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 ...

COMMENT | The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) has followed the debate on the khat calligraphy issue. We note that the Education ...

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Three individuals lost their appeal to get leave to commence judicial review in their bid to challenge the decision of the previous government to introduce khat calligraphy in the ...

alligraphy, known as ‘khat,’ demands both dexterity and a keen eye to create flawless works of art. The term ‘khat’ refers to beautiful handwriting, typically produced with a brush or a special pen.

1. What is the issue? Revised Primary School Standards-Based Curriculum (KSSR) for the Standard 4 Bahasa Malaysia syllabus will introduce khat calligraphy as part of the additional segment. 2. What is ...

On August 8, the Malaysian government announced that khat (Jawi calligraphy) will be an optional elective for Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools, after an earlier decision for it to be taught to all ...

LETTER | The khat debate has now stirred another round of polemics in the country already saturated with misgivings and grievances about the politics of race and religion, further complicated by socio ...

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 ...

KUALA LUMPUR - The teaching of Malay-Arabic calligraphy or khat in Chinese and Tamil primary schools will be made optional, Malaysian education minister Maszlee Malik said on Thursday (Aug 8), ...

Malaysia’s government has done a U-turn on its decision to make khat – a form of calligraphy for writing the Malay language using Arabic script – mandatory under the nation’s primary school syllabus ...