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For Lorenica Frenila Masundim, teaching Jawi script at a school in Sabah’s interior is more than a lesson in writing, it is a way of ...

Mohd Fared: Jawi script a shared national heritage and its use is not limited by race or religion. THE Jawi script is not exclusive to any one community but belongs to all Malaysians, says Johor ...

Since decades, the Jawi script has been growing rapidly among the Malay community and highly regarded as the traditional symbol of Malay culture and civilisation. Historically, Jawi became prominent ...

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- For Lorenica Frenila Masundim, teaching Jawi script at a school in Sabah’s interior is more than a lesson in writing, it is a way of bringing students and the wider ...

The issue of introducing the teaching of Jawi script or khat calligraphy in schools has become a hot issue, as it is facing vehement opposition by the non-Malay-Muslims, especially the ethnic Chinese.

The Malacca government has come under fire for issuing a circular to all schools in the state, ordering them to include Jawi script on their signboards. The Star reported that the November 2 circular ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A Korean expert in Jawi has expressed concern that the script is increasingly being forgotten in Malaysia and may become extinct. “Malaysia has to educate the young generation in the ...

An advertisement in Jawi on a pedestrian bridge in Kuantan. Two businessmen had sought an order to revoke the municipal council’s direction requiring businesses to use Jawi on signboards at their ...

Plans by a Chinese lobby group for mass protests against the alleged “Islamisation” of Malaysian education have set off alarm bells in Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s government, prompting the ...