After a furore over a mosque in Melaka, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im ...

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 ...

For local calligraphy artist Khairi Izat Amir, his deep passion for the art of calligraphy has fostered a profound love for this Islamic art form. Sharing his journey, Khairi Izat, 31, revealed that ...

As for learning khat, Jawi or Chinese calligraphy in school, there is nothing religious or racial about it. Unfortunately, in Malaysia’s polarised society, matters of this nature can easily be ...

“I first learnt khat while studying at a religious school in Shah Alam, where I had the chance to attend special calligraphy classes taught by an ustaz from Yayasan Restu, an institution known ...

Khat calligraphy should not be forced on 10-year-old children, in the national or vernacular school, who have no idea about the beauty of any calligraphy. Making it an elective subject is not the ...

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National Economic Action Council member Rafidah Aziz disagrees with the compulsory implementation of khat in the Year Four Bahasa Malaysia syllabus, saying one cannot be "forced" to learn calligraphy.

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 ...

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 ...