HAJI adalah satu daripada lima Rukun Islam yang diwajibkan ke atas orang berkemampuan sekali seumur hidup. Allah berfirman yang bermaksud: “Di situ ada tanda-tanda keterangan yang nyata (yang menunjukkan kemuliaan, di antaranya ialah) Makam Nabi Ibrahim. Dan sesiapa yang masuk ke dalamnya, aman tenteramlah dia. Dan Allah mewajibkan manusia mengerjakan ibadat haji dengan mengunjungi Baitullah,…
ISLAM is a global religion. The Prophet of Islam, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, who was the last messenger of God, was assigned to spread the teachings of Islam to all, regardless of race and culture. This is mentioned in verse 107 of Surah alAnbiya’ to the effect that: “We sent thee not, but as a mercy…
EVER since the debate on human cloning technology became a hot discussion topic, many people have made a generalisation that all technologies are detrimental to mankind. Technologies such as human cloning are potentially harmful and open to abuse which can then lead to destruction. Likewise, nuclear technology could bring mankind to annihilation if utilised in…
Perdebatan mengenai teknologi pengklonan khususnya untuk mengklonkan manusia menjadi satu polemik di kalangan saintis dan pemimpin politik. Sesetengah negara dengan jelas meletakkan pengklonan manusia sebagai satu kesalahan jenayah. Jika dilihat pada proses untuk menghasilkan manusia klon ini, ia adalah satu proses pembiakan seksual yang tidak memerlukan percantuman sel jantan (sperma) dengan sel betina (ovum). Sebaliknya…
“O MANKIND! Reverence your Guardian-Lord, Who created you from a single person, created, of like nature, his mate, and from them twain scattered like seeds countless men and women – fear God, through Whom you demand your mutual rights, and reverence the wombs that bore you: for God ever watches over you.” This is the…
THE last few days of Ramadan bear witness to a mass exodus of city folk. The balik kampung phenomenon has become an annual event when people leave big cities like Kuala Lumpur to return to their home towns. Big cities virtually empty out. If one wants to see a Kuala Lumpur void of cars, then…
FROM space Earth looks like a great blue gem. This planet that we live on is a gift from God to mankind. Everything has been created by God in due proportion and each has a unique role to play. Upset this balance and we will be upset too. Looking back at history, we can see…
George Sarton di dalam bukunya Introduction to the History of Science telah menyenaraikan nama-nama tokoh ahli sains Islam di antara 750 dan 110 Masihi yang telah membawa ilmu sains ke tahap yang lebih tinggi lagi. Katanya di dalam buku tersebut: “Sekiranya ada yang memberitahu anda bahawa Zaman Pertengahan tiada berlaku perkembangan sains, hanya sebutkan nama…
THE gold dinar has become a topic of interest to many people, especially those in the financial sector. Ever since Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad suggested its use for trade among Muslim countries, several seminars have been organised to discuss it. The international seminar organised by the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (Ikim)…
SCIENCE seems to be a word that scares many people. Certain images are conjured up and associated with science. One such image is that science is a difficult discipline of knowledge that only people with thick glasses and unkempt hair are able to understand. This stereotypical view of science has discouraged many students from taking…
