat sebagai suatu…
BIOTECHNOLOGY is indeed an area which promises to better our quality of life. In essence, biotechnology is a technology that has developed from the advances made in biology or the life sciences. The importance of life sciences is lucid. It is interesting to note that the very first revelation from God to the Prophet of…
MUCH has been said and written about sacrifice. Books and poems have been written on the subject. Likewise, movies have been made. Even Elton John wrote a song with sacrifice as its title and theme. Tomorrow, Muslims will be celebrating Aidiladha. As many are aware, it is one of the biggest and most important events…
A COUPLE of years before the Asian financial crisis hit many parts of East Asia like a tsunami wave, I remember having attended an interview that took one whole day, organised by one of the giant corporations in Malaysia. The interview was divided into three sessions – the traditional face-to- face interview, a session that…
OF late, we are witnesses to a list of unprecedented violent and inhuman acts, both locally and internationally. In the local scene, we have been exposed to brutal murders, child abuse and rapes, to cite a few and on the international front we have seen wars and terrorist activities. It is indeed ironic that while…
THE call by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi that Malaysia should focus on particular areas of research and development is particularly noteworthy. The Prime Minister reiterated that in terms of R&D, Malaysia should not be “jack of all trades and master of none”. Instead, it should know its priorities in order to embark…
`Dakwah adalah tugas yang perlu dijalankan 24 jam sehari, tujuh hari seminggu dan 365 hari setahun. Hakikat ini dinyatakan menerusi satu ayat al-Quran yang mengisahkan tentang usaha dakwah yang dijalankan oleh Nabi Nuh a.s., yang maksudnya: (Setelah puas menyeru mereka), Nabi Nuh berdoa dengan berkata: “Wahai Tuhanku, sesungguhnya aku telah menyeru kaumku siang dan malam…
EVERY year on the first day of the last month of the year, World AIDS Day is commemorated. Much has been done to tackle the scourge known as AIDS, but statistics of people infected by HIV and AIDS seem to show the contrary. The problem with the majority of people, Malaysians included, is denial of…
