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A Refutation of Farid Al-Attas’ slippery slope of JAKIM’s certification
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 24 September 2024 We refer to the piece which appeared on MalaysiaNow citing Prof Farid Alatas’s view. Since the government has already ruled on this issue last Wednesday, the discussion is now mainly academic. Nonetheless, […]
A Rebuttal To Hamid Sultan Abu Backer’s View On The Halal-Haram Dilemma
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 19 September 2024 I read the piece by a retired judge, the learned Justice Datuk Hamid Sultan Abu Backer with much interest. However, he erred in his insistence that while the concept of haram is […]
The Halal Conundrum – Sanity must prevail
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 15 Sept 2024 It all started when Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, the Minister in charge of the Religious Affairs, made an official statement that the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (infamously known as JAKIM) is considering […]
BlackRock – No Compromise With Evil
Chandra Muzaffar || 24 June 2024 The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) empathizes with the concerns expressed by several NGOs and public figures in Malaysia over the involvement of the fund manager, BlackRock, in Malaysia’s infrastructure development. […]
Is Recognising Palestinian Sovereignty Enough, Or Just Empty Rhetoric?
Ebrahim Moosa || 16 May 2024 The United Nations General Assembly vote on Friday to support Palestine’s membership to the body was a well-meaning but rather symbolic event. To be fair, there will be some benefits, but will it […]
An Interview with the International Qur’an News Agency (IQNA), Islamic Republic of IRAN on US campus protest against Israel’s war in Gaza
15 May 2024 Prologue The protests against Israel’s assault and disproportionate war on Gaza started in April this year at Columbia University, an Ivy League university in New York. This protest has since swept college campuses nationwide, and thousands […]
Book Review of “Islam, Autoritarianisme dan Kemunduran Bangsa: Suatu Perbandingan Global dan Pensejarahan” A translation of “Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison” by Ahmet T. Kuru
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 11 May 2024 Softcover: 381 pages Publisher: Islamic Renaissance Front Language: Malay ISBN: 978-967-26388-3-4 Product Dimensions: 6 X 9 X 1 Translator: Hasyir Mursyidi Husam Editor: Ahmad Farouk Musa Published by Kajian Malaysia Vol. 42, […]
Why Were My Malaysia and Indonesia Visits Different?
Ahmet T. Kuru || 1 May 2024 I have been studying Islam and democracy for two decades as a professor in the United States. My initial research focused on the Middle East, especially Turkey, where I was born. Since the […]
The Iranian Response And Its Implications For The Middle East
Osman Softic || 17 April 2024 Iran unleashed several hundred kamikaze drones and cruise and ballistic missiles on April 13, 2024 in its military operation dubbed ‘truthful promise,’ striking at various military targets in Israel. The Iranians claim this first […]
Did Istanbul Elect Turkey’s New Leader?
Ahmet T. Kuru || April 4, 2024 The reelection of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on March 31 means much more than a municipal win. It has consolidated Imamoglu’s reputation as the only politician able to defeat President Recep Tayyip […]
