The document calls for world peace through several measures: ending wars globally and regionally through greater UN involvement; abolishing chemical and nuclear weapons; stopping American involvement in foreign wars; resolving conflicts within the Muslim world and between India/Pakistan; ending provocations between North and South Korea; and establishing a Palestinian homeland to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through justice and coexistence rather than violence. It emphasizes embracing diversity and resolving differences peacefully.
About 30 of the some 50 countries that currently outlaw blasphemy, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center report, are majority Muslim. Beyond the expected theocracies like Saudi Arabia, this includes states with aspirations to democracy and modernity like Turkey, Malaysia, Egypt, Pakistan, and Indonesia, which is officially secular but home to a population that is about 87 percent Muslim.
The use of the charge ranges from the nominal to the horrifying. Since 2016, the Egyptian poet Fatima Naoot has been serving a three-year prison sentence for criticizing the slaughter of animals during Eid al-Fitr on Facebook. A Malaysian man was charged with blasphemy for posing questions to his religion teachers. Even the mere accusation of blasphemy poses the threat of violence:
Thirty years ago, when the United States launched Operation Desert Storm against Iraq, I was a member of the Gulf Peace Team. We were 73 people from fifteen different countries, aged 22 to 76, living in a tent camp close to Iraq’s border with Saudi Arabia, along the road to Mecca.
The tension between the United States and North Korea has existed for years, but has intensified since Donald Trump took over the White House in January of this year. Donald Trump maintains more combative management than his predecessor, Barack Obama, and threatens to attack the Asian country if the Pyongyang regime continues with its military tests. Yesterday, Trump ordered the launch of a bomb against Afghanistan to reach terrorist targets of the Islamic State. The explosive had almost 11 tons of TNT and is considered the most powerful bomb, behind only nuclear. Experts saw in the attack an attempt by Washington to demonstrate to its enemies its military power.
About 30 of the some 50 countries that currently outlaw blasphemy, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center report, are majority Muslim. Beyond the expected theocracies like Saudi Arabia, this includes states with aspirations to democracy and modernity like Turkey, Malaysia, Egypt, Pakistan, and Indonesia, which is officially secular but home to a population that is about 87 percent Muslim.
The use of the charge ranges from the nominal to the horrifying. Since 2016, the Egyptian poet Fatima Naoot has been serving a three-year prison sentence for criticizing the slaughter of animals during Eid al-Fitr on Facebook. A Malaysian man was charged with blasphemy for posing questions to his religion teachers. Even the mere accusation of blasphemy poses the threat of violence:
Thirty years ago, when the United States launched Operation Desert Storm against Iraq, I was a member of the Gulf Peace Team. We were 73 people from fifteen different countries, aged 22 to 76, living in a tent camp close to Iraq’s border with Saudi Arabia, along the road to Mecca.
The tension between the United States and North Korea has existed for years, but has intensified since Donald Trump took over the White House in January of this year. Donald Trump maintains more combative management than his predecessor, Barack Obama, and threatens to attack the Asian country if the Pyongyang regime continues with its military tests. Yesterday, Trump ordered the launch of a bomb against Afghanistan to reach terrorist targets of the Islamic State. The explosive had almost 11 tons of TNT and is considered the most powerful bomb, behind only nuclear. Experts saw in the attack an attempt by Washington to demonstrate to its enemies its military power.
A world without war is a utopian idea embraced by most peace-loving citizens of the world. Contrary to the wish of the vast majority of the world population, war happens for one reason or the other. So long as the war-mongers and the war industry exist, wars are here to stay depriving humanity of the prospect of world peace. Some of the reasons why nations go into war are over a territorial dispute, natural resources, annexation of a neighbouring country, etc. Despotic leaders wage war for the purpose of spreading their ideologies and establishing their fame and glory. At times, in their hunger for power, they are prepared to kill their fellow citizens of the country. History provides ample evidence as to the number of people killed in wars perpetrated by tyrannical leaders. Leaders like Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), architect of the Holocaust, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Joseph Stalin 1878-1953), Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976), Slobodan Milosevic (1941-2006), and many others waged war to establish their power. Pol pot (1925-1998), Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) and the likes brutalize their own people to be in the seat of power. After fighting wars on land, sea and sky, superpowers are heading towards a space war. They are planning to install missiles in space and fire them with a push of a button from their command centre on earth. In realizing the agony and horrors of war, the unanswered question in all of our minds is that, after hundreds of years of our human civilization and modernization, why have we not come to think of a way how we can end the war and achieve global peace. While leaders are still thinking of holding on to their power and glory, peace-loving citizens of the world are still hopeful of a better world that can be created in the absence of war in the world.
