Leading Islamic finance: What’s next?
Malaysia holds the world’s record in Islamic finance. In the ICD-Refinitiv Islamic Finance Development Indicator (IFDI) Report 2022, out of 136 countries, our country ranked first for ten consecutive years…
Need for Discernment on the AI Question
For Muslims, the framing and positioning of Artificial Intelligence and the 4th Industrial Revolution as a whole by its proponents and propagators—chiefly the technocrats, and corporate elites…
Hijrah and Civilisation Building
The Hijrah undertaken by the Prophet Muhammad in the month of Safar (agreeing with July 622 AD) changed the map of the world with the establishment of al-Madinah which, according to…
Why Islamic Calendar Begins with the Month of Muharram?
There are certain quarters among our people who are perplexed as to why the celebration of new Islamic Year Calendar of Hijrah is to begin with the month of Muharram when the…
Reforming Malaysia with Wisdom
YAB Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reintroduced the concept of ‘islah’ to refer to ‘reform’ in the administrative vocabulary of the government and this deserves further…
Discarding Labour Intensive To Tackle Middle Income Trap
Many Malaysians might not be aware that it has been 31 years already since the country had been classified as an upper-middle income country group by the World Bank in 1992…
Financial Abuse among the Elderly: Protect them from Scammers and Exploiters
An elderly person once told me that he had been scammed. When asked how, he said that he received a message that he had won a lottery…
Integrating Islamic Spirituality in Mental Health Treatment
Islam is a perfect, systematic and organised religion. It is a way of life as it guides human beings how to lead life meaningfully. The perfection of its teachings covers…
National Complex for Defence Industry
The Mongol sack of Baghdad–the ‘Abbasid Caliphate seat of power– in 1258 was the culmination of their 60-year military invasion of Muslim lands in the Levant. However, in just two years’ time, the…
Of Landslides and Floods: Trial or Wrath of God?
As this article is being written, the floods in the East Coast and the Batang Kali landslide search and rescue (SAR) operation, are still ongoing. Some people claim that this is a form of the wrath of God,…