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Many have abused religion to justify violence and terrorism

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25, 2008 (Star) - Many individuals and groups have abused the name of God and religion to justify violence and terrorism, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.

Meeting scholars: Abdullah shaking hands with Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Associate Professor N.S. Rajendran as Indian Council for Gandhian Studies New Delhi chairman Prof N. Radhakrishnan looks on in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

About N.S. Rajendran

RAJENDRAN NAGAPPAN Ph.D.(Michigan State), M.Ed.(UM), B.A.(Hons) (UM), Cert. in Edu. Professor Sultan Idris University of Education, Malaysia E-mail: nsrajendran at upsi.edu.my or nsrajendran at hotmail.com Web-site: http://www.nsrajendran.com
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Aasiriyam Book Launch

"Aasiriyam' - my book on Tamil Education and Tamil Teaching and Learning in Malaysia will be launched by the Hon. Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam, Minister of Human Resources as follows:

Date : 14.6. 09 (Sunday)
Time : 4.30 pm
Venue : Auditorium Tan Sri Soma, Kuala Lumpur.

Highlight of the program - I will be honoring six of my teachers who taught me my mother-tongue Tamil and are still alive. Please come and attend. Please bring your friends along.

Asiriyam Invitation

Welcome to N.S. Rajendran

Welcome to the official website of Professor Dr. N.S. Rajendran.

Professor Dr. N.S. Rajendran is a with the Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development at Sultan Idris University of Education (UPSI), Malaysia. He is also currently the Director of the Aminudin Baki Centre for Global Studies. He completed his Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching and Educational Policy from the College of Education, Michigan State University (MSU) in 1998. His area of research was on the teaching of higher-order thinking skills in language classrooms. Prior to his present position at the university, he served as the Assistant Director of the Curriculum Unit, Teacher Education Division of the Ministry of Education , Malaysia focusing on research, planning and implementing various subject areas and the teaching of thinking skills at teacher education colleges in Malaysia.

Dr. N.S. Rajendran has conducted various workshops and seminars for teachers and Ministry of Education officials on the teachings of higher-order thinking skills, both locally and in countries such as Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. He has also conducted seminars and workshops to train teachers and Ministry of Education officials from Malaysia, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal in areas such as education, psychology, pedagogy, qualitative research methodology and teacher education.

Dr N.S. Rajendran is the President of Malaysia Hindudharma Mamandram, a religious non-governmental organization (NGO) serving the Hindu community of Malaysia.