SUDDENLY “Abu Sayyaf” has become a household name. No, it is neither the latest hot series on television nor is it the latest singer to make it big in the local music industry. Rather, the name, which appears in every news edition on TV, radio and newspapers at the national, regional and international levels, refers…
IT’S Monday morning and you’re racing to work in a traffic-snarled city. A quick glance at your wristwatch and you realise you are already way behind time. As you approach the last junction before turning into the road that leads to your office, a policeman suddenly waves at you to stop to give way to…
THE present millennium demands humanity to consider seriously the state of the art of our present society. In our interest to develop our modern society, we should not lose sight that our progress and the ability to sustain its development has to be in harmony with our human values. Humanity will never be able to…
HANYA bangsa yang besar dan bertamadun sahaja yang menghargai ilmu pengetahuan. Oleh kerana ilmu pengetahuan memerlukan pendokong-pendokongnya yang besar dan berketrampilan, maka para ilmuwan haruslah dihargai dan diberikan penghormatan yang sewajarnya sebagai sumber inspirasi ke arah meneruskan tradisi keunggulan ilmu pengetahuan yang lebih tinggi. Sesuai dengan objektif ini maka Institusi Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM) pada…
MUCH has been said and written about globalisation. Many intellects, politicians, businessmen, management gurus and others have touched on this much-hyped phenomenon. But what is globalisation? Is it a new and recent phenomenon? Is globalisation accidental or a natural evolution of mankind’s ever-advancing civilisation? It is imperative that we all understand globalisation is an on-going…
APART from intermittent showers and thunderstorms, the weather in this country has been relatively warm these past few weeks. The weathermen say that this is normal due to the inter-monsoon season. For many of us, this warm weather is a major topic of conversation. It is perhaps the number one ice-breaker, not only at top-level…
TULISAN saya minggu lalu tentang kenyataan negara kita, malah negara-negara lain umumnya, yang memerlukan tindakan berasaskan realiti negara dan penduduknya menarik perhatian ramai orang termasuk pembaca yang terdiri daripada warganegara Malaysia yang berada di Jepun yang menghantar pandangan positifnya tentang perkara itu. Motif tulisan saya itu ialah untuk menjelaskan bahawa seseorang atau satu kumpulan itu…
MOST tasks in society are being performed through organisations, be they in the public or private sector. Even in the voluntary sector, most functions are also being carried out by organisations. This shows that organisations have an important role to play in the development of our society. Organisations and their employees do not live in…
THIRTEEN years after being appointed the last prophet of God, Muhammad ibn Abdullah received a command to leave the city of Mecca to continue the struggle to spread Islam in Madinah. Mecca at the time was becoming unbearable for the Muslims. The Quraish were increasingly hostile, especially so when Muhammad snubbed their offer of a…
MINGGU lalu saya menulis tentang orang Melayu, bilakah agaknya keseluruhan kita akan dapat berubah dari segi sikap dan pemikirannya yang jumud dan negatif. Kita telah mengalami perubahan zaman dan waktu yang amat penting dalam sejarah hidup umat manusia. Kita telah memasuki abad dan alaf baru, abad ke-21 dan alaf yang kedua dengan menjelangnya tahun 2000…
