Last month, Khazanah Research Institute published a report entitled “The State of household”. The publication of this report is commendable and timely as it provides a timely insight into the state of household in Malaysia. The report contains details and facts about some of the pressing issues involving Malaysia’s household currently, covering the disparity and…
Indiscriminate killing of Muslims or non-Muslims is unlawful and there is no disambiguity about that as far as Islamic jurisprudence is concerned. That is because Islam treasures the sanctity of life. The Qur’an says: “Whoever kills a person unjustly—except as a punishment for murder or as a prescribed punishment for spreading disorder in the land—it…
Civil society and democracy are two concepts that are so closely linked. Generally, both of which became a phenomenon around the world during eighties with the development of democracy and the Soviet Union breakup. Economic underdevelopment, human rights violations, protest against one-party system, rejecting military regime and dictatorship are among the factors creating civil society…
A study conducted by the National Library (PNM) found that Malaysians now read an average of 14 books a year. This is a delightful news, as about 14 years ago, it was only two and a half pages a year on the average. Let’s evoke a historic battle happened a hundred years after the…
Globalization refers to a historical process which transforms the spatial organizations of social relations and transactions, generating transcontinental or inter-regional networks of interactions and exercise of power (Held et.al.1999). Figuratively, this development denotes the disappearance of boundaries between countries and its impacts can be seen in many aspects of our lives today. Disparity in political…
Islam is an Arabic word which carries several meanings. In the Quran, two distinct meanings are used by Allah. For example, in Surahal–Nisa’ verse 90 and al–Anfal verse 61, ‘Islam’ or ‘salm’ means ‘peace’. In a number of other verses, it carries the meaning of ‘submission’ or ‘surrender’, for example, verse 83 of AliImran and 208 of al–Baqarah. Nevertheless, such connotations are not…
Among the slew of disturbing reports on the Islamic State (IS) of late, two mainly have caught public attention in the country recently. One is the case of local students being recruited for the militant group in the Middle East, now known for their atrocities against others and even fellow Muslims. Another is that of…
As intriguing as the anomaly “corporate mystic” might sound, it is in fact the title of one of the most practical books ever written in the field of corporate leadership. Published in 1997, The Corporate Mystic: A Guidebook for Visionaries with Their Feet on the Ground was authored by Dr. Gay Hendricks and Dr. Kate Ludeman, renowned…
In a Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government research working paper entitled “Estimating the Impact of the Hajj”, one of the findings is that hajj (pilgrimage) increases belief in equality and harmony among ethnic groups and Islamic sects. Contrary to outsiders’ fear, the research finds that such an increased sense of unity with…
Plato used to say that the duty of the State or the government is to produce the highest moral type of human being under the supremacy of law. The government is duty bound to respect the law. The Islamic government under the Prophet was entirely shaped upon the divine sources. The duty of the State…
