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Falsafah Sufisme Harun Nasution: Sebuah Penyelidikan Fenomenologi-Sejarah bagi Pengaruh Neo-Mu’tazilah – Bahagian I
Ahmad Farouk Musa & Piet Hizbullah Khaidir || 5 June 2024 Terjemahan: Ahmad Muziru Idham Adnan Abstrak Sufisme merupakan bentuk mistik dalam Islam yang menekankan perihal spiritualiti, di mana ia secara lazimnya dilihat sebagai tidak rasional. Sebaliknya, Mu’tazilah memberi […]

Is Recognising Palestinian Sovereignty Enough, Or Just Empty Rhetoric?
Ebrahim Moosa || 16 May 2024 The United Nations General Assembly vote on Friday to support Palestine’s membership to the body was a well-meaning but rather symbolic event. To be fair, there will be some benefits, but will it […]

An Interview with the International Qur’an News Agency (IQNA), Islamic Republic of IRAN on US campus protest against Israel’s war in Gaza
15 May 2024 Prologue The protests against Israel’s assault and disproportionate war on Gaza started in April this year at Columbia University, an Ivy League university in New York. This protest has since swept college campuses nationwide, and thousands […]

Book Review of “Islam, Autoritarianisme dan Kemunduran Bangsa: Suatu Perbandingan Global dan Pensejarahan” A translation of “Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison” by Ahmet T. Kuru
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 11 May 2024 Softcover: 381 pages Publisher: Islamic Renaissance Front Language: Malay ISBN: 978-967-26388-3-4 Product Dimensions: 6 X 9 X 1 Translator: Hasyir Mursyidi Husam Editor: Ahmad Farouk Musa Published by Kajian Malaysia Vol. 42, […]

Kudos To Journalists Who Tell The Truth
Chandra Muzaffar || 9 May 2024 UNESCO should be congratulated for awarding the Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize for 2024 to Palestinian journalists covering Gaza. The prize this year was announced in Santiago, Chile in conjunction with World […]

Why Were My Malaysia and Indonesia Visits Different?
Ahmet T. Kuru || 1 May 2024 I have been studying Islam and democracy for two decades as a professor in the United States. My initial research focused on the Middle East, especially Turkey, where I was born. Since the […]

The Iranian Response And Its Implications For The Middle East
Osman Softic || 17 April 2024 Iran unleashed several hundred kamikaze drones and cruise and ballistic missiles on April 13, 2024 in its military operation dubbed ‘truthful promise,’ striking at various military targets in Israel. The Iranians claim this first […]

Did Istanbul Elect Turkey’s New Leader?
Ahmet T. Kuru || April 4, 2024 The reelection of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on March 31 means much more than a municipal win. It has consolidated Imamoglu’s reputation as the only politician able to defeat President Recep Tayyip […]

Ibn Khallikan: Shaping Islamic History through the Lens of a Kurdish Scholar
Zhilwan Tahir || 18 March 2024 In the realm of Islamic history, several individuals emerge as notable for their significant influence and valuable achievements. Ibn Khallikan, a prominent Kurdish historian, stands out as a noteworthy character whose writings have had […]

The Philosophical Sufism of Harun Nasution: A Phenomenological-Historical Investigation of the Influence of Neo-Mu’tazilism – Part IV
Ahmad Farouk Musa & Piet Hizbullah Khaidir || 13 March 2024 Islamic Reformism via Neo-Mu’tazilism Indeed, the main challenge confronting us today is the same one the past reformists faced: intellectual stagnation. As a result of the decline in rationalism […]