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Roundtable Discussion on Women against Extremism: Preventing Violent-Extremism among Young Women in Malaysia
Date: Friday, 13th April 2018 Time: 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM Venue: Journal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Paper Presentation Dr. Julia Sveshnikova, Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) Interveners Dwi Rubiyanti Khalifah, Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN), Indonesia Thomas Samuel, Southeast Asia Regional […]
Colloquium on Young Women Against Extremism
BY INVITATION ONLY Date: 13th – 15th April 2018 (Friday – Sunday) Venue: Journal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Organized by: Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) Although Malaysia is a country considered as relatively safe, we cannot deny the fact that extremism brews […]
The Geopolitics of Targetting Russia
The escalation of tensions between the United States, Britain and France, on the one hand, and Russia, on the other, should not surprise anyone. In the last few years, the US leadership and mainstream British media have presented Russia as […]
Forum: “The Vision of Islamic Development in Malaysia: Are We on the Right Track?”
Date: Sunday, 25th March 2018 Time: 9.30AM – 12.00PM Venue: Palm Garden Resort, Putrajaya Panelists: Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad (Parti Amanah Negara), Dr. Muhammad Nur Manuty (PKR), Prof. Mohd Nazari Ismail (UM). Moderator: Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Farouk Musa, Islamic Renaissance Front […]
Regional Conference I on: “Islam & Development: Towards Democracy and Social Justice”
Date: 23rd – 25th March 2018 Venue: Palm Garden Resort, Putrajaya BY INVITATION ONLY Organizers: Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF), Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS), Institute of Malaysia and International Studies (IKMAS) UKM, Center for Religious and […]
Forum On “Can Islamists Be Democrats?
Date: Saturday, 10th May 2018 Time: 2.00PM – 5.30PM Venue: Spices, Concorde Hotel, KL Speaker: Dr Azzam Tamimi Discussants: YB Saari Sungib Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad Moderator: Dato’ Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa Book Launch of: ”Rachid Ghannouchi: Seorang Demokrat Dalam Wacana […]
Public Lecture: “The Evolution of Islamic Political Thought”
Presenter: Dr Azzam Tamimi Date: Friday, 9th March 2018 Time: 7.00-10.30 PM Venue: Spices, Concorde Hotel, KL Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-lecture-the-evolution-of-islamic-political-thought-tickets-43864669407 Ennahda, one of the most influential political parties in the Arab world and a major force in Tunisia’s emergence as a democracy, […]
Reading Session on “Hamas: Unwritten Chapters” with Dr Azzam Tamimi
Date: Thursday, 8th March 2018 Time: 7pm – 10pm Venue: Graha Pemuda, Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-session-on-hamas-unwritten-chapters-with-dr-azzam-tamimi-tickets-43833320642 Hamas: Unwritten Chapters Dr Azzam Tamimi, a London-based activist, founder of the Institute of Islamic Political Thought and author of the book […]
Kata Pengantar Edisi Melayu Rachid Ghannouchi: Seorang Demokrat dalam Wacana Islamisme
Buku Rachid Ghannouchi – Seorang Demokrat Dalam Wacana Islamisme terjemahan saudara Muhammad Syamil Dzulfida dan Ahmad Nabil Amir, terbitan Islamic Renaissance Front, tentunya punya pelbagai sisi istimewa. Menjadi lebih menarik kerana hanya Tunisia, negara tunggal yang mampu mempertahankan kehendak rakyatnya, […]
Sinopsis Buku Rachid Ghannouchi: Seorang Demokrat dalam Wacana Islamisme
“Jika Tuhan inginkan daku menjadi syahid bagi segala masjid-masjid, biarkannya. Tetapi aku ingin memberitahumu bahawa kematianku tidak akan sia-sia, dan daripada darahku, kembang-kembang Islam akan tumbuh mekar.” [Rachid Ghannouchi] Azzam Tamimi memperkenalkan pemikiran Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, aktivis politik Islamis […]