Have we ever found any instance in history where any nation has ever claimed to benefit from the war without any economic and human loss? If we don't end this warfare game at the earliest, it will end us forever. What is the impact of war for any nation results only in findings for mass destruction, sparing no soul showing no pity on any family?
The writer sets out to study excerpted samples of the war speeches made across the world between the World War eras and the present with a view to finding out the linguistic choices favoured by war leaders over time to drum up support for wars. It is argued here that there may be something unique in the linguistic choices made in war speeches which convince people to support the prosecution of wars despite the wanton destruction that follows them. Framed on a descriptive research design, with stylistics as the theoretical framework, the study examines the excerpts chosen by deliberate sampling so as to identify and analyze the features they share. The analysis reveals that the speeches share many linguistic features in common, all of which may be responsible for the control of the minds and actions of the people.
Various types of terrorism in the world and how to defeat themFernando Alcoforado
The economic, financial, ecological, social and political global crises, the development of current criminal activities such as trafficking in drugs and arms and terrorist advance show that they are insoluble without the existence of a world government. One must understand that the problems affecting the world economy and the global environment and contribute to the advancement of terrorism can only be resolved with the existence of a truly democratic world government representative of all the peoples of the world. International law cannot be applied and respected in the absence of a world government that is accepted by all countries and ensure their governance.
In human history, there were three attempts to establish international governance that would contribute to peace building. The first attempt occurred in 1648 with the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in Europe that marked the end of the first great European conflict, the War of the Thirty Years. The second attempt was the establishment of the League of Nations or the Society of Nations established in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles which put an end to the First World War. The third and last attempt was the establishment of the United Nations Organization (UNO) or simply United Nations which was established in October 24, 1945, after the end of World War II with the intent to prevent another conflict like that. At its foundation, the UN had 51 member states and is now 193. The world where we live become an ungovernable chaos in which the great powers think only of power and wealth. While prevail this situation in the world, the war tends to proliferate in every corner of the Earth. All that has just been reported points in the direction that mankind must constitute a world government as a prerequisite for putting an end to wars and enforce world peace. With a world government, it will be possible to mediate conflicts, to fight against the war and end the bloodshed that has characterized the history of mankind throughout history.
presentation report on WAR AND TERRORISM. and yes for better viewing experience, please download the file so that you can get all the info because the slides are animated.
Let us fight for a world of reason, a world in which science and progress lead to the happiness of all of us. Still with much hope that Humanity will reconcile with itself and with Nature, we present our desire that all our dear friends make a deep reflection on the gigantic problems that afflict us and engage in the struggle for a better world of what men and women have built to this day.
This presentation compares the different concepts on man and creativity. Besides, it also discusses whether the human creativity is within man or outside of him. The final part of the presentation is on the Islamic concept of creativity
This humble work is a compilation of our short articles that were published
in online news portals. In realizing the importance of the message carried in
the articles, as authors, we have decided to publish them in a book format.
The language of this book has been made easy for everyone’s read, especially
students. The topics discussed in this book are mainly on the contemporary
issues of the Muslim World.
As academicians of the Department of Fundamental and Inter-Disciplinary
Studies at IIUM, we teach subjects related to Islamic Worldview, Islamic
Civilization, Ethics, Creative Thinking and the current state of affairs in the
Muslim World. In many places in the book, you will find mention of the
Golden Age of the Muslims (750-1258) and the reasons behind the fall of the
Islamic Civilization which started with the fall of Baghdad in 1258. From there
on, one after another all Muslim empires fell inviting a host of many other
problems into the Muslim World. After the colonization of the Muslim lands till
today, the Muslim World is lagging behind others in the areas of science,
technology and good governance. In order to fix these pressing issues, the
Muslim World needs less politicking and more thinking.
