We need to re-kindle the spirit of Ibn Rushd and start a Renaissance in Islamic thought process I am sure these days many decent Muslim men and women often wonder why countries with Muslim majority are so backwards technologically, militarily and politically compared with the nations of West? What is the reason for this dominance by European and American states and how can we decrease if not eliminate this imbalance? Only a few hundred years ago Eastern, mostly Muslim, and We

THE organisers of the Bantah DLP Coalition have vowed that the protests against the programme, which gives schools the option to teach some subjects in English, will not stop and will continue, even if the majority of parents support the government’s effort to improve proficiency in the language. I am certain that if a referendum was held on the DLP, the majority would vote in favour of it. The reason is quite obvious. English has become part of our lives and is second nature

The fact that there are more materials and resources available in English for Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) is one of the strongest reasons why we need to be exposed to the teaching and learning and STEMM subjects in English at an early stage. The Dual Language programme (DLP) being offered at national schools is a pilot programme, with the subjects of Mathematics, Science, ICT, design technology taught in English. It is a choice for the

He is known for performing the coronary artery bypass surgery on former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad in 1989. He went on to play an instrumental role in establishing the National Heart Institute of Malaysia, better known as IJN in 1992. It was there that he performed Malaysia’s first heart transplant five years later. He is Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Yahya Awang. With more than 30 years of experience, Dr Yahya has performed no less than 5,000 open-hea

SINGAPORE: Former Umno MP Tawfik Ismail hopes to continue with some unfinished business involving his late father’s work as deputy prime minister, including matters pertaining to the review of the Malaysia agreement with Sabah and Sarawak. He said his father, Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, the country’s second deputy prime minister, was appointed to head the review committee 10 years after the formation of Malaysia in 1963 by then prime minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein. “However

I SUPPORT the view expressed by economist Dr Yeah Kim Leng, who said the reduction of foreign labour in the private sector should be done in phases, with a three- to five-year lead time for employers to make adjustments to their production. A rushed approach will disrupt our economy. It is discomfiting to hear that the government is allowing another 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers to come in, considering that Malaysia has six million foreign workers, of whom four million are