Sesuai dengan hakikat bahawasanya agama Islam yang mementingkan ilmu dan pendidikan, dalam masa beberapa hari sahaja lagi muslimin sekalian akan berpeluang mengalami/menghadiri madrasah/sekolah Ramadhan semasa mereka menjalankan ibadat puasa mereka. ‘Madrasah’ berasal daripada perkara Arab ‘darasa’ yang bermaksud mengajar dan ‘madrasah’ pertama dalam sejarah Islam adalah rumah Abu Abdillah al-Arqam bin al-Arqam. Di sini ilmu pengetahuan…
According to the American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), a non-profit organisation dedicated to preventing cruelty towards animals, acts of cruelty are not circumscribed within the category of abuse, neglect and abandonment only. Despite meanings of these terms differing from one jurisdiction to another, it is no longer a hidden fact…
Tajuk ini amat perlu diberi perhatian hari ini kerana isu-isu mendesak yang dihadapi secara glokal. Beberapa contoh termasuklah isu-isu alam sekitar seperti perubahan cuaca yang drastik, kepupusan sumber alam, jurang perbezaan yang kian meningkat di antara golongan yang miskin dengan yang kaya dan keruntuhan akhlak dalam dimensi keluarga, pekerjaan serta pentadbiran dan pengurusan misalnya. Setelah…
In one of his presidential election speeches in 2008 President Barack Obama chose empathy as one of his major focus, stating that, “There’s a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit – our ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes,…
Recently a religious edict was issued in one of the peninsular states prohibiting the use of the ketum leaves and its products. The ketum plant Mitragyna speciosa grow in the form of 12-20 feet tall trees, with large dark green leaves. In our part of the world the ketum is native to places like Northern…
A Forum on Peace and Sustainability was held on Friday, 1st November. It was jointly organized by IKIM, International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) and International Movement for A Just World (JUST). The major aim of the forum was to create greater understanding between the Muslim and Buddhist communities which in regional terms make up…
It was a beautiful sunny morning with a gentle breeze. We were surrounded by acres of open rice fields in a local village famous for its home-stay industry, called Kg. Sungai Haji Dorani in Kuala Selangor. We were listening to IKIM’s workshop young multiracial participants on “Malaysians Living Together” sharing what their impressions were of…
Apakah satu unsur persamaan (common denominator) di antara berita video YouTube “1 hari di Hari Raya”, penggunaan surau untuk ritual agama bukan Islam dan video “Berbuka puasa dengan Bak Kut Teh”? Ya, jawapannya ialah teknologi informasi – komunikasi atau ICT dalam bentuk laman sosial yang begitu ghairah penggunaannya hari ini. Di dalam dua kes yang pertama, sekiranya…
For Muslims, Ramadan is special because it is during this month that the Quran was revealed for the first time. This event is known as Nuzul al-Quran (descent of the Quran) and it happened 13 years before the Prophet migrated (Hijra) to Medinah. He received the revelation whilst he was in one of his frequent retreats in…
Development experts are making the observation that no matter how exciting future prospects of greater well-being promised by science and technology may be, present patterns of behaviour do not seem to be inspiring much confidence in the processes of achieving such prospects. Development agencies such as the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa as…
