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Hikmah Pedagogy

Promoting Open Mindedness, Tolerance and Respect for Others’ Religious Views in Classrooms

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Ensuring good relations among the different races, ethnics and religions is one of the primary aims of a multiracial and religious country like Malaysia. This forms the basis of a harmonious and successful nation, where education is the avenue to achieve this aim.

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Hussien, S., Hashim, R., Mokhtar, N.A.M. (2017). Hikmah Pedagogy. In: Interfaith Education for All. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-170-4_8

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