When I walked into Arabic class last week, Karam, my teacher, cheerily asked me how I was doing. I said, “Tamaam, hamdulillah,” which means, “Fine, thanks be to God.” But I was lying. I’d just spent a ...

Kuala Lumpur - An increasing number of Malaysians are enrolling in courses and programmes to learn the Arabic language in order to keep themselves connected to their own religion and history. Arabic ...