Besides dwelling on the glorious past of the Muslim Civilization, we have
also discussed contemporary issues like the brain drain phenomenon, matters
of spirituality, human rights violation, co-existence, an idealism for world
peace, the political turmoil in the Middle East that led to the Muslim diasporic
community in the West, etc.
Lastly, the aim of this humble work is not to create a reef between Muslims
and others, but it is a call for coexistence that can create a better world for
humanity where people live abiding by the philosophy of loving, caring and
sharing.
It has been many decades the Muslim world has been plagued by a number of national issues. Poverty, illiteracy, leadership crisis, political instability, economic crisis, etc. The brain drain phenomenon which is one of the many unsolved issues in most Muslim countries has not been given serious attention. Unless the Muslim world tackles this issue, it will not be able to witness any great development in the areas of science and technology. In a simplified manner, what is defined as a brain drain phenomenon is the migration of experts, professionals and intelligentsia from the Muslim countries to the developed nations in Europe and America. Research into this topic explains that brain drain happens for a number of reasons. Below here, we would like to highlight some of the underlying factors that cause the brain drain phenomenon to happen in the Muslim world:
This book is a co-authorship between Wendy Maltz and Larry Maltz, a wife and husband team who have vast experience in counselling and providing therapy for people who are saddled with their sexual matters. Wendy is a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, author, educator and sex therapist. While her husband Larry is a counsellor who owns the Maltz Counseling Associates.
The book produced by this couple in many ways, I assume, as a groundbreaking work that exposes how porn addiction can destroy the lives of people who are entangled in its vicious circle.
As one familiar with psychology and counselling, I find “The Porn Trap” to be a good resource book for counsellors, teachers, therapists, etc. The first part of the book brings to the awareness of the readers on the history and metamorphosis of the porn industry. Moreover, the first part also explains how porn overtakes the lives of those who intrude into its territory.
The book offers insightful information on how porn works on the human mind. Being less theoretical, the authors gathered firsthand information from a series of interviews conducted with those affected by porn. A classic example of how one can be allured into porn can be seen from this interview excerpt conducted by the authors:
“She (girlfriend) left town for a few days and I decided to look at porn on the internet to satisfy me. Up ’til then I’d never been interested in porn. I began on a Friday afternoon looking at the free peeks. By Saturday I was into sex chats, and by Sunday I had joined a swinger site. One thing led to another- a domino effect. Two weeks later my girlfriend looked in our computer log and saw what I’d been up to. I lied to her about it, said I had been doing government research of all things. A month later she left me. I never realised that porn had the power to upend my life the way that it did” (p.11).
In contrast to the first part, in the second part of the book, the authors equip the readers with the information on how to heal from porn addiction. In this section, they propose some steps and techniques to prevent relapses after healing has taken place.
As to the question, how big is the porn industry, one would be surprised to know that porn is a multi-billion industry. Unlike many countries in the East, porn is an approved thing in America and Europe. In the distant past, porn used to be a hidden thing in many parts of the world. During that time, one has to be clandestine consumer of porn.
But now, with the coming age of internet and social media, porn is finding its way into the privacy of people. They say if you are an internet user, it knocks on the screen persuasively to allure you into its venomous trap. In other words, porn now takes the role of a predator that hunts for its victims. One of their clients, a sixty-five-year-old single man who spoke of his addiction, and to what extent the industry has grown, said the following:
“I’ve seen pornography go from scarcity to abundance in the last fi
In a world full of contending ideologies, Muslim communities throughout the world face an enormous amount of challenges in preserving their identity, faith and culture.
The world media which is under the control of some powerful western conglomerates, projects Muslims as an uncultured and backward people. In many occasions, leadership crisis and other political upheavals that happen in Muslim countries are blown out of proposition and reported in a condescending way so that the world would see the Muslims as a problematic bunch of people. The sort of message it intends to narrate to the world is one that depicts as though the whole world cries for peace, while the Muslim world wants war and chaos.
