Mahathir: Jawi calligraphy class in vernacular primary schools should proceed. Photo courtesy: Sin Chew Daily MELAKA (Sin Chew Daily) — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad holds the view that ...

Let me first state my personal position. I feel that the Jawi calligraphy should never be a prioritised element for the education ministry, and members of the public need not overreact lest they ...

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 ...

It said Jawi had not been in the mainstream even for the Malays for the last 50 years at least. “Khat is Arabic calligraphy and has never been part of Malaysia’s identity but is an Islamic ...

Pakatan Harapan lawmaker Wong Shu Qi today accused the opposition of taking her speech on the introduction of khat (Jawi calligraphy) in schools out of context in a bid to play up racial sentiments.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry will follow the 2019 Cabinet decision on the learning of Jawi calligraphy for national and vernacular schools, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Deputy Education ...

PETALING JAYA: The teaching of Jawi calligraphy in vernacular schools should be made a co-curricular learning activity away from the Year Four Bahasa Melayu syllabus, says a concerned group ...

Norizan Mat Diah, Marina Ismail, Putri Mazliana Abdul Hami and Suzana Ahmad of UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia developed a software to teach children Jawi calligraphy. UiTM lecturers are reviving Jawi, the ...

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs), Senator Dr Zulkifli Hasan (second, left) during the launch of Batik Jawi Calligraphy Collection by Indah Atelier. Also present, ...

Muslimin also said the Jawi writing was an art and the ministry wanted the people to enrich their culture and the knowledge of the calligraphy. In August 2019, an interfaith group challenged the ...

Tango Bug: The issue was never Jawi as a script. Please do not reframe the narrative of the racist NGOs. The issue was the forced compulsion behind the introduction of Islamic calligraphy with its ...

Plans to introduce Arabic calligraphy lessons for 10-year-olds ... written with the Latin alphabet but Arabic script, known as Jawi, has also been used historically, and is still used for some ...