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Jul2024
Gaza Genocide – Hunger Strikes Versus Military Strikes?
Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abdul RazakOpinion - Bacalah MalaysiaJuly 22, 2024 Hunger strikes protesting against the Gaza massacre is not new. After so many attempts to level the uneven war, hunger strikes become weaponised. As early as February this year, a group of Brown University students attempted just...
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Jul2024
Reflecting On The Landslide Labour Victory In The UK
Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abdul RazakOpinion - Bacalah MalaysiaJuly 14, 2024 The Labour party may have won a landslide in the UK general election last week. This is much expected after 14 years of declining Conservative rule. Yet there are similar tell-tale stories despite the former’s success. Reportedly,...
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Jul2024
Embracing Myriad Challenges From University To Multiversity And Now Communiversity
Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abdul RazakOpinion - Bacalah MalaysiaJuly 2, 2024 In 2018, in an op-ed piece, I wrote about the concept of a “multi-university” or multiversity for short. This was to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of a well-known organisation, the Consumers Association...
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Jun2024
The Politics Of Ranking, Why IIUM Stands Apart !
Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abdul Razak Opinion - Bacalah Malaysia June 24, 2024 Last week, IIUM became the talk of the town when it was “ranked” second in the listing of the World’s Islamic Universities by one UniRank University Ranking. This is not the first time that IIUM has been...
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Jun2024
Lessons Learned In The Teaching Of English Voluntarily To The Marginalised!
Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abdul Razak Opinion - Bacalah Malaysia June 18, 2024 The English Language issue has flared up yet again. This time instead of the same tired old arguments, it took a geopolitical spin involving people in high places. "A “three-minute expert” was singled out for wrongly criticising...