Islam and The Agriculture Revolution
TODAY is the final day of the 21st International Union of Forestry Research Organisation World Congress in Kuala Lumpur. It took, among other things, a…
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Ideologies Change, Faith is Eternal
THE revelation by the Inspector-General of Police of plans by a mujahideen-inspired group to launch a “holy” war to destabilise the Government must have sent…
Remembering The Prophet’s Struggle
RABI AL-AWWAL, the third month of the Muslim calendar signifies the season of spring. Seeds split open to generate countless types of plants. Leaves begin…
Muslims Must Practise Own Preaching
THE article in this forum a fortnight ago was about a tale of two communities, one in the West and one in the East, the…
Of Science and Intellectual Poverty
THE final week of this month has been (June) an auspicious one indeed. It has revealed the contrasting destinies of two communities, one with a…
Beware of False Claims and Labels
IN one of Tan Sri P. Ramlee’s Do Re Mi trilogy, there is a take when the three heroes decide to go into the medicine-selling…
Do Not Neglect Our Disabled Folks
REMEMBER Hirotada Ototake, the young handicapped Japanese who appeared on the front page of a national newspaper recently? The 23-year old graduate of Tokyo’s Waseda…
Prayers Can Be Helpful in Managing Stress
IT’S Monday morning and you’re racing to work in a traffic-snarled city. A quick glance at your wristwatch and you realise you are already way…