Abdullah Ahmad
| birth_place = Machang, Kelantan, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) | residence = | death_date = | death_place = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | office = Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department | term_start = 1974 | term_end = 1976 | predecessor = | successor = | constituency_MP2 = Machang | parliament2 = Malaysian | term_start2 = 1974 | term_end2 = 1978 | majority2 = | predecessor2 = ''constituency created'' | successor2 = Mohd Kassim @ Yahya Ahmad | party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) | occupation = Academic, politician, writer | relations = | spouse = Fauzah Mohamad Darus | children = | website = | footnotes = }}Tan Sri Abdullah bin Ahmad (4 July 1933 – 12 June 2016) was a Malaysian journalist and politician from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). Alumni of Sultan Ismail College, Kota Bharu, Kelantan and at one time, he was the editor-in-chief of the ''New Straits Times''. Abdullah Ahmad held significant influence during the administrations of Abdul Razak Hussein and Mahathir Mohamad.
On 12 November 2003, he wrote an article criticising Saudi Arabian policies that aided the United States invasion of Iraq, among other things. As a result, the Saudi government reduced Malaysian quota for haj. On 21 November of the same year, he "was fired without warning by the daily's management at the request of the ruling UMNO party following a complaint by the Saudi ambassador in Malaysia." UMNO, which is part of the ruling government and holding equity in the papers later stated that he had jeopardised Malaysia's close relationship with Saudi Arabia. He had a contract that was supposed to expire in October 2004.
Ahmad died on 12 June 2016, after battling cancer. He was 82. His body was brought back to his hometown in , Kelantan. Provided by Wikipedia
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Novel-Novel Abdullah Hussain Satu Kajian Dari Segi Tema Dan Persoalan (1940-1980) by Ahmad, Abdullah
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Pseudohypoparathyroidism versus signaling disorder: A case report by Ahmad Abdullah Imam
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Kesenjangan Sosial dalam Novel Oliver Twist dan Nobody’s Boy: Kajian Intertekstual by Ahmad Abdullah Rosyid
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A quality management framework for architectural design phase best practices by Ahmad, Abdullah Sani
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المسؤولية الاجتماعية عند الإمام الجويني في كتابه "غياث الأمم في التياث الظلم": دراسة تأصيلية by Abrar Ahmad Abdullah Hadi
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عمل النّبيّ ﷺ تفسيراً للآية: دراسة تأصيلية تطبيقية by Ahmad Abdullah Ahmad Al Hasayni
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