‘Tabayyun’ In The Age Of Social Media
The advancements in information and communication technology (ICT) has drastically revolutionised the way…
Changing The Mindset On S&T
Ditulis oleh Dr. Shaikh Mohd Saifuddeen Shaikh Mohd Salleh. Posted in We are now into the year 2016. Yet, we still hear complains on the state of science and technology in the country. These complains include poor mastery of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) among students, the decrease in the number of students studying science, lack…
Adab Di Media Sosial
Ditulis oleh Shaikh Mohd Saifuddeen Shaikh Mohd Salleh. Diterbitkan Komunikasi ialah satu aspek penting dalam kehidupan manusia. Teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) yang ada hari ini memudahkan proses komunikasi berlaku dengan cekap, cepat dan merentas jurang dan batas masa dan ruang fizikal. Secara umumnya, terdapat tiga bentuk komunikasi. Pertama ialah komunikasi autokratik, iaitu komunikasi satu…
Kepentingan Bioetika Islam
Ditulis oleh Shaikh Mohd Saifuddeen Shaikh Mohd Salleh. Posted in Islam merupakan agama yang syumul yang mencakupi seluruh aspek kehidupan seharian manusia. Ajaran Islam yang dibawa oleh Nabi Muhammad SAW penuh dengan hukum, peraturan, nilai murni dan etika agar manusia dapat menjalankan tanggungjawab sebagai khalifah sebaik mungkin. Bidang sains ialah bidang yang berkembang dengan pesat…
Do Not Be Distracted by Speculative Science
Ditulis oleh : Shaikh Mohd Saifuddeen Shaikh Mohd Salleh Diterbitkan : In 2013, Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero wrote a paper in Surgical Neurology International under the title “HEAVEN: The head anastomosis venture project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage (GEMINI)” which essentially outlined a theoretical procedure for a whole human head…
Advance Medical Directive: How Prepared Are We?
From the perspective of the medical practitioner, advance medical directive or AMD, for short, is a proactive measure by an individual done in order to help family members and next-of-kin to decide the forms of treatment that must be provided when the individual lost the ability to make his/her own decisions. However, in Malaysia, there…
Personal Health Autonomy, or Public Health Risk?
Everyone wants the best for their children. We want them to be happy. We want to give them protection. We want them to grow up strong and healthy. In this day and age where information is readily accessible, we could always refer to the social media in finding out what would be “the best” for…
Disservice to Islamic Medicine
Pervez Hoodbhoy, a Pakistani nuclear physicist, once lamented in his book, Islam and Science – Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality that “numerous charlatans and sycophants…had seized the reins of society and set for themselves the task of ‘Islamizing’ everything in sight, including science.” These words may be harsh, but they came immediately to mind when…
Sampai Bilakah Mahu Bernostalgia?
Umum sedia maklum bahawa kegemilangan Tamadun Islam dipacu, antara lain, oleh perkembangan pesat dalam pelbagai bidang ilmu pengetahuan. Seiring dengan perkembangan ilmu ini, muncul tokoh-tokoh ilmuwan hebat yang nama mereka disebut-sebut sehingga hari ini. Dalam bidang sains misalnya, nama-nama seperti Jabir ibn Hayyan, al-Khwarizmi, Ibn al-Haytham, al-Biruni dan Ibn Sina menjadi kebanggaan umat Islam pada…
Developing Quality Scientists
For students who recently received their SPM and STPM results, it signified the end of a phase in their lives and the beginning of a new chapter. They would now leave behind their schooling years, and those who did well would proceed to further their studies in their chosen fields based on the results that…