Leaving it to the Malays | with Professor Dr Mohd. Tajuddin Bin Mohd. Rasdi | @proftajuddin5176

Why are our leaders so different from the statesmen from the past? If you would like to share your feedback on the current education system, feel free to fill up the ministry's feedback form here - https://shorturl.at/njWzv About Professor Dr Mohd. Tajuddin Bin Mohd. Rasdi Professor Dr. Mohamad Tajuddin bin Haji Mohamad Rasdi is a renowned veteran academic at Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UCSI University. He was Professor and Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for 27 years. He read his Bachelors in Architectural Studies and Master of Architecture at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1984 and 1986 respectively. In 1996 he was conferred a Doctorate in Architecture from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He specializes in theory and history of architecture with emphasis on the ideas of Islamic Architecture from the perspectives of the Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah (traditions) and the framework of early western modernist thoughts. He has published 43 books and articles on the subject of mosque designs, housing, Islamic architecture and national architectural identity based on the principles of Multi-culturalism and Democracy. Dr. Mohamad Tajuddin was the Director of KALAM (Center for the Study of Built Environment in the Malay World, UTM). He is the Advisor and founder of MASSA, Center for the Study of Modern Architecture in Southeast Asia, based in Taylors University College. He has also founded and is the Advisor of the Center for the Study of Islamic Architecture from the Sunnah at the Universitas Islam Nagari, Malang, Indonesia. Dr. M. Tajuddin has written and given many interviews to local television networks RTM1 and TV3, newspapers such as Utusan Malaysia, New Straits Times, STAR and Sin Chiew Jit Poh. Apart from his main academic fields his ‘crusade’ is to bring changes to public policies and perception on cultural and value based design ideas in the realm of community architecture. He was a columnist for 4 years (2006-2010) and wrote in the monthly column ‘Architecture Inside Out’ in The Sunday Star. Check out his latest videos on various issues pertaining to Malaysia on: YouTube -    / @proftajuddin5176   @proftajuddin5176 Check out more of our interviews and conversation on: Instagram -   / thegoodcastshow   TikTok -   / thegoodcastshow   Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1LdluFF... If you'd like to come on the show, or advertise on our show, or just want to share your thoughts, you can drop us an email at [email protected] Stay tuned for more!