Ever since 9/11, Western media takes an unfriendly attitude towards the Muslim community by calling them with all sorts of obscure names like terrorists, extremists, fundamentalists and Jihadis, etc. Western journalists also use derogatory terms and caricatures to show that the Prophet of Islam as a warmonger who promotes violence and killing of the innocents.
At times, modernity and its complexities can drive people in the modern world into madness. Despite the fact that people in the urban areas are surrounded by the gifts of science and technology, there are moments in their lives, they might think and feel that all the electronic gadgets which keep their life going, become meaningless. Under certain circumstances in life, regardless of whether people live in the modern setting in the urban or in the remote, they go through similar human experiences. Though the outer world of the two can somehow be different due to economic disparities, their inner world and the dynamics at work are pretty much the same. As human beings, at some point in their lives, both are bound to go through psychological burdens like stress, anxiety, anger, depression, bereavement, etc. When there is something boiling and bubbling in the inner world, meaning to say in the deep recesses of their hearts, people wherever they are, look for a quick fix to solve their problems. During such desperate situations, people seek some sort of divine intervention, a philosophy or a mind-control technique to get themselves out of their awful and pathetic condition. Since most people do know the ways and methods how to calm down their hearts, minds and souls, they seek help from those who are experts.
A world without war is a utopian idea embraced by most peace-loving citizens of the world. Contrary to the wish of the vast majority of the world population, war happens for one reason or the other. So long as the war-mongers and the war industry exist, wars are here to stay depriving humanity of the prospect of world peace. Some of the reasons why nations go into war are over a territorial dispute, natural resources, annexation of a neighbouring country, etc. Despotic leaders wage war for the purpose of spreading their ideologies and establishing their fame and glory. At times, in their hunger for power, they are prepared to kill their fellow citizens of the country. History provides ample evidence as to the number of people killed in wars perpetrated by tyrannical leaders. Leaders like Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), architect of the Holocaust, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Joseph Stalin 1878-1953), Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976), Slobodan Milosevic (1941-2006), and many others waged war to establish their power. Pol pot (1925-1998), Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) and the likes brutalize their own people to be in the seat of power. After fighting wars on land, sea and sky, superpowers are heading towards a space war. They are planning to install missiles in space and fire them with a push of a button from their command centre on earth. In realizing the agony and horrors of war, the unanswered question in all of our minds is that, after hundreds of years of our human civilization and modernization, why have we not come to think of a way how we can end the war and achieve global peace. While leaders are still thinking of holding on to their power and glory, peace-loving citizens of the world are still hopeful of a better world that can be created in the absence of war in the world.
Have we ever found any instance in history where any nation has ever claimed to benefit from the war without any economic and human loss? If we don't end this warfare game at the earliest, it will end us forever. What is the impact of war for any nation results only in findings for mass destruction, sparing no soul showing no pity on any family?
The writer sets out to study excerpted samples of the war speeches made across the world between the World War eras and the present with a view to finding out the linguistic choices favoured by war leaders over time to drum up support for wars. It is argued here that there may be something unique in the linguistic choices made in war speeches which convince people to support the prosecution of wars despite the wanton destruction that follows them. Framed on a descriptive research design, with stylistics as the theoretical framework, the study examines the excerpts chosen by deliberate sampling so as to identify and analyze the features they share. The analysis reveals that the speeches share many linguistic features in common, all of which may be responsible for the control of the minds and actions of the people.
Various types of terrorism in the world and how to defeat themFernando Alcoforado
The economic, financial, ecological, social and political global crises, the development of current criminal activities such as trafficking in drugs and arms and terrorist advance show that they are insoluble without the existence of a world government. One must understand that the problems affecting the world economy and the global environment and contribute to the advancement of terrorism can only be resolved with the existence of a truly democratic world government representative of all the peoples of the world. International law cannot be applied and respected in the absence of a world government that is accepted by all countries and ensure their governance.
