ALIAHANIS/IIUM BLOG

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ Hello dear readers! This is my 2nd entry for a reflective journal on sustainable issues or practices. The reason I chose this topic is because I have a close relative, which is my uncle who is a heavy smoker and recently passed away in his late 40 due to lung cancer, Innalillahiwainnailaihiroji’un. He cannot stop smoking and every time he came to my house, I used to see him smoking 4-5 cigarettes. I'm very close with my uncle and since he passed away, I despised cigarettes and smokers. Do you have family members who smoke? Let's educate them and ourselves on the downside of smoking.   Smoking is also known as cigar smoking, cigarette smoking, tobacco smoking and pipe smoking. But for sure there is no getting past the fact that smoking is hazardous for our health . It may harm almost every organ of the body, even ones you would not expect. To sum up the effect, according to the studies, fifty percent of smokers die of a smokin...

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ Hello dear readers! This is my first time writing a blog, I hope it's beneficial for you guys. Actually the purpose I make this blog is because I would like to share my own understanding and personal experience based on the knowledge that I gain from this course which is Sustainable Development: Issues, Principles and Practices. Like the saying, 'not knowing is hence, not loving', so let me introduce myself first. My name is Nur Aliahanis Binti Yunus (2114032) and I'm a first year student of the Islamic International University of Malaysia (IIUM). I'm a law student from Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Law (AIKOL). This is a little bit of everything about me. To be truthful, when I was assigned for this course I was a little bit confused and nervous when I read about the name of this course; Sustainable Development: Issues, Principles and Practices. Sophisticated title, I must say. But aside from that I got excited and ...