Having an educated and well-trained workforce is crucial for our nation to achieve the goals stipulated in the transformations agenda and more importantly, the Vision 2020. Even though our workforce may have the skills and experience, continuous education and training are essential to enhance their competency amidst the challenging and competitive global environment. Fundamentally, the…
It is a universally accepted principle that the most effective contemporary management process is through participative management. This principle teaches us that the dynamic management process begins with a belief in the potential of people. The Quran prominently regards man as the best of all the creations. Allah says, “We have indeed created man in…
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…
In the midst of speculation on election dates ranging from February, March, June and the latest being September 2012, politics is the talk of the town in this country. Many have made up their minds on which political party or leaders to choose, but quite a significant number of fellow Malaysian voters have yet to…
Libertines promote the type of freedom which lets every individual lives according to his fancy. Let every person acts as he wishes for his own good as he sees it, as “man is the measure of all things”, and judgments of right and wrong are relative. (See further IKIM VIEWS, 10 April 2012.) For libertines,…
As noted by a number of observant intellectuals and analysts, such negative words as “terrorism,” “extremism,” “radicalism,” and “fanaticism” have often been abused against groups or people having or expounding different-especially fundamentally opposing-worldviews and positions. As such, one must always be careful and vigilant not to misappropriate what should otherwise be words or terms that…
Less than a week ago, the Education Minister announced that 24,053 teachers would have the opportunity to be promoted to higher positions than the ones they currently hold. This is indeed a piece of news welcomed by those who are serving in one of the biggest professions in Malaysia. Apart from other benefits enjoyed by…
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;…
In attaining the pleasure of Allah, a Muslim shall devote all his works, actions, efforts and deeds solely towards the Almighty. Should he fail to observe and adhere to this fundamental Islamic creed, whatever success he achieves through hard work and effort is totally in vain; no matter how lucrative the material gains are. The current reality…
One activity that religion(s) can help to promote in the context of promoting unity is dialogue among groups with different belief systems, ethnicities, cultural and civilisational backgrounds. In the context of the United Nations, the idea of dialogue among faith groups and civilizations was first suggested by Iran in 1999. Subsequently, the United Nations General…
