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The Philosophical Sufism of Harun Nasution: A Phenomenological-Historical Investigation of the Influence of Neo-Mu’tazilism – Part III
Ahmad Farouk Musa & Piet Hizbullah Khaidir || 11 March 2024 Harun Nasution’s Sufism Does the rationality of Nasution’s Islamic thought prevent him from practicing sufism? When we examine the book Philosophy and Mysticism in Islam, sufi practices (also known […]
The Philosophical Sufism of Harun Nasution: A Phenomenological-Historical Investigation of the Influence of Neo-Mu’tazilism – Part II
Ahmad Farouk Musa & Piet Hizbullah Khaidir || 5 March 2024 Islamic Rationality and the Rational Thought of Harun Nasution Nasution believed that the dominance of fatalism, especially in Ash’arite theology—the predominant position of the Malay Muslims of the […]
My Malaysia ordeal shows how religion can fuse with populist nationalism to silence dissent
Ahmet T. Kuru || March 1, 2024 I hadn’t expected my book tour in Malaysia to end with a confrontation with men who identified themselves as police in a Kuala Lumpur airport. I arrived in the Muslim-majority country in early […]
The Philosophical Sufism of Harun Nasution: A Phenomenological-Historical Investigation of the Influence of Neo-Mu’tazilism – Part I
Ahmad Farouk Musa & Piet Hizbullah Khaidir || 1 March 2024 Abstract Sufism is the mystical form of Islam that emphasizes spirituality which is commonly seen as irrational. Conversely, rationalism (mu’tazilism) stresses the rational dimension of Islam. Is philosophical or […]
On the Islamisation of Knowledge and Critical Muslim Studies: A Brief Analysis
Ehsan Shahwahid || 27 February 2024 Intellectuals and scholars have discussed the problematics of colonization, modernity and knowledge production, which led to several initiatives undertaken to disentangle these legacies of the West still prevailing towards Islam, Muslims, and more broadly […]
Uraian “Tema-tema Agung Al-Qur’an” oleh Fazlur Rahman: Terjemahan Major Themes of the Qur’an oleh Ahmad Muziru Idham
Mohd Jalaluddin Hashim || 15 Februari 2024 Fazlur Rahman (1919-1988) adalah ahli hukum dan intelektual Islam yang terkenal. Beliau dilahirkan pada 21 September 1919 di Hazara, daerah yang terletak di barat laut Pakistan. Fazlur Rahman Malak terlingkung dalam keluarga Muslim […]
Kata Pengantar kepada Tema-tema Agung al-Qur’ān terjemahan daripada Major Themes of the Qur’ān oleh Fazlur Rahman
Ebrahim Moosa || 13 February 2024 Terjemahan oleh Ahmad Muziru Idham Adnan Sudah melangkau tiga dekad sarjana dan pemikir ulung Islam, Professor Dr Fazlur Rahman (1918-1988) menulis Major Themes of the Qur’ān, namun bukunya masih terus menarik minat pembaca untuk […]
ICJ on Gaza: Acting Against Israel
Chandra Muzaffar || 2 February 2024 Five days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced various interim measures aimed at preventing the State of Israel from committing acts in Gaza which come within the scope of the Genocide […]
Alfred Stepan, Democracy, and Islam
Ahmet T. Kuru || 22 January 2024 During my visit to Malaysia on January 5-10, 2024, my host was Dr. Farouk Musa, director of Islamic Renaissance Front, who published my book’s Malay edition, “Islam, Autoritarianisme, Dan Kemunduran Bangsa: Suatu Perbandingan […]
Wawancara Bersama Prof. Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru
Terjemahan: Ahmad Muziru Idham || 20 Januari 2024 Ahmet T. Kuru (PhD, University of Washington) ialah pengarah di Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies dan merupakan Profesor Sains Politik di San Diego State University. Beliau ialah seorang sarjana pascakedoktoran […]
