ince 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 ...

THE Jawi script is not exclusive to any one community but belongs to all Malaysians, says Johor Islamic Religious Affairs committee chairman Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid (BN-Semerah). He said the use of ...

Although DAP is sometimes portrayed as an anti-Islam party, not many people know of one of its party leaders who has mastered the art of writing in Jawi script. Veteran DAP leader Dr Tan Seng Giaw not ...

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.

KANGAR: The Perlis government is making it compulsory for Jawi script to be used on new signboards starting Feb 1. Perlis housing and local government committee chairman Asrul Aimran Abd Jalil said ...

BELURAN - Lorenica Frenila Masundim, who recently went viral for teaching Jawi script at her school here, described that this writing system is for all Malaysians and must be preserved. As a Bahasa ...

PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang has taken to social media to repeat his claim that the objections to the introduction of Jawi script in Year 4 in vernacular schools is motivated by Islamophobia. The ...

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 ...

A push by the Malaysian government to revive an archaic Arabic script in Chinese- and Tamil-language primary schools this year is kindling old ethnic and religious fault lines long held at a slow but ...

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 ...