The celebration of Ramadhan in a multi-cultural and multi-religious country and society can be a joyous, sharing occasion, but can also be fraught with accidental faux pas and the feeling of being left out or not understanding something. In the […]

  Sejak kejatuhan Kerajaan Uthmaniyyah pada awal abad ke-20, umat Islam seakan-akan hilang arah. Kejatuhan Khilafah dianggap sebagai sangat bermasalah sekalipun umat Islam sudah bermasalah beratus-ratus tahun yang lampau dalam keadaan mereka “dipayungi” Khilafah. Pada awal abad ke-20 itu juga […]

Ia merupakan suatu kenyataan, walau sering dinafi dan digelapkan, kenyataan bahawa sejarah Islam dan tradisi inteleknya mengemukakan senarai yang impresif daripada kelompok pemikir dan sosok wanita yang penting. Al-Qur’an sendiri menempatkan “wanita yang beriman” dalam skop perbincangan dan pernyataannya. Contoh […]

Ahmad Farouk Musa | Sep 27, 2011 The hudud controversy has now returned to the eyes of the media after it was discussed at the National Syariah Seminar sponsored by the Department of Islamic Affairs of Kelantan. PAS indeed had […]

  Isu hukuman hudud kembali meledak di dada-dada media apabila ia dibincangkan pada Seminar Syari’ah Peringkat Kebangsaan anjuran Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Kelantan. Parti PAS sekalipun telah mengambil satu langkah kedepan dengan laungan kepada Negara Kebajikan, namun langkah yang […]

Dr. Zainal Kling together with Majlis Profesor Negara (MPN), which claims up to 1500 members, recently argued that Malaysia was never colonized by the British. As reported in Malaysiakini [1] and Berita Harian [2], Their argument in essence reads as […]

In the past decade, we have seen how the destruction and desperation in the attacks of September 11th mutate into a state of global war. At the very least, it has left Muslims and non-Muslims in common grudge and distrust, […]

On the Progressive Core of Islamic Economics By Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, Research Fellow, Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF). In recent years, Malaysia has been commonly acknowledged by most observers and visitors as a relatively wealthy Muslim country. This, however, does not […]

The recent report by Malaysiakini regarding the non-existent Surau al-Musyrikin and that the demonstration attributed to the committee members against an act of proselytisation by a tuition centre at Jalan Klang Lama as aired by TV3 which did not represent […]

Statement by Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa, Chairman and Director, Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF), Kuala Lumpur   We, from the Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) read the news regarding the proposed Faith Crime Act by the Deputy Education Minister yesterday with trepidation. […]

There have been numerous tafsirs throughout the ages, but few stressed on the gender equity issues as propounded by the Qur’an. Many exegetes failed to distance themselves from the misogynist views prevalent in their society while endeavoring to interpret God’s […]

Terdapat banyak tafsir yang muncul sepanjang zaman, tetapi sedikit yang menekankan tentang isu persamaan gender seperti yang diketengahkan dalam al-Qur’an. Banyak pentafsir yang gagal menjarakkan diri mereka daripada rangka pandang misoginis yang dominan dalam masyarakat mereka ketika mengusahakan tafsiran al-Qur’an. […]

Readers of Muhammad Asad’s tafsir, The Message of the Qur’an, will be very familiar with the approach of Asad in translating and writing his extensive commentary. The reader will find in his explanatory notes frequent references to views held by Imam Muhammad […]

Pembaca Tafsir Muhammad Asad “The Message of the Qur’an” akan mengenal dengan baik pendekatan Asad dalam menterjemah dan menulis komentarnya yang ekstensif. Pembaca akan menemui dalam nota penjelasannya rujukan yang ketara kepada pandangan yang diketengahkan oleh Imam Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905).

Normally on the Evening Edition, we avoid the subject of sex, politics and religion. But today the gloves are off: we talk about sex, gender politics and the religion of Islam. Obedient Wives Club, Sisters in Islam and Islamic Renaissance […]

Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir (Sisters in Islam), Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa (Islamic Renaissance Front) & Dr Azalina Dato’ Jamaludin (Obedient Wives Club) discuss sex, gender politics and religion on The Evening Edition.

We read the news on PERKASA’s Ibrahim Ali claims to defend peace and stopping BERSIH 2.0 coalition from holding a demonstration on July 9 with ire and vexation. The inane behavior of burning and stomping on pictures of BERSIH Chairperson […]

Kuala Lumpur – 20 April 2011. A group of civil society organisations have issued a joint press release today expressing their concerns on the recent report on Friday 15 April 2011 in a leading alternative media, The Malaysian Insider, on […]

Kami sebagai kumpulan masyarakat sivil ingin mengecam tindakan ketua pemuda UMNO Pulau Pinang Norman Dhalan dan Naib Presiden Persatuan Peniaga Komtar Abdul Ghani Mohammad Jiman yang cuba mengacau untuk menghalang aktiviti Mansuhkan ISA yang diadakan di sekitar kompleks Komtar. Kumpulan […]

When the peoples of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore came together in 1963, Malaysia was a promise of freedom and fraternity, that all the children of this land would love and support each other to develop and progress. A Promise […]