In human history, there were three attempts to establish international governance that would contribute to peace building. The first attempt occurred in 1648 with the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in Europe that marked the end of the first great European conflict, the War of the Thirty Years. The second attempt was the establishment of the League of Nations or the Society of Nations established in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles which put an end to the First World War. The third and last attempt was the establishment of the United Nations Organization (UNO) or simply United Nations which was established in October 24, 1945, after the end of World War II with the intent to prevent another conflict like that. At its foundation, the UN had 51 member states and is now 193. The world where we live become an ungovernable chaos in which the great powers think only of power and wealth. While prevail this situation in the world, the war tends to proliferate in every corner of the Earth. All that has just been reported points in the direction that mankind must constitute a world government as a prerequisite for putting an end to wars and enforce world peace. With a world government, it will be possible to mediate conflicts, to fight against the war and end the bloodshed that has characterized the history of mankind throughout history.
presentation report on WAR AND TERRORISM. and yes for better viewing experience, please download the file so that you can get all the info because the slides are animated.
Let us fight for a world of reason, a world in which science and progress lead to the happiness of all of us. Still with much hope that Humanity will reconcile with itself and with Nature, we present our desire that all our dear friends make a deep reflection on the gigantic problems that afflict us and engage in the struggle for a better world of what men and women have built to this day.
This presentation compares the different concepts on man and creativity. Besides, it also discusses whether the human creativity is within man or outside of him. The final part of the presentation is on the Islamic concept of creativity
This humble work is a compilation of our short articles that were published
in online news portals. In realizing the importance of the message carried in
the articles, as authors, we have decided to publish them in a book format.
The language of this book has been made easy for everyone’s read, especially
students. The topics discussed in this book are mainly on the contemporary
issues of the Muslim World.
As academicians of the Department of Fundamental and Inter-Disciplinary
Studies at IIUM, we teach subjects related to Islamic Worldview, Islamic
Civilization, Ethics, Creative Thinking and the current state of affairs in the
Muslim World. In many places in the book, you will find mention of the
Golden Age of the Muslims (750-1258) and the reasons behind the fall of the
Islamic Civilization which started with the fall of Baghdad in 1258. From there
on, one after another all Muslim empires fell inviting a host of many other
problems into the Muslim World. After the colonization of the Muslim lands till
today, the Muslim World is lagging behind others in the areas of science,
technology and good governance. In order to fix these pressing issues, the
Muslim World needs less politicking and more thinking.
Besides dwelling on the glorious past of the Muslim Civilization, we have
also discussed contemporary issues like the brain drain phenomenon, matters
of spirituality, human rights violation, co-existence, an idealism for world
peace, the political turmoil in the Middle East that led to the Muslim diasporic
community in the West, etc.
Lastly, the aim of this humble work is not to create a reef between Muslims
and others, but it is a call for coexistence that can create a better world for
humanity where people live abiding by the philosophy of loving, caring and
sharing.
It has been many decades the Muslim world has been plagued by a number of national issues. Poverty, illiteracy, leadership crisis, political instability, economic crisis, etc. The brain drain phenomenon which is one of the many unsolved issues in most Muslim countries has not been given serious attention. Unless the Muslim world tackles this issue, it will not be able to witness any great development in the areas of science and technology. In a simplified manner, what is defined as a brain drain phenomenon is the migration of experts, professionals and intelligentsia from the Muslim countries to the developed nations in Europe and America. Research into this topic explains that brain drain happens for a number of reasons. Below here, we would like to highlight some of the underlying factors that cause the brain drain phenomenon to happen in the Muslim world:
This book is a co-authorship between Wendy Maltz and Larry Maltz, a wife and husband team who have vast experience in counselling and providing therapy for people who are saddled with their sexual matters. Wendy is a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, author, educator and sex therapist. While her husband Larry is a counsellor who owns the Maltz Counseling Associates.
The book produced by this couple in many ways, I assume, as a groundbreaking work that exposes how porn addiction can destroy the lives of people who are entangled in its vicious circle.
