A Lecture by Prof Mohsen Kadivar, Duke University Venue: Wawasan Open University, Georgetown, Penang Date: 23 August, 10AM – 12PM The animosity between Shia and Sunni is not new, however today it displays some characteristics that are different from the […]

Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa calls upon the government to stop the intimidation and persecution of Shias and to allow them to practise their faith. We, at the Islamic Renaissance Front, were dismayed and horrified by the statement made by a […]

Date : Saturday, August 24, 2013 Time: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM (MYT) Venue : Studio R, The Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Registration: http://islamandsecularism.eventbrite.com/ Secularism has always been thought to be antithetical to Islam. However if one was to look […]

Setelah fenomena 11 September 2001, stigmatisasi negatif terhadap Islam semakin menguat. “The religion of terror” menjadi jargon para pihak, dengan pelbagai kepentingan. Indonesia sendiri berduka dengan adanya Bom Bali, pada 2002. Mayoritas para sarjana studi Islam dan masyarakat, menyibukkan diri […]

Lingga anakku, aku pernah berkisah tentang seorang perempuan yang luar biasa, perempuan yang mengajarkanku soal ketulusan, yang memberiku semangat untuk terus berkarya. Aku menjadi seorang yang engkau kenal hari ini tidak lepas dari celotehnya, celoteh tentang arti hidup yang tidak […]

The situation in Egypt gives much food for thought to us in Malaysia. Many Egyptians who voted in the recently deposed President Mohamed Morsi last year and thus accepted the prospect of greater Islamisation of government rejected it after they […]

By Farish A. Noor ISLAMIST DEMOCRACY: The Egyptian crisis raises deeper questions about religious politics THE toppling of president Mohamed Morsi and his Freedom and Justice Party in Egypt has raised a host of deep and difficult questions about the […]

By Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa We at the Islamic Renaissance Front were dismayed and horrified by the statement made by a Minister in the Prime Minister Department, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom that there was no violation of human rights […]

June 17, 2013 The Islamic Renaissance Front observes the protests in Turkey very closely. We believe there is much at stake in how AKP (The Justice and Development Party) will engage with the demonstrators at this point, especially with regards […]

Over the weekend US President Obama’s decision to provide lethal aid to Syrian rebel forces has gained bipartisan support among American lawmakers. But will this move result in an escalation of the conflict or could be a way of bringing […]

Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa Islamic Renaissance Front Hari ini kita akan melihat secara spesifik karya al-Qur’ān Muhammad Asad, iaitu The Message of the Qur’ān. The Message didedikasikan kepada “Kaum Yang Berfikir”. Keseluruhan komentar Muhammad Asad adalah usaha yang luar biasa. […]

Mr Chairman, Prof Abdullah Ahsan, Deputy Dean of ISTAC, honorable guest Prof James Piscatori, our co-organizer Prof Khoo Gaik Cheng of Nottingham University, professors, academicians, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullah, Let me start by quoting a line from […]

Let me start by quoting a line from the song Sout al-Hurriyah – Song of Freedom, a song from a video produced at the same time of the Arab Uprising in Tahrir Square, Cairo. In the video, the lines of […]

Islam dan Kesejahteraan Sosial Terdapat perdebatan konsep gerakan sejarah seperti yang telah dihuraikan oleh Arnold Toynbee yang hanya memberi fokus penelitian kepada pengaruh alam sekitar tabii sebagai faktor utama yang menerangkan perubahan, begitu juga dihuraikan sebagaian pengaruh lain seperti aliran […]

APPEAL FOR PEACE: From the beginning, the divide has always been political rather than theological THE Muslim world, it must be remembered, does not exist in a vacuum or in a world without Others. Lest we forget, the developments in […]

MUSLIM scholars have differed in their assessment of democracy and constitutionalism from the viewpoint of Islamic principles. The view has gained ground, however, that a democratic system of rule is on the whole acceptable to Islam. This is because democracy […]

Manusia, Fitrah dan Agama Dalam melalui kehidupan dan melaksanakan sebuah perjanjian amanah khalifah di bumi, keadaan luar mahupun dalam sentiasa mencabar kehendak manusia itu supaya bertindak dan melepasi saat yang menuntut sifat dan potensi mereka kepada arah tindakan. Tuhan menjanjikan […]

Date : Sunday, 2nd June Time : 2 – 5 PM Venue : International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) Registration: http://libertyanddemocracy.eventbrite.com/ The world has witnessed a revolution that had swept Egypt and many other countries in the Middle […]

Topic    : Islam and Democracy: What is the Real Problem? Date     : Saturday 6 April 2013 Venue  : International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Register here: http://islamdemocracyrealproblem.eventbrite.com/ Islam is perceived as the root of the authoritarian polity in many […]

Ahmad Farouk Musa || 21 October 2013   “There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor, again, excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil” [Plato, The Republic] Any move for a more robust democracy and the […]