One of the qualities of a good leader is integrity. However, to find a leader with high integrity today is like searching for “red sulphur” (al-kibrit al-ahmar), an analogy in the Arab tradition to indicate a difficult task, if not …
Who would believe that a year will be gone by soon. As if it was only yesterday we celebrated the coming of the new year of 2021. Three hundred and 65 days have passed so quickly that we do not even realise it. So swiftly has time passed. This is also one of the signs…
Malaysia’s position in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2020 dropped to 57th from 51st in 2019 out of 180 countries. Many quarters have questioned how the index was produced, including the extent to which it …
Kedudukan Malaysia dalam Indeks Persepsi Rasuah (CPI) bagi tahun 2020 jatuh ke tangga 57 daripada 180 buah negara berbanding tangga 51 pada 2019. Walaupun ramai pihak yang mempertikaikan cara indeks tersebut dihasilkan, …
A total of 468 suicide cases were reported in Malaysia for the past five months in 2021 alone. People are now tired not only because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected their lives for over than a year now, but also with the Movement Control Orders imposed on them again and again that consequently…
Akhir-akhir ini semakin kerap kita melihat polemik yang timbul dalam kalangan ilmuwan dan asatizah berhubung sesuatu isu hingga menimbulkan kegelisahan kepada masyarakat awam siapa yang perlu diikuti dalam isu tersebut. Apa yang lebih mendukacitakan lagi …
Islam ialah agama yang sangat indah jika seluruh ajarannya diamal dan dijadikan cara hidup. Malangya, sebahagian besar masyarakat kita menganggap Islam itu hanyalah dalam urusan yang melibatkan perkahwinan, kematian, dan seumpamanya manakala tempat-tempatnya …
The year 2021 will be welcomed in a few days’, and most will be greeting others with “Happy New Year!” just as at the start of 2020. The word “happy” is perhaps one of the most uttered words on earth. Unfortunately, many have neither really understood its true meaning nor its essence. From time immemorial,…
“No regrets over Prophet Muhammad Cartoons” – that’s how arrogant and presumptuous a statement made by Charlie Hebdo’s director Laurent Sourisseau at the “Tribunal de Paris” courthouse in Paris on 9 September 2020 recently. What he regretted, on the contrary, was “to see how little people fight to defend freedom. If we don’t fight for…
Negara kita sejak beberapa bulan ini dilanda pelbagai perkara yang menuntut perubahan kepada semua rakyat Malaysia. Kemunculan virus baharu coronavirus Covid-19 menjadi pandemik ke seluruh dunia sehingga memaksa Kerajaan Persekutuan mengambil tindakan pencegahan …
