Articles
Shifting the Balance of Power in West Asia: Why Arab Countries Failed to Prevent Genocide in Gaza – Part II
By Osman Softić || 8 November 2024 One of the most seasoned American experts on the Middle East, retired US ambassador Ryan Crocker, named by former US President George W. Bush as “American Lawrence of Arabia” was completely honest […]
When JAIS rears its ugly head again!
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 5 November 2024 We read the story of the arrest of Ustaz Dr Abdullah Yasin by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) three days ago with much consternation. It brings back to memory the arrest […]
Shifting the Balance of Power in West Asia: Why Arab Countries Failed to Prevent Genocide in Gaza – Part I
By Osman Softić || 1 November 2024 The Israeli genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza has been going on for more than 12 months. By bombarding Gaza with devastating American-made bombs, Israel, with the blessing of Washington and its […]
RUU Mufti (FT) 2024: An unconstitutional and divisive bill – Islamic Renaissance Front
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 25 Oct 2024 The debate on the Mufti (Federal Territories) Bill 2024 continues unabated, raging like wildfire. Surprisingly, the strongest voices against this bill were from the so-called liberal factions―much to the chagrin of some people―especially […]
What is fundamentally wrong with RUU Mufti 2024?
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 14 October 2024 The issue of RUU Mufti 2024 has been much discussed. We even wrote about it in our Malay post “RUU Mufti 2024: Penjurusan ke Arah Autoritarianisme Agama?” which was published on our […]
The Martyrdom of Hassan Nasrallah: Paradigm shift in the Middle East or a temporary setback for the Resistance Axis?
By Osman Softić || 30 Sept 2024 The latest Israeli unrestrained rampage in Lebanon under the diplomatic, political, and military protection and tacit approval of the United States, in confrontation with what is widely accepted as the Axis of Resistance […]
A Refutation of Farid Al-Attas’ slippery slope of JAKIM’s certification
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 24 September 2024 We refer to the piece which appeared on MalaysiaNow citing Prof Farid Alatas’s view. Since the government has already ruled on this issue last Wednesday, the discussion is now mainly academic. Nonetheless, […]
A Rebuttal To Hamid Sultan Abu Backer’s View On The Halal-Haram Dilemma
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 19 September 2024 I read the piece by a retired judge, the learned Justice Datuk Hamid Sultan Abu Backer with much interest. However, he erred in his insistence that while the concept of haram is […]
The Halal Conundrum – Sanity must prevail
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 15 Sept 2024 It all started when Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, the Minister in charge of the Religious Affairs, made an official statement that the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (infamously known as JAKIM) is considering […]
RUU Mufti 2024: Penjurusan ke Arah Autoritarianisme Agama?
Ahmad Farouk Musa & Manan Razali || 5 September 2024 Kami membaca perihal rang undang-undang Mufti (Wilayah Perseketuan 2024 dengan teliti dan mengikuti segala perbahasan berkaitannnya. Kami akan huraikan pendirian kami di sini namun secara kesimpulannya, kami bersetuju dan […]
