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Moderation in Islam
In the context of Muslim Community in Singapore
ISBN 981-05-1032-2
366 PAGES, PERGAS (2004)

This book provides an assertive stand of how the Singapore Muslim community, through the Association of Islamic Teachers & Scholars (PERGAS), views itself vis-a -vis a number of contemporary issues.

Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Quran
by Dr Muhammad Taqiuddin Al-Hilali and
Dr Muhammad Muhsin Khan
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Verily, if thou art weary of the olde English in the translations by Marmaduke Pickhall and Abdullah Yusuf Ali, then rejoice with this new English translation and commentary.

Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar)
Biography of the Nole Prophet
by Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
501 pages

The Lunacy of Unilateralism

On Sunday, 3 October 1993, 140 elite US soldiers abseiled from helicopters into a teeming market neighborhood in the heart of the city of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take them about an hour.

Must we destroy democracy to protect it?
Watching this movie after September 11 would make one feel that this 1998 production by 20th Century Fox was prescient. Yet, this is a story of an America that could be – if it had not already become.
 

Sejak peristiwa berdarah di Bukit Chandu 60 tahun lalu, telah ada beberapa percubaan untuk merakamkan sebuah filem tentang perjuangan dan pengorbanan anggota Askar Melayu di Bukit Chandu. Dari segi ini, Leftenan Adnan merupakan suatu kejayaan besar, bukan saja dalam dunia perfileman Melayu, tetapi juga sebagai suatu khazanah sejarah untuk mengingatkan generasi muda akan pengorbanan Askar Melayu.

 Based on Michael Crichton's best-selling novel "Eaters of the Dead," this 1999 production from Touchstone Pictures is an exciting and unforgettable adventure-thriller of a Muslim poet who finds valour among a band of Viking warriors.