Kita sering mendengar ungkapan (cliché) “kenaikan harga ini adalah minima dan tidak membebankan rakyat” atau “kenaikan harga ini tidak dapat dielakkan dan rakyat perlu berjimat cermat, jangan membazir” keluar daripada mulut para pemimpin negara setiap kali berlaku kenaikan harga sesetengah barangan atau perkhidmatan. Ungkapan-ungkapan ini dijangka akan kembali kedengaran memandangkan harga minyak di pasaran dunia…
Islam is not difficult. When I was teaching at the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), most of my students-if not all-were amazed when I remarked that Muslims are not to pray when traveling long distances on airplanes; that Muslim surgeons may choose to combine (jama’) their prayers if they are…
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) — The digital revolution has unleashed a myriad of choices through new and old media, from terrestrial and satellite television and Internet, to the iPod, films, mobile phones, video games and the list goes on. It is education that teaches us how to pick the right choice, and tune the…
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Nov (Bernama) — Revolusi digital sejagat telah melambakkan pilihan berlimpah-ruah melalui pelbagai media baru dan lama, daripada televisyen-darat dan televisyen-satelit serta Internet, membawa kepada media iPod, wayang gambar, telefon mudah-alih, dan permainan video dan banyak lagi. Pendidikanlah yang memupuk kita supaya bersikap bijaksana, dan supaya kita penuh dengan budi-bicara dalam memilih karya,…
Is space exploration, merely an event or is it an issue? How does one differentiate between an issue and an event? For example, the accident which had to the death of Princess Diana (1997) was an event; but what was the issue surrounding that accident or event? Malaysia’s space exploration which we are proud of…
