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Muhammad Abduh and His Epistemology of Reform: Its Impact on Rashid Rida – Part III

July 9, 2021

Ahmad Nabil Amir || 9 July 2021   Discussion Abduh largely concentrated his reformist work on educational reform, and his far-reaching achievement had significantly impacted Rida’s advocacy of educational reform extensively in al-Manar. A serious undertaking in the form unprecedented […]

Islam and Institutional Religious Freedom

July 7, 2021

Ahmet T. Kuru || 7 July 2021   In July 2019, Pew Research Center published a report on religious restrictions around the world. Although Muslim-majority countries constitute only about a quarter of all cases examined in the report, they constitute […]

Muhammad Abduh and His Epistemology of Reform: Its Impact on Rashid Rida – Part II

July 5, 2021

Ahmad Nabil Amir || 5 July 2021 The Tarikh Kitab Tarikh al-Ustadh al-Imam Muhammad Abduh is the foundational work of Rida; it documents Abduh’s compelling intellectual history and delves into the major sources on his life and career in Egypt. […]

Muhammad Abduh and His Epistemology of Reform: Its Impact on Rashid Rida – Part I

July 3, 2021

Ahmad Nabil Amir || 3 July 2021   Introduction Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905) had a monumental influence on Muhammad Rashid Rida (1865-1935). In fact, Abduh’s tremendous impact is partly due to the diligent efforts of Rida who promulgated his ideas to […]

US, NATO and the Question of Russia

June 1, 2021

By Emir Hadzikadunic || June 1, 2021   Are the US and its allies misguided in their apprehension of Russia’s power projection in Europe? If the question of a rising China and its possible collision with the United States is a central […]

Pengaruh Rasionalisme Abduh Dalam Pemikiran Harun Nasution – Bahagian II

May 8, 2021

Ahmad Nabil Amir || 8 May 2021   Sang filosofis “Pembicaraanku seringkali terlalu filosofis. Maka setiap kali aku diminta untuk berbicara di masjid, kubilang tidak bisa. Aku tidak bisa bercerita dongeng kepada mereka. Sebab, dongeng tidak masuk akal bagiku.” – […]

OUR HUMANITY ; OUR IDENTITY

May 2, 2021

Chandra Muzaffar | 1st May 2021.   Identity politics has been on the ascendancy in many parts of the world in the last few decades. Its relationship to ethnicity, culture and religion is what concerns us at this point. To […]

SYRIA : THE PRICE OF RESISTANCE

March 22, 2021

Chandra Muzaffar || 22 March 2021 Few nations in recent decades have been targeted by a superpower the way the United States of America has subjected Syria to various forms of attack. Apart from military assaults and acts of political […]

Magellan, Inquisition and Globalisation

March 16, 2021

Felice Noelle Rodriguez & Jomo Kwame Sundaram || 16 March 2021 KUALA LUMPUR: Globalisation’s beginnings are symbolised by Ferdinand Magellan’s near circumnavigation of the world half a millennium ago. But its history is not simply of connection and trade, but […]

WINNING VOTES THROUGH IDENTITY POLITICS

February 5, 2021

According to official estimates, Donald J. Trump obtained a little more than 74 million votes in the November 2020 presidential election losing to Joseph Biden who secured a little more than 81 million votes. Biden won by a comfortable margin […]

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