As one familiar with psychology and counselling, I find “The Porn Trap” to be a good resource book for counsellors, teachers, therapists, etc. The first part of the book brings to the awareness of the readers on the history and metamorphosis of the porn industry. Moreover, the first part also explains how porn overtakes the lives of those who intrude into its territory.
The book offers insightful information on how porn works on the human mind. Being less theoretical, the authors gathered firsthand information from a series of interviews conducted with those affected by porn. A classic example of how one can be allured into porn can be seen from this interview excerpt conducted by the authors:
“She (girlfriend) left town for a few days and I decided to look at porn on the internet to satisfy me. Up ’til then I’d never been interested in porn. I began on a Friday afternoon looking at the free peeks. By Saturday I was into sex chats, and by Sunday I had joined a swinger site. One thing led to another- a domino effect. Two weeks later my girlfriend looked in our computer log and saw what I’d been up to. I lied to her about it, said I had been doing government research of all things. A month later she left me. I never realised that porn had the power to upend my life the way that it did” (p.11).
In contrast to the first part, in the second part of the book, the authors equip the readers with the information on how to heal from porn addiction. In this section, they propose some steps and techniques to prevent relapses after healing has taken place.
As to the question, how big is the porn industry, one would be surprised to know that porn is a multi-billion industry. Unlike many countries in the East, porn is an approved thing in America and Europe. In the distant past, porn used to be a hidden thing in many parts of the world. During that time, one has to be clandestine consumer of porn.
But now, with the coming age of internet and social media, porn is finding its way into the privacy of people. They say if you are an internet user, it knocks on the screen persuasively to allure you into its venomous trap. In other words, porn now takes the role of a predator that hunts for its victims. One of their clients, a sixty-five-year-old single man who spoke of his addiction, and to what extent the industry has grown, said the following:
“I’ve seen pornography go from scarcity to abundance in the last fi
In a world full of contending ideologies, Muslim communities throughout the world face an enormous amount of challenges in preserving their identity, faith and culture.
The world media which is under the control of some powerful western conglomerates, projects Muslims as an uncultured and backward people. In many occasions, leadership crisis and other political upheavals that happen in Muslim countries are blown out of proposition and reported in a condescending way so that the world would see the Muslims as a problematic bunch of people. The sort of message it intends to narrate to the world is one that depicts as though the whole world cries for peace, while the Muslim world wants war and chaos.
Ever since 9/11, Western media takes an unfriendly attitude towards the Muslim community by calling them with all sorts of obscure names like terrorists, extremists, fundamentalists and Jihadis, etc. Western journalists also use derogatory terms and caricatures to show that the Prophet of Islam as a warmonger who promotes violence and killing of the innocents.
At times, modernity and its complexities can drive people in the modern world into madness. Despite the fact that people in the urban areas are surrounded by the gifts of science and technology, there are moments in their lives, they might think and feel that all the electronic gadgets which keep their life going, become meaningless. Under certain circumstances in life, regardless of whether people live in the modern setting in the urban or in the remote, they go through similar human experiences. Though the outer world of the two can somehow be different due to economic disparities, their inner world and the dynamics at work are pretty much the same. As human beings, at some point in their lives, both are bound to go through psychological burdens like stress, anxiety, anger, depression, bereavement, etc. When there is something boiling and bubbling in the inner world, meaning to say in the deep recesses of their hearts, people wherever they are, look for a quick fix to solve their problems. During such desperate situations, people seek some sort of divine intervention, a philosophy or a mind-control technique to get themselves out of their awful and pathetic condition. Since most people do know the ways and methods how to calm down their hearts, minds and souls, they seek help from those who are experts.
In her book “The Secret of Childhood”, Maria Montessori (1870-1952) highlighted many of the problems faced by children in Italy during her time. Montessori, who started as the first female medical doctor in Italy later ventured herself into psychology and ended her career as a well-known educationist. At the time the book was written, she realized that children of her time have been deprived of their social rights in education. In her observation, she found out that children have been subjected to do many insurmountable hard tasks. They were shown little affection and respect as growing individuals. During her time, the plight of children in Italy was a very disheartening thing for her to witness. The state paid much attention to the needs and rights of the adults compared to that of the children. Children’s social well-being and education were not given serious consideration by the state.
