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The Night Journey (Al-Isra’ wal-Mi’raj)
By ‘Allāmah Muhammad Asad || 18 Februrary 2023 THE PROPHET’S “Night Journey” (Isra’) from Mecca to Jerusalem and his subsequent “Ascension” (Mi’raj) to heaven are, in reality, two stages of one mystic experience, dating almost exactly one year before […]
Lift Sanctions Against Syria to Lessen Sufferings of the People Caused by the Earthquake
Chandra Muzaffar || Feb 12, 2023 The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) urges the American, British, Australian, Canadian, Swiss and some European Union and Arab League governments to lift the unjust, immoral sanctions against Syria in order […]
“If I survive, I will tell what it was like. I paint.” : The moral and intellectual disconnect between the memories of Shoah or Nazi Genocide of Jewish People, and today’s Jewish State
Maung Zarni || 6 Februrary 2023 A New York Times obituary of a Czech Jewish survivor of four SS-run camps including Auschwitz. Over the last 20 years since my German friend took me on a visit to Dachau, the very […]
Implications of the Madani Islam, Ketuanan Islam and Institutional Islam in Malaysia
Prof Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi || 31th January 2023 In this article, I will explain what I know, understand and fear from the the three approaches to Islam in Malaysia that competes against each other for the Malay Muslim […]
THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DRAGS ISRAEL TO THE WORLD COURT
Chandra Muzaffar || Jan 5, 2023 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted last week to refer Israel to the International Court of Justice (World Court) for its on-going violation of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination […]
Blurb for “The Unpublished Letters of Muhammad Asad”
By Abdar Rahman Koya & Ahmad Farouk Musa Muhammad Asad is arguably one of the 20th century’s greatest Muslim thinkers from the West. However, those who have followed his career through his books and writings know that no contemporaneous Muslim […]
The Absence of Principles Marks a Half-Century of Burma’s Opposition
By Maung Zarni For the last three decades, I have been immersed in Burma’s pro-democratic activism, first as a loyal foot-soldier and grassroots activist for Aung San Suu Kyi’s leadership, and subsequently a highly “controversial” critic of her opposition, its […]
Islamic values and lessons from Malaysia
When I was a student at the International Islamic University Malaysia, first in Petaling Jaya, then in Gombak, we were taught the values of a global, cosmopolitan, and inclusive Islamic civilization. Yes, Islamic values took center stage, but we never […]
SCRIPT – Anwar Ibrahim’s Vision for a Better Malaysia: A Review
Nageeb Gounjaria & Ahmad Farouk Musa || 10th October 2022 “…the state whose prospective rulers come to their duties with least enthusiasm is bound to have the best and most tranquil government, and the state whose rulers are eager to […]
Western Myanmar as a Genocide Triangle: The Military-Controlled State, Separatist Buddhist Rakhine Nationalists and Rohingya Genocide Victims – Part II
Maung Zarni || 6 October 2022 THE UNION OF BURMA AND NON-BAMA ETHNIC REVOLTS AGAINST WHAT THE LATTER SAW AS BAMA COLONALISM AND RACISM First, it is factually incorrect to say that previous generations of Rakhine nationalists had only […]
