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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 […]
BlackRock – No Compromise With Evil
Chandra Muzaffar || 24 June 2024 The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) empathizes with the concerns expressed by several NGOs and public figures in Malaysia over the involvement of the fund manager, BlackRock, in Malaysia’s infrastructure development. […]
Public Lecture on: “The Governance of Religious Diversity: A New Analysis” by Prof. Tariq Modood
Date: Sunday, 30th June 2024 Time: 10.00 AM – 12.00PM Venue: University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus – Kuala Lumpur Teaching Centre, Level 2 Chulan Tower, 3 Jalan Conlay, 50450 Kuala Lumpur Welcoming Speech: Professor Zaharom Nain Director of the […]
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 […]
The Philosophical Sufism of Harun Nasution: A Phenomenological-Historical Investigation of the Influence of Neo-Mu’tazilism – Part III
Ahmad Farouk Musa & Piet Hizbullah Khaidir || 11 March 2024 Harun Nasution’s Sufism Does the rationality of Nasution’s Islamic thought prevent him from practicing sufism? When we examine the book Philosophy and Mysticism in Islam, sufi practices (also known […]
The Philosophical Sufism of Harun Nasution: A Phenomenological-Historical Investigation of the Influence of Neo-Mu’tazilism – Part II
Ahmad Farouk Musa & Piet Hizbullah Khaidir || 5 March 2024 Islamic Rationality and the Rational Thought of Harun Nasution Nasution believed that the dominance of fatalism, especially in Ash’arite theology—the predominant position of the Malay Muslims of the […]
My Malaysia ordeal shows how religion can fuse with populist nationalism to silence dissent
Ahmet T. Kuru || March 1, 2024 I hadn’t expected my book tour in Malaysia to end with a confrontation with men who identified themselves as police in a Kuala Lumpur airport. I arrived in the Muslim-majority country in early […]
