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Book dissection: “Islam, Secularism, and Liberal Democracy” oleh Nader Hashemi (Bhg 1)
Date: Sabtu, 27 Jun 2015 Time: 5.00 PM – 7 PM Venue: Graha Pemuda, Sri Hartamas Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-dissection-islam-secularism-and-liberal-democracy-by-nader-hashemi-part-1-tickets-17285469304 Selepas kejatuhan Empayar Uthmaniyah, umat Islam seakan tergapai dalam vakum kekuasaan yang wujud di samping terhimpit dengan krisis dalaman dan global. Kuasa politik […]
Islah dan Tajdid menerusi lensa IRF
Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) sejak penubuhannya telah menggariskan agenda utamanya dalam mencanangkan islah dan tajdid. Maka apakah yang dimaksudkan oleh islah dan tajdid itu. Apabila kita bercakap tentang islah atau tajdid, seseorang harus memahami bahawa intipati daripada pemikiran reformis berakar […]
Roundtable discussion on: “Islam and the Secular State”
Date: Saturday, 13th June 2015 Time: 230-530PM Venue: Conference Room, Law Faculty, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roundtable-discussion-on-islam-and-the-secular-state-tickets-16932669069 The secular state has emerged in modern times in response to religious infighting that plagued Europe for over a century, and has […]
Roundtable Discussion on: “Should human rights always outweigh religious rights?”
Date: Sunday, 14th June 2015 Time: 11AM – 130PM Venue: Conference Room, The University off Nottingham, Level 2 Chulan Tower, Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roundtable-discussion-on-should-human-rights-always-outweigh-religious-rights-tickets-16932690132 The question of conflict between the notion of human rights and traditional Islam goes much deeper than […]
International Conference on “Orientalism Revisited: Beyond the Politics of East and West”
Date: May 23 – 24, 2015 Venue: University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Level 2, Chulan Tower, No. 3 Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-conference-on-orientalism-revisited-beyond-the-politics-of-east-and-west-tickets-16867923413 “Orientalism” is a term that has been widely used by scholars to refer to the Western ways […]
GBM Summit On Civil Society: Post NEP – Towards A National Consensus
Date: Saturday, 9 May 2015 – 9am – 6pm Venue: KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, Jalan Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur. Registration: https://www.facebook.com/events/1569672353305960/ Registration fees: RM30.00 (including meals and papers) Payment to: The KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Account No: […]
Informal Referendum on the Nuclear Issue: Why the conservatives will not be heard this time
On April 2, 2015, or 13 farvardin 1394 on the Iranian calendar, marked for Iranians as a day of nature and the adjournment of the new year holidays, the Parameters for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Regarding the Islamic […]
Pembaharuan Pentafsiran Tekstual Al-Qur’an
Slogan al-Islam huwa al-hal atau Islam is the solution kembali menjadi kecenderungan dan diskusi ulang di abad ini. Konteks moden hari ini membentuk kajian tentang bagaimana keberkaitan antara dinamika dan perubahan. Persoalan bagaimana al-Qur’an harus diterjemahkan pembacaan dalam konteks moden […]
Madrasah Hassan al Banna
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 8 April 2015 “Dialah yang mengutus kepada kaum yang buta huruf seorang Rasul diantara mereka, yang membacakan ayat-ayatNya kepada mereka, mensucikan mereka dan mengajarkan kepada mereka Kitab dan Hikmah (as-Sunnah). Dan sesungguhnya mereka sebelumnya benar-benar […]
Quo Vadis Peradaban Islam?
Titik-titik genting dalam perjalanan peradaban Islam telah terjadi ratusan kali selama masa yang panjang. Kali ini kita tidak akan mengulas tentang hal itu, tetapi akan membicarakan masalah yang tidak kurang gentingnya dalam bentuk pertanyaan: “Quo Vadis (Hendak Ke mana) Peradaban […]
Hudud: Between Dogma And Reality
Dogma trumped justice and reason in the Kelantan State Assembly on the 19th of March 2015. When dogma overwhelms one’s outlook, reality is often set aside. By tabling the Syari’ah Criminal Code 11 1993 (Amendment 2015) or Hudud Bill at […]
Reading Session on “Muslim Rebels” With Professor Jeffrey Kenney
Date: Sunday, 22nd May 2015 Time: 4PM – 6PM Venue: Graha Pemuda, Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-session-on-muslim-rebels-with-professor-jeffrey-kenney-tickets-16075341780 The first group of Muslim rebels in Islamic history is known as the Kharijites. It was a rebellious splinter group that separated itself from mainstream […]
Roundtable Discussion on: The Future of Religious Freedom
Date: Sunday, 22nd March 2015 Time: 11AM – 130PM Venue: Conference Room, The University of Nottingham, Level 2 Chulan Tower, Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roundtable-discussion-on-the-future-of-religious-freedom-tickets-16064719007 Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change […]
Roundtable Discussion on: Religion and Geopolitics: Conflict Resolution
Date: Saturday, 21st March 2015 Time: 230PM – 530PM Venue: Conference Room, Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roundtable-discussion-on-religion-and-geopolitics-conflict-resolution-tickets-16027584938 The importance of religious terrorism in contemporary geopolitics has forced policymakers and academics to rethink the taken-for-granted understanding of geopolitics […]
Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Dalam Jalur Perjuangan “Political Islam”
Eulogi atau Belasungkawa ini khas buat almarhum Tuan Guru Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (10 Januari 1931- 12 Februari 2015). Tanggal malam Jumaat serta disemadikan pada penguhulu segala hari, merupakan penyudah kehidupan yang baik (husnul khatimah) bagi insan istimewa […]
Prinsip Pemerintahan dalam Islam Menurut Muhammad Asad – Bahagian II
Prinsip Keadilan dan Maqasid Syar’iyyah “Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought” [John Rawls, A Theory of Justice] “Keadilan adalah keutamaan pertama bagi institusi sosial, sebagaimana kebenaran bagi sistem pemikiran” [John Rawls, […]
Prinsip Pemerintahan dalam Islam Menurut Muhammad Asad – Bahagian I
“If our present leaders but listen to the people’s heartbeat they are bound to realise that what the common man desires is not merely a state in which Muslims would have greater economic facilities that they have now, but a […]
Merawat Ancaman Konservatif Agama
Democracy and pluralism are a basket. Is this basket universal? What is the view of Islam on this issue? In the world at large, as well as within each civilization, there is a conflict between those who have one vision […]
Muhammad Asad dan Terjemahan Sahih al-Bukhari: Suatu Analisis Awal – Bahagian II
Pengantar Cetakan Pertama (1938) KARYA yang kini dikemukakan kepada khalayak ini merakamkan bab-bab sejarah dari sebuah kompilasi hadith yang terpenting, Kitab al-Jami‘ al-Sahih oleh Imam Muhammad ibn Isma‘il al-Bukhari, dan memaparkan permulaan wahyu kerasulan dan tahun-tahun terawal Islam hingga dan […]
Reading Session: John Rawls dan Teori Keadilan Liberal (Bhg. III)
Date: Sunday, 15 Feb 2015 Time: 11PM – 1PM Venue: Graha Pemuda, Sri Hartamas Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-session-john-rawls-dan-teori-keadilan-liberal-bhg-3-tickets-15622455184 John Rawls merupakan salah seorang filasuf kontemporari dalam tradisi Barat yang telah mencetuskan revolusi dalam falsafah politik kontemporari. Menerusi penerbitan A Theory of Justice (TJ) […]
