Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, “Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.” It is beneficial if one is willing to acquire another language, whether in written or ...

The ban of Chinese Organisations Joint Congress has intensified the already highly sensitive issue. Let me first state my personal position. I feel that the Jawi calligraphy should never be a ...

The issue of introducing the teaching of Jawi script or khat calligraphy in schools has become a hot issue, as it is facing vehement opposition by the non-Malay-Muslims, especially the ethnic Chinese.

Tajuddin: If we are serious about learning the Malay civilization, Jawi script had its origins in Pallava, which in turn had its origins in Sanskrit, why do we just learn Seni Khat and not earlier ...

COMMENT | The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) has followed the debate on the khat calligraphy issue. We note that the Education ...

KUALA LUMPUR — Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has labelled opponents to teaching khat art to standard four students as descendants or proxies of British ...

Plans by a Chinese lobby group for mass protests against the alleged “Islamisation” of Malaysian education have set off alarm bells in Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s government, prompting the ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A PAS MP has urged the Education Ministry to incorporate more Jawi script in the Islamic Education syllabus at Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) level as part of efforts to promote and ...