IIUM’s Dr. Maszlee Malik becomes Malaysia’s Education Minister
Former IIUM academic and MP for Simpang Renggam, Dr. Maszlee Malik was sworn in as Education Minister of Malaysia on 21 May 2018. Before joining active politics, Dr. Maszlee was with IIUM for eighteen years. He was also the President of IIUM Academic Staff Association (ASA) for two terms, from...
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Office of Corporate Communication, International Islamic University Malaysia
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/65675/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65675/1/65675_IIUM%27s%20Dr.%20Maszlee.pdf |
| Summary: | Former IIUM academic and MP for Simpang
Renggam, Dr. Maszlee Malik was sworn in as
Education Minister of Malaysia on 21 May 2018.
Before joining active politics, Dr. Maszlee was with
IIUM for eighteen years. He was also the President
of IIUM Academic Staff Association (ASA) for two
terms, from 23 February 2012 to 19 February 2016.
Initially, Dr. Maszlee taught Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh and
other Islamic subjects at the Kulliyyah of Islamic
Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
(KIRKHS). However, towards the end of his academic
career at IIUM, he taught in the Department of
Political Science of the same faculty. His book titled
Foundations of Islamic Governance: A Southeast
Asian Perspective (2017) is published by Routledge
(London) in its Studies on Islam and Muslims in
Southeast Asia series. |
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