By Spahic Omer (Summary: This article discusses the implications of Pharaoh’s command to Haman to build for him a lofty tower so that he could…
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Category: Academicians
A personal encounter with a great scholar
By Wan Mazwati Wan Yusoff I am very hesitant to write this because I see myself as very insignificant compared to great scholars in IIUM;…
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A tribute to a great scholar and father of modern Islamic psychology
By Aznan Mat Piah Prof. Malik Badri, a distinguished professor in psychology, who passed away on 8 February 2021 at the age of 89, was…
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In Memory of Prof. Malik Badri: My Journey of Knowing The Father of Islamisation of Modern Psychology
By Muhammad Irfan bin Mohd Adam When I was in my first semester of undergraduate studies at IIUM, I came across this poster related to…
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Riccoldo and Islamophobia
By Spahic Omer (Summary: This article analyses the Islamophobic views (radical anti-Islamic polemics) of Riccoldo da Monte di Croce. Riccoldo’s case was unique in that…
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John of Damascus and Islam
By Spahic Omer John of Damascus (675-749) was a Christian monk, priest and scholar. He was born and educated in Damascus, the centre of the…
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Communication schools urged to include futures studies in curriculum
By Husna Fathiyyah GOMBAK, 30 January 2021: A webinar held on Friday discussing the future of newsroom and communication schools in Malaysia concluded that media…
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Islamophobia: Meaning and Origins
By Spahic Omer Islamophobia can be defined as the excessive and empirically unjustifiable fear, hatred of, or bias against Islam, Muslims and Islamic civilisation, which…
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Countering misinformation on vaccine
By Shafizan Mohamed Malaysian authorities are planning to inoculate 30 million people starting next month. But are Malaysians truly ready and sufficiently informed about the…
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Academics at universities to conduct genuinely impactful activities
By Shukran Abd Rahman and Aida Mokhtar Human society has emerged from living in hunter-gathering age (manually, knowledge-based economy age) to bio-green economy age. The…
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