Articles
Reconciling Saudi Arabia and Iran : The Significance of The China Effort
Chandra Muzaffar | 4 April 2023 It would be wrong to view the restoration of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran as something that happened suddenly. Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, ties between the two important Muslim neighbours have […]
Saudi-Iranian Rapprochements Are Not New: Here’s a History
Emir Hadzikadunic || 3 April 2023 In February 2008, late Saudi King Abdullah delivered a strong warning indicating that Riyadh would suspend its relations with Tehran. A leaked cable from the US Embassy asserted that Abdullah also urged a US […]
Blurb to the Malay Translation of Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison
Walid Fekry Faris || 29 March 2023 The discussion about the underdevelopment of the Muslim world has been active since almost 200 years with the coming of the colonial powers to parts of the Muslim world. Unfortunately it was confined […]
Preface to the Malay Translation of Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison.
Ahmet T. Kuru || 29 March 2023 Readers in Malaysia have shown substantial interest to the English original of this book in the last three years. I have seen that in social media and in two major webinars organized in […]
Kata Pengantar Edisi Terjemahan Bahasa Melayu “Islam, Autoritarianisme, dan Kemunduran: Suatu Perbandingan Global dan Pensejarahan.”
Ahmet T. Kuru || 29 Mac 2023 Para pembaca di Malaysia menunjukkan minat yang tinggi terhadap buku asal berbahasa Inggeris ini semenjak tiga tahun yang lalu. Perkara tersebut telah saya cerap di media sosial dan dalam dua webinar utama yang […]
Bagaimana Membaca Turāth di Masa Kini? Memahami Tafsiran Terdalam Samudera al-Qur’ān
Mohd Syazreen Abdulllah || 3 Mac 2023 Turāth (tradisi) harus mentakrif zaman. Tentang zaman yang dilalui oleh seseorang. Bukan sekadar pembaca, ia mesti menjadi seorang yang berfikir dan menterjemahkan tafsirannya ke dalam zaman tersebut. Turāth bukan lagi tentang peristiwa masa […]
Prakata Penterjemah “Major Themes of the Qur’an” oleh Fazlur Rahman
Ahmad Muziru Idham Adnan || 1 Mac 2023 Kesarjanaan Fazlur Rahman (1919-1988) dalam wacana keIslaman adalah tidak asing lagi sehingga beliau tergolong sebagai antara tokoh reformis Islam berpengaruh abad ke-20. Sekiranya Jamaluddin al-Afghani (1838-1897), Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905) dan Rashid Rida […]
The Night Journey (Al-Isra’ wal-Mi’raj)
By ‘Allāmah Muhammad Asad || 18 Februrary 2023 THE PROPHET’S “Night Journey” (Isra’) from Mecca to Jerusalem and his subsequent “Ascension” (Mi’raj) to heaven are, in reality, two stages of one mystic experience, dating almost exactly one year before […]
Lift Sanctions Against Syria to Lessen Sufferings of the People Caused by the Earthquake
Chandra Muzaffar || Feb 12, 2023 The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) urges the American, British, Australian, Canadian, Swiss and some European Union and Arab League governments to lift the unjust, immoral sanctions against Syria in order […]
“If I survive, I will tell what it was like. I paint.” : The moral and intellectual disconnect between the memories of Shoah or Nazi Genocide of Jewish People, and today’s Jewish State
Maung Zarni || 6 Februrary 2023 A New York Times obituary of a Czech Jewish survivor of four SS-run camps including Auschwitz. Over the last 20 years since my German friend took me on a visit to Dachau, the very […]