In the morning of 12th October, 2020, I heard the sad news that Dr. Adil had passed away in Pakistan. Realizing that he has departed from this world, my natural feeling made tears to well up in my eyes. I immediately started to pray for his blessed soul to be placed among those nearest to Allah (Solihin). After that, for a day or two my mind was occupied thinking about the good times I had with this towering scholar from Pakistan. My friendship with Dr. Adil goes back to 2011 when we reported for our teaching job on the same day at the Department of Fundamental & Inter-Disciplinary studies at KIRKHS, IIUM. Ever since our first meeting, our friendship started to blossom into something more. We started addressing one another as ‘brother’. As members of the faculty, we worked together in the various committees we were involved in. Both of us worked together in a few research projects and attended many conferences.
Long before the coming of the modern era of globalization from the West, the Muslim world had seen and enjoyed its own era of globalization. The Muslim era of globalization happened exactly during the peak of the Islamic civilization (750-1258). Around that era, there appeared a great multitude of Muslim scholars and scientists. The openness of the Islamic civilization led early Muslims scholars to borrow ideas from the earlier civilizations; like the Greeks, Persians and Indians. Many pioneering works produced by early Muslims scholars in the areas of science, technology and philosophy later immensely benefited scholars in the West. Concurrent to modern globalization was the era of European colonization of the East and Africa. Since then, Western globalization has been influencing every part of the globe. In the last few decades with the advent of the internet and now social media, knowledge and information sharing have become a lot easier than before. At times, however, the internet and social media have negatively impacted on the masses living in the East, nevertheless their positive impact challenges governments and local authorities in many countries to practice good governance in the day-to-day running of their countries. Through this paper, the researchers intend to explore globalization from the Islamic perspective and discuss issues related to the practice of good governance, politics and the phenomenon of brain drain in the Muslim world. As a qualitative study, this research employs the library research method that uses the textual and content analysis techniques. Pertinent data related to the study will be gathered from print and internet sources.
Man and Creativity: A Contrastive Analysis between Western and Islamic Psycho...Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak
Among all creations of God living on this planet, Man is the most intelligent, innovative and creative.
Imbued with these qualities, Man was able to plan, create and recreate new things using the resources
available in the environment. Man’s position as God’s best creation and as the recipient of the creative
intelligence from his Creator has further advanced him in mastering science and technology. As a result
of his advancement in knowledge and science in one way or another has ushered Man into creating great
civilizations. While the discussion goes on as to whether Man’s creativity is an inborn or a learned
behaviour, this paper intends to explore and analyze some of the existing concepts of human creativity
found in Western and Islamic psychologies. Very particularly, the researchers would like to examine the
concept of creativity put forward by Freudian Psychoanalysis, Behaviorist, Humanistic and Islamic
psychologies. It is expected that the findings of this research can motivate mankind to be more dynamic
and productive in bringing much needed positive change to present world conditions.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
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Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
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Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
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An idealism for world peace
1. An Idealism for World Peace
1. Although it is good to see that after the two World Wars, most western countries have stopped going
into war among themselves, but at the same time, it will be also good for them not to take war into
other regions of the world, especially to Muslim countries. The West should adopt a new policy of “Live
and Let Others Live Too”. All human lives are equally precious, regardless in the East or West.
2. The very purpose of the establishment of the United Nations after World War Two which was for the
end of war in the world did not happen. Till today, war has not ended. Either large or small scales of
wars are still being fought in many parts of the world. The UN has to play a greater role in bringing an
end to all ongoing wars in this so-called civilized and modern world in which we live.
3. There should be a call for a world free from all deadly chemical weapons and nuclear missiles. It will
be hypocrisy on the part of western countries to call for a ban on others, particularly Muslims, while
they have a large stockpile of such armaments at their own backyard. Since these deadly weapons are a
threat to world peace and human lives, countries that have them should abolish them.
