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Do Muslims Fear Knowledge?
What does book banning, in this age of globalisation and information technology, really achieve for Muslims? This question echoes throughout social media as countless Malaysians express their ire and bafflement at the sudden arrest of Nik Raina Nik Abdul Aziz, […]
Responding to Hafiz Noor Shams on Minimum Wage
Hafiz Noor Shams responded again. Here is my take on it:
The Case for a More Realistic Minimum Wage
Prime Minister Najib Razak’s announcement of a minimum wage requirement for the private sector has been met with outrage from pro-business Malaysians. Their argument, in short, is that there should be no minimum wage at all. A minimum-wage policy will […]
A review of ‘Homosexuality, Right or Crime’?
Malaysia is a complex nation of ethnicities, languages, religions and cultures. In the best of times, this wealth of character can be a source of great pride — an actual demonstration of how it can be possible that a society […]
Speech delivered by Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa on “The Message of the Qur’an” by Muhammad Asad.
Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakātuh! Today we look specifically at Muhammad Asad’s work on the Qur’ān, namely The Message of the Qur’ān. The Message was dedicated to “People Who Think”. The whole of the commentary of Asad is an extraordinary work. In his tafsir, Asad […]
The Islamic Feminism of Zainab Al-Ghazali
Feminism is always a challenge for any community. This is because feminism, in essence, is more than just about the right for women to vote, drive or work. Feminism is ultimately about gender justice, and the improvement of the status […]
Privatisation is Not the Solution to UUCA
In a recent engagement with students at Kolej Dar Al-Hikmah, Wan Saiful Wan Jan, head of IDEAS, proposed the privatisation of Malaysia’s universities as a solution to the problem of government intervention into academic affairs. This, ostensibly, would free academia altogether […]
The Islamic Feminism of Zainab Al-Ghazali – Part II
There was, for one, a strong sufistic and spiritual element to her feminism. This sufistic element is particularly unique to the Egyptian context in that it was hagio-centric, based on the teachings or example of a usually male mystical leader. […]
On the Seksualiti Merdeka controversy: A plea for calm and rationality
“We will freedom for freedom’s sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom of others and that the freedom of others depends upon our own … I cannot […]
Ghannouchi’s Reformulation of Islamic Democracy
Developments in the Islamic world since the Iranian Revolution in 1979 have clearly demonstrated that the relationship between democratization and the Islamic resurgence is complex; and is a very important element in the political dynamics of the contemporary Muslim world. […]