Sang Pencerah: Kiyai Haji Ahmad Dahlan dan Gerakan Muhammadiyah
“Semua ibadah diharamkan kecuali yang ada perintahnya dari Nabi Muhammad” [KH Ahmad Dahlan] Kiyai Haji Ahmad Dahlan (1868-1923) adalah seorang ulama pembaharu dan pemikir penting yang telah mencetuskan revolusi perjuangan yang besar dalam rangka pembaharuan di Indonesia. Beliau dilahirkan di […]
Azzam Tamimi dan Rachid Ghannouchi: Demokrasi, Muslim Demokrat dan Mogok Lapar Tahanan ISA
Saya menulis catatan ringkas berkenaan buku ini dengan cara yang tersendiri. Bagi saya buku ini adalah suatu yang istimewa. Saya menilai buku ini istimewa di atas empat faktor. Pertama; di mana dan dari siapa saya mendapat buku ini, kedua; siapa […]
Seminar Pemikiran Reformis – Siri XI: Kiyai Haji Ahmad Dahlan
Tarikh: Sabtu, 3 Mac 2018 Masa: 10AM – 530PM Tempat: Concorde V, Concorde Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Daftar di: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seminar-pemikiran-reformis-siri-xi-kiyai-haji-ahmad-dahlan-tickets-43638500931 Ucaptama oleh Al-Fādhil Ustaz Zainal Abidin Zamzam Martapura Muhammadiyah, Pulau Pinang Panelis: Dr Sohirin Mohammad Solihin, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia Dr […]
Uraian Rachid Ghannouchi: Seorang Demokrat Dalam Wacana Islamisme oleh Azzam Tamimi
Rachid Ghannouci, nama tidak asing lagi dalam dunia politik Islam. Beliau yang dalam regim awal 70-an Tunisia menjadi mangsa penindasan politik penguasa diktator sehingga menjadi pelarian di luar negara. Ghannouchi hidup dalam suasana demokrasi menjadi perkataan yang hanya wujud di […]
Uraian buku Rachid Ghannouchi: Seorang Demokrat dalam Wacana Islamisme oleh Azzam Tamimi
Buku yang merupakan terjemahan daripada tulisan Dr Azzam Tamimi, seorang ahli akademik dan aktivis politik yang juga pernah menjadi Pengarah di Institut of Islamic Political Thought di London ini membicarakan idea-idea daripada seorang pemikir yang menerajui Parti Ennahdah di Tunisia. […]
Perbincangan Meja-Bundar: “Quo Vadis Perkembangan Ekonomi di Malaysia?”
Tarikh: Ahad, 25 Februari 2018 Masa: 2.30PM – 6.00PM Tempat: Spices, Concorde Hotel, KL Daftar di: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/perbincangan-meja-bundar-quo-vadis-perkembangan-ekonomi-di-malaysia-tickets-43297410721 Pembentang: Prof. Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University) Pembicara: Dr Rosli Yaakop (PAS) Prof Mohd Nazari Ismail (IKRAM) Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad, […]
The Incarceration of Tariq Ramadan — A Travesty of Justice
The unjust incarceration of Dr Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University, demeans and disgraces the French legal system. Tariq has been detained in a solitary cell in the high security wing of Paris’s Fleury-Merogis prison since […]
USRAH: The Message of the Qur’an – Surah At-Thārïq
Date: Sunday, 18 February 2018 Venue: Graha Pemuda, Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur Time: 11.30am–2.30pm Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/usrah-the-message-of-the-quran-surah-at-thariq-tickets-43078623322 Sesungguhnya surah at-Thārïq sepertimana surah-surah dalam Juz ini menggambarkan ketukan-ketukan yang berturut-turut untuk mengetuk perasaan manusia: jalan-jalan yang keras, kuat dan tinggi; dan teriakan-teriakan […]
A Review On Nader Hashemi’s “Muslim Experience of Secularism: A Need for New Understanding”
Following on from the release of his book: Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies (2009)’, which was then translated into Malay by the Islamic Renaissance Front in 2016; Canadian political analyst, Nader Hashemi delivered […]
Merumus Sekularisme Politik Bagi Umat Islam
Tulisan ini ialah ulasan buku Islam, Sekularisme, dan Demokrasi Liberal (terjemahan IRF, 2016) oleh Nader Hashemi, dan transkrip syarahan penulisnya di Singapura bertajuk Muslim Experience of Secularism: A Need for New Understanding (The Reading Group, 2017). Persoalan sekularisme, […]
