Today, the issue of illegitimate child (IC) birth is a pressing matter for the Muslim community in Malaysia. It threatens the community in terms of social relationship aspect as well as the Islamic practice relating to the fatwa on nasab (ruling of lineage). Consequently, this paper intends to explain the problems oftoIC with a qualitative...Read More

Integrating knowledge and education has become a major issuein Malaysia in the context of globalization. This study develops ateacher-centered Qur’anic methodology based on the integrationof acquired (‘aqlī) and revealed (naqlī) knowledge as regards content,as well as the integration of teachers’ role in a teaching-learningprocess designed to empower students to manage “self” and“system.” It further investigates...Read More

Malaysia is a country that is rich for the diversity of its people. This diversity can be seen from the aspect of faith, ethnicity, language, culture, and so on. In facing a society that is pluralistic in nature, several initiatives have been taken by the government and non-government bodies in ensuring understanding and unity among...Read More

This article examines the philosophy of history of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas on the theory of the arrival and spread of Islam in the Malay world, particularly in his work ‘Historical Facts and Fictions’. This philosophy of history is consequent to al-Attas’ critical research contained in his previous works such as ‘Preliminary Statement on a...Read More