Meet the MOST Trusted Person in Thailand

by Ahmad Kamal Alias/HARAKAH

Dr Pornthip Rojanasunan

EXCLUSIVE PETALING JAYA, Aug 20: While minister in the prime minister's department Nazri Aziz had once called Thai forensic expert Dr Pornthip Rojanasunan a "liar", a Reader's Digest survey published earlier this year found that Pornthip was the most trusted individual in all of Thailand.

MACC top dog, kid you not.

New Converts CHERISH Ramadhan

Sunday, 15 August 2010 14:39
MALAYSIAN MIRROR

LANGKAWI – New converts to Islam are looking forward to Ramadan as they believe fasting could help mould their character.

For Safiah Abdullah, 38, from Nagoya, Japan, who embraced Islam in February last year, this is the second time she is going through Ramadan.

Ramadhan PERSPECTIVES

A Time to Know Your Inner Self
by Irshad Hussain

"And what can convey to you what Laylatul Qadr is? That night is better than a thousand months...." (Qur'an 97:2-3)

"The angels and the spirit (ruh) descend in it, by the command of their Lord with every decree...." (Qur'an 97:4)

"(That night is) Peace till the breaking of the dawn." (Qur'an 97:5)

"And in yourselves - what do you not see?" (Qur'an 51:21)

Fasting (Sawm) carries a two-fold meaning - two seemingly opposing definitions combined into a single word. And sawm, as described in the Qur'an and the Hadith, simultaneously fulfills both of these definitions.The primary meaning is to hold back, to refrain from, to abstain - the further meaning is to rise beyond, to move past former limits.

The month of Ramadan is a time in which we hold our bodily compulsions and instincts under strict control, together with our thoughts and our mental states, our moods and desires.