FREEDOM OF SPEECH / FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION


FREEDOM OF SPEECH / FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak without censorship and/or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to indicate not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used [United Nations, 1966, 1976]. The right to freedom of speech is recognized as a human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The ICCPR recognizes the right to freedom of speech as "the right to hold opinions without interference. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression". Furthermore freedom of speech is recognized in European, inter-American and African regional human rights law [United Nations, 1966, 1967]. Freedom of speech, or the freedom of expression, is recognized in international and regional human rights law. The right is enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights [Andrew Puddephatt & Hodder Arnold, 2005; Kumar, Ambika, 2006].

In Islamic ethics freedom of speech was first declared in the Rashidun period by the caliph Umar in the 7th century. In the Abbasid Caliphate period, freedom of speech was also declared by al-Hashimi (a cousin of Caliph al-Ma'mun) in a letter to one of the religious opponents he was attempting to convert through reason.

According to George Makdisi and Hugh Goddard, "the idea of academic freedom" in universities was "modelled on Islamic custom" as practiced in the medieval Madrasah system from the 9th century. Islamic influence was "certainly discernible in the foundation of the first deliberately-planned university" in Europe [Boisard, Marcel A., 1980].

* Selected REFERENCES / Sources:

Amnesty International: Annual Reports: URLhttp://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/index.html Andrew Puddephatt & Hodder Arnold. (2005). Freedom of Expression: The Essentials of Human Rights. United Publishers. Boisard, Marcel A. (July 1980), "On the Probable Influence of Islam on Western Public and International Law", International Journal of Middle East Studies 11 (4): 429–50. Goddard, Hugh. (2000). A History of Christian-Muslim Relations. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Kumar, Ambika. (2006). ‘Using Courts to Enforce the Free Speech Provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.’ Published by Chicago Journal of International Law. Summer 2006. URLhttp://www.allbusiness.com/corporate-governance/4082846-1.html United Nations: ‘International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.’ Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16th December 1966: Entry into force 23 March 1976, in accordance with Article 49. URLhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm (United Nations) Wikipedia. (2010). ‘Freedom of Speech.’ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. URLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_expression

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20 December 2017

Dividen Tabung Haji 2017


Source:
https://yatiemn.blogspot.my/2017/02/dividen-dan-bonus-tabung-haji-2017.html


Dividen  Tabung Haji 2017


Kadar dividen dan bonus Tabung Haji akhirnya diumumkan pada 3 Februari 2017. Sememangnya pengumuman ini sangat dinanti-nantikan kerana selama ini Tabung Haji memberikan pulangan yang agak lumayan. Pendeposit yang belum menunaikan haji juga akan menerima tambahan bonus atau hibah haji di samping dividen tabung haji.

Untuk tahun kewangan 2016, Lembaga Tabung Haji telah mengisytiharkan kadar dividen tahunan 4.25%, manakala bonus hibah haji pula 1.5%. Keseluruhan agihan:


  • 4.25% kepada pendeposit yang telah menunaikan haji. 
  • 4.25 + 1.5% = 5.75% kepada pendeposit yang belum menunaikan haji. Bonus hibah haji hanya terhad kepada pendeposit yang mempunyai jumlah baki minima bulanan kurang atau sama dengan RM9,980. 
Pembayaran akan dikreditkan terus ke akaun pendeposit Tabung Haji. Bermula Isnin, 6 Februari 2017, pendeposit boleh menyemak akaun di kaunter Tabung Haji atau rakan strategik Tabung Haji seperti Bank Islam, Bank Rakyat dan Maybank Islamic.

Dividen dan hibah haji ini adalah nilai bersih yang telah ditolak zakat. Kita tak perlu lagi nak susah payah kira zakat sebagaimana simpanan ASB, saham, dan lain-lain simpanan.

Dari segi sejarah pulangannya, sekian lama Tabung Haji telah memberikan pulangan dividen yang amat baik setelah ditolak zakat. 


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