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Erdogan Premiership Marked By Domestic Controversies And Foreign Policy Blunders – Part I
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government may have transformed Turkey from undemocratic and inherently unstable country once ruled by mighty generals, into a relatively but not completely free and prosperous country. Yet, his era at the helm of the Turkish […]
Whipping the nation into the dark Wonderland
“Every generation faces different circumstances and thus many laws and ways for society cannot be fixed for all time.” [Muhammad Asad] It is good to talk about the new dimension of politics when it is essentially and naturally new. […]
Hudud: Sold Out
7 May 2014 Friday, May 2 discussion on hudud in Malaysia at the Chinese Assembly Hall remained in the past of the last week but the waves of excitement are still buzzing in the air. The discussion that gathered at […]
When hudud and chocolate bars rule
Media agenda is such a tricky thing that some issues of not paramount importance always have a chance to become incredibly popular in the public discourse. These distortions indeed have narrowed down the reality to very limited issues. I noticed […]
Dr Anas At-Tikriti in Kuala Lumpur
IRF will organize a colloqium and forum with DR ANAS Altikriti in Kuala Lumpur on the next week from 17-23 May. The following is Dr Anas’s profile for the participants and guests who would like to know more about him: […]
Losing in the battle with Satan
The topics of democracy, liberalism, human rights are not new in contemporary Malaysia. However, with almost every discussion some new points are promoted or strengthened at one of the contesting sides. Remarkably, promotion of the debates does not reduce the power with […]
Preface to Wacana Pemikiran Reformis Jilid II by Dr Azmi Sharom
In her book The Great Transformation: The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah (2006), Karen Armstrong asserts that religion is a factor that cannot be ignored in public discourse. This assertion is particularly true in the […]
The Significance of the Massacre of Karbala
The slaying of Imam Husain along with dozens of his family members and followers at Karbala on 10 Muharram, 61 A.H. (Ashura) is an event that has the greatest of significance for humanity for several reasons. Here, I would like […]
Reform and renewal through the lens of IRF
Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa || 25 September 2013 The Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) from its inception has its main agenda in promoting reform – islah – and renewal – tajdid. Now what is meant by reform and renewal or islah […]
The secular democratic state: A state of justice and benevolence
One of the emerging trends that may influence the trajectory of contemporary political Islam is the intrusion of Literal Islam. Obviously this worrying trend could be seen more clearly with the Arab Spring although the literalists were not initially at […]