4. In WW2 and all other major wars that took place after 1945, America was either actively involved or
took the role as the “warmonger”. As a result of these wars, millions of people died. Looking into the
horrors of war, it is about time, America should stop going into war and take a leading role as a
‘messenger of peace’. Former President, Barak Obama during his election campaign promised the
Americans that he is going to bring back the troops from the Middle East, but he did not fulfill that
promise. And now, the newly elected President Donald Trump also mentioned as to why America has to
waste trillions of dollars by going into war in the Middle East. Let us wait and see as to whether he will
be able to fulfill his promise.
5. OIC as a Muslim organization should work close with all Muslim countries without favouring any
particular group. It should be proactive in settling dispute among its member countries.
6. Peace talks in the Middle East should be inclusive of all Muslims countries, particularly those in that
region. The Islamic Republic of Iran should be included at all levels of discussion about peace, security
and stability in that region.
7. If all arm conflicts in the Arab world could be resolved with the intervention of OIC, then there will be
no refugees seeking help in the West. If Muslims fail to resolve their difference on their own, then we
have failed to understand the concept of brotherhood and other idealism present in the Qur’an and
Sunnah.
8. No Muslim country should support or sponsor terrorism. The co-called terrorists in Muslim countries
should go back to the true teachings of Islam found in the Qur’an and Sunnah and be in the forefront in
promoting world peace, tolerance and peaceful co-existence with others and nature.
9. All sectarian (Mazahib) conflicts, disputes, violence and wars in the Muslim world should stop. The
warring parties should come to their senses as they are one Ummah (nation), worship to the same Allah,
2. face towards a common direction (Mecca) during Solah, they follow the same prophet (Muhammad
SAW), follow the same Qur’an, etc. Let the warring parties look into the similarities and not on what
divides them. Leave the judgment of who is a better Muslim to Allah in the hereafter and not enter into
the domain of Allah to pass verdict and kill others who do not belong to the same denomination
(Mazhab).
10. The nuclear race in the Indian Subcontinent should stop. Both India and Pakistan should work on a
peace deal that can benefit people living in these countries. These two nations should put away their
difference and look into the commonalities they have; in terms of food, culture, ethnicity, language, past
history, etc. The two countries should spend much of their national budget on development and to
improve the living conditions of the people, and not on stockpiling their nuclear arsenal. Learn from
Malaysia and Singapore on co-existence, mutual respect and non-interference in the domestic affairs of
the other. Although Singapore was part of Malaysia before separation.
11. Provocation and confrontation between the two Koreas should stop. The two countries should work
on a unification plan. If long ago the unification of West and East Germany was possible, then the two
Koreas too can come together as one nation. The benefit of the outcome of this possible unification will
be enjoyed by the civilian population, especially families separated and living on both sides.
12. The state of Israel should learn to co-exist with Palestinians as its neighbors. The Israeli government
should recognize the right of the Palestinians for a homeland of their own. Unless and until Israel stops
terrorizing the Palestinians, the resistance from the oppressed Palestinians will continue to go on, and
this will make Israel to live in constant fear of retaliation from the displaced people. On the
humanitarian ground, Israel should give back the illegally occupied lands that belong to the Palestinians.
If justice could be done to the Palestinians, there is no need for Israel to have walls all around her
protecting an imminent attack from the oppressed people. Countries like Israel, Myanmar and the like
should emulate the good example shown by countries that treat their minority population well.
The researchers would like to end this section of the paper with two of their favourite quotes:
Clash of civilizations brings disharmony. Co-existence of civilizations inspires us to see beauty and
acceptance of one another (Abdul Razak, 2017).
What makes the rainbow beautiful and interesting are the different shades of colours. What makes
humanity interesting is the variation of our race, colour, language, culture, etc. So, why fight and kill one
another (Abdul Razak, 2017).
(See full article: Muslim World In Encountering The Challenges Of Global Extremism and Terrorism)
International Journal of Business, Economics and Law, Vol. 18, Issue 6 (April) ISSN 2289-1552
Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak
Sayed Sikandar Shah Haneef
Abdul Salam Muhamad Shukri