Last month, I went to a talk organised by Imperial College Islamic Society (ISOC). The talk was about is it life is just a game? The aim of the talk is to deliver a message to non-Muslim about Islam.The speaker discussed about what are the purpose of life? There are many answers to this question and one of the answer given is to seek the happiness. For Muslims, we know the answers but for non-muslims, they are not sure what are the right answers. I still remember, when I listen to the talk, there were 2 non-muslims behind me who were arguing with some of the points given by the speaker. I could hear their voices whispering between them. To some extents, I like the way they think critically with the information given by the speaker. I think this is why people in the develop countries have the ability to be creative and be a founder in so many scientific theories and applications because they have been trained to think critically with the knowledge they obtained from their teachers. How to develop critical thinking in Malaysian community? In my opinion, examinations in the school should be reduced as to let the students spend some of the time to read and let them do a lot of research in a subject that they have a strong interest to explore on their own.
