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 ...

ALOR SETAR, June 22 (Bernama) -- A former Geography and Cartography lecturer at Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah took on the role of elevating the use of Jawi writing through the art of Islamic ...

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 ...

Mahathir: Jawi calligraphy class in vernacular primary schools should proceed. Photo courtesy: Sin Chew Daily MELAKA (Sin Chew Daily) — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad holds the view that the ...

Pakatan Harapan lawmaker Wong Shu Qi today accused the opposition of taking her speech on the introduction of khat (Jawi calligraphy) in schools out of context in a bid to play up racial sentiments.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry will follow the 2019 Cabinet decision on the learning of Jawi calligraphy for national and vernacular schools, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Deputy Education Minister ...

A section on khat writing is to be included in the Bahasa Melayu textbook for vernacular schools from next year. An interfaith group today challenged the education ministry’s statement that the ...

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs), Senator Dr Zulkifli Hasan (second, left) during the launch of Batik Jawi Calligraphy Collection by Indah Atelier. Also present, ...

EDUCATIONIST groups Dong Zong and Jiao Zong welcomed the Education Ministry’s decision to “fine-tune” the implementation of Jawi calligraphy in the Year Four and Year Five syllabus, Sin Chew Daily ...

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MP SPEAKS | My generation was a victim of Jawi illiterate (buta Jawi) during the primary years when the subject was not taught anymore in classrooms. But, I was fortunate enough. My mother Kalsom Ali ...

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 ...