“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. […]

Tinjauan Ke Atas Perubahan Masyarakat Setiap konsepsi keadilan yang dibentuk oleh para pemikir tidak boleh terpisah daripada struktur dan dinamisme masyarakatnya. Di bahagian ini, kita akan meninjau dengan lebih mendalam perubahan-perubahan yang telah dilalui masyarakat dunia umumnya dalam strukturnya bagi […]

Tafsir Reformasi atas Wacana Humanisme Setelah menghuraikan secara ringkas keterikatan wacana pluralisma agama di dalam al-Qur’an adalah perkara yang asas dalam teks Quran yang dianjurkan, tetapi penafsiran umum ayat-ayat inklusif telah dimatikan menjadi ayat-ayat ekslusif oleh sebahagian golongan tradisionalis .Polemik […]

“Comparing mid-century with earlier times, it is now quite extraordinary to note that there was no figure or text or even discipline which could have claimed continuity with the greats of the past. There were many students of Machiavelli, Hobbes, […]

‘’Without restoring the principle of coexistence, Muslims will not be able to recapture the spirit of early civil society under the prophet. The principle of equals in creation can serve as a cornerstone of a Muslim civil society’’ [Abdulaziz Sachedina: […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 […]

Oleh Mustafa Akyol Diterjemahkan oleh Dr Ahmad Nabil Amir Sejak permulaan abad ini, ia telah menjadi masyhur di Barat, dan terkadang malah di Timur, untuk berhujah bahawa Islam perlukan “Martin Luther”-nya. Maka dengan itu, autoritarianisme, nyah-tolerer dan keganasan yang dilakukan […]