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[POSTPONED] WEBINAR: “Who lost, who won: Rushdie versus the Muslims” with Dr Shabbir Akhtar

September 20, 2022

UPDATE: We apologise that our webinar has to be postponed to another date since our speaker from Oxford University won’t be available. Once the new date is confirmed, we will send out the Zoom link. Thank you all for your […]

NO HUMAN RIGHT TO SMOKE AND VAPE

August 11, 2022

Emeritus Prof Datuk Dr Hj Shad Saleem Faruqi || 11 August 2022   Abstract: Despite what the libertarians may claim, there is no constitutional right to harm oneself, harm others and put a burden on the national health system. Freedom […]

Fazlur Rahman dan Interpretasi Teks al-Qur’an

August 9, 2022

Ahmad Nabil Amir & Ahmad Muziru Idham || 9 Ogos 2022 Pendahuluan Fazlur Rahman (1919-1988) adalah ahli hukum dan intelektual Islam yang terkenal. Fikrahnya dapat dirumuskan dalam perjuangan menegakkan nilai etika dan moral yang syumul dalam masyarakat dan sistem yang […]

MYANMAR : EXECUTING DISSENT

August 1, 2022

Dr. Chandra Muzaffar || 1 August 2022 The execution of four well-known democracy activists by the military junta in Myanmar in June 2022 has angered and incensed those who cherish freedom and justice all over the world. The four, Phyo […]

Pohon Kebajikan Ahmad Syafii Maarif: Keislaman-Keilmuan-Kemanusiaan

July 18, 2022

Oleh: Muhammad Abdullah Darraz   Pendahuluan: Anatomi Pohon Kebajikan Ahmad Syafii Maarif Menyelami satu sosok pribadi yang benama Ahmad Syafii Maarif tidak dapat dilihat hanya dari satu aspek. Buya adalah seorang manusia multi-dimensional yang perlu dilihat secara utuh. Setidaknya ada […]

WEBINAR: Memperingati Bapak Bangsa, Buya Syafii Maarif (Mei 31, 1935 – May 27, 2022) bersama Dr Azhar Ibrahim & Dr. Piet Hizbullah Khaidir

July 14, 2022

Tarikh: Sabtu, 30 Julai 2022 Waktu: 2PM MYT || 1PM WIB   Panelis: Dr. Azhar Ibrahim, National University of Singapore (NUS) Dr. Piet Hizbullah Khaidir,  Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu al-Qur’an& Sains Al-Ishlah (ISTIQSI) Moderator: Ahmad Muziru Idham Adnan, Program Manager, Islamic Renaissance […]

Para Penterjemah: Marmaduke Pickthall, Yusuf Ali, dan al-Qur’an – Bahagian II

May 15, 2022

Oleh: Steve Noyes Penterjemah: Ahmad Muziru Idham Adnan || 15 May 2022 Artikel asal: https://rabbitholemag.com/the-translators-marmaduke-pickthall-yusuf-ali-and-the-quran/ Bagi semua perbezaan di antara ayat muhkamat dan ayat mutasyabihat, terjemahan al-Qur’an, Pickthall dan Ali tidaklah terlalu berbeza. Mereka berdua memilih untuk menulis dalam sebuah […]

Para Penterjemah: Marmaduke Pickthall, Yusuf Ali, dan al-Qur’an  – Bahagian I

May 14, 2022

Oleh: Steve Noyes Penterjemah: Ahmad Muziru Idham Adnan || 14 May 2022 Artikel asal: https://rabbitholemag.com/the-translators-marmaduke-pickthall-yusuf-ali-and-the-quran/ Marmaduke Pickthall dan Yusuf Ali, para penterjemah al-Qur’an pada awal kurun ke-20, dikebumikan di bahagian Muslim di Tanah Perkuburan Brookwood berhampiran Woking, Surrey, iaitu setengah […]

Penang Malays: Icons of Reform and Tolerance

May 11, 2022

Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid | 11 May 2022   The lives of iconic Penang Malays make hugely interesting stories. Vocal, outspoken, occasionally incendiary but always significant, we need to reintroduce them to present and future generations of Malaysians. Much of […]

Preface To The Unpublished Letters Of Muhammad Asad

May 9, 2022

Fadlullah Wilmot || 9 May 2022 Buried in the small Muslim cemetery in Granada in Spain is one of the most prominent Muslim thinkers of the twentieth century. He was born to a Jewish family on 12 July 1900 in […]

The Role of Islam in Foreign Policymaking – Part V

May 6, 2022

Emir Hadzikadunic || 6 May 2022   Conclusion The objective of this article was to provide an overview of the role of religion in Muslim majority states, in this case Islam, in their foreign policymaking. Notwithstanding its complex relationship with international […]

The Role of Islam in Foreign Policymaking – Part IV

April 28, 2022

Emir Hadzikadunic || 28 April 2022   International level and Islamic related constraints on foreign policymaking Realists pay little attention to human or domestic factors in foreign policy analysis and focus instead on states as unitary and rational actors who […]

The Role of Islam in Foreign Policymaking – Part III

April 17, 2022

Emir Hadzikadunic || 17 April 2022   Domestic level and Islamic related constraints on foreign policymaking In addition to their individualities, leaders almost always face domestic constraints on foreign policymaking.[1]At this level, it is largely about two theoretical frameworks. On […]

Liberal Fundamentalists and Imranophobia

April 11, 2022

SherAli Tareen || 11 April 2022   Among his many achievements, Imran Khan can also boast the unique honor of attracting detractors of remarkably varied stripes and persuasions. While some consider him a ‘Jewish Agent’ (an outright anti-Semitic framing), for […]

Pakistan’s Political Conundrum: Who Conspired To Oust The Imran Khan Government And Why?

April 7, 2022

 Osman Softić || 7 April 2022   Pakistan has become embroiled in a deep political crisis which culminated late last week, prompting Pakistani president Arifur Rahman Alvi to dissolve parliament, thus circumventing the vote of no confidence motion in the […]

American Political Opportunism and Washington’s Long Overdue Genocide Determination

April 2, 2022

Maung Zarni || 2 April 2022   On March 21, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced a (Rohingya) “genocide determination.” The U.S. decision was largely welcomed by Rohingya survivors. Myanmar is a signatory to the interstate treaty Convention on […]

The Role of Islam in Foreign Policymaking – Part II

March 29, 2022

Emir Hadzikadunic || 29 March 2022 Muslim leaders and Islamic related constraints on foreign policymaking Foreign policy is ultimately formulated and implemented by individuals in leadership positions, “suggesting that obvious and important avenues of research in the role of religion […]

The Role of Islam in Foreign Policymaking – Part I

March 23, 2022

Emir Hadzikadunic || 23 March 2022   Abstract Religion has been often ignored dimension of statecraft, more so by realist or neorealist schools. This article explores the question of how a number of states, in which all, or a considerable […]

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine Through My Burmese Eyes

March 16, 2022

Maung Zarni || 15th March 2022   I have never been to either Petro’s Ukraine or Putin’s Russia. But the news of Putin’s conscript Russian army launching a full-scale invasion – deeply unpopular with the Russian people at home as […]

WEBINAR: “Was Russia intervention in Ukraine the result of Western aggression?: Impact on the Muslim world from the Balkans to the Nusantara”

March 16, 2022

Date: Saturday, 26th March 2022 Time: 10AM MYT || 9PM EST (Friday, 25th March 2022)   Panelists: Dr Olsi Jazexhi, Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge, Department of History, International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) Dr Emir Hadzikadunic, The Faculty of […]

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