This article critically examines the influence of Islamic environment on the growth of children. This study's objective is to examine the reciprocal relationship, be it good or adverse, between the environment and the development process of child behaviour and attitude. Another important goal is to study the views of Imam al-Ghazali concerning child development in Islamic environment. The method used in this study was content analysis. This study shows that the environment aspect plays an important role in child growth and development. Environmental factors in the context of Islam namely parents, teachers, and the surrounding are identified to have significant effect on the growth of a child.

This study investigates the issue of apostasy or riddahor as a human right to freedom of religion or belief, especially among the Muslims. The purpose is to examine the question of whether apostasy should be recognized by modern Muslim states and societies as a human right that must be guaranteed for their citizens. Or, should it strictly be denied, thus freedom of religion or belief should not be extended to apostasy for Muslims and Muslim converts? The method used to complete the study is historical research and content analysis. This study showed that the call for recognition of apostasy as a human right is indeed influenced by the West which extremely enjoys freedom of belief or religion. As for Islam, apostasy is indeed contradictory with its teachings. This article is meaningful as it highlights the Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights (UIDHR) which speaks on religious freedom with limitations. UIDHR invariably attempts to match the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that recognizes the right to believe in whatever men want or to change their religion as they wish, at any time.

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This study examines Syed Shaykh Ahmad Alhadys perspective on knowledge, which discusses the nature, sources, hierarchy of knowledge and his position on both the traditional and modern knowledge. The article aims at identifying the conceptual basics and the structure of Syed Shaykhs thoughts relating to knowledge. The methods used to complete the writing comprise both the library and archive research, which involve the collection of data and its analysis in order to deduce Syed Shaykhs ideas on knowledge. It showed sound knowledge would provide man of reason with a clear concept and a good grasp of religious instructions. This article implies that ones failure to acknowledge the significance and relevance of any of the elements of knowledge, reason and religion would lead to deviations in behaviour and practice and would be incapable of understanding his duties towards his community and the nation.