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The Role of Islam in Foreign Policymaking – Part II
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
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
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”
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 […]
Is Bosnia-Herzegovina Next on Russia’s Radar?
Could the vulnerable Balkan state become Vladimir Putin’s next target? Emir Hadzikadunic || March 12, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised fears among many Bosnians that their vulnerable state could also become a target. Like Ukraine and Georgia, both now […]
Ukraine: Understanding the Concern of the Other
Chandra Muzaffar | 28th February 2022 The mainstream Western media is almost unanimous in demanding that Russia and Vladimir Putin stop their military operation in Ukraine immediately. This in their opinion is the only solution to the current conflict. […]
Webinar on: The Quest for a Historical Muhammad: A Critical Appraisal
Date: Saturday, 12th March 2022 Time: 10 AM MYT || 9 PM EST (Friday, 11th March 2022) Speaker: Dr Mun’im Sirry, Assistant Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA Moderator: Nageeb Gounjaria, Senior Research Fellow, […]
Nostalgia Kolonial Macron: Projek Islamik anti-Muslim
Salman Sayyid || 17 Februari 2022 Terjemahan: Ahmad Muziru Idham Dalam satu lagi langkah Islamofobia, rejim Perancis bersedia untuk menubuhkan sebuah badan baharu bagi menguruskan penduduk Muslim terbesar di Kesatuan Eropah, iaitu Forum Islam (The Forum of Islam) di Perancis. […]
Macron’s colonial nostalgia: anti-Muslim Islamic project
ISTANBUL In yet another Islamophobic measure, the French regime is set to establish a new body to manage the largest Muslim population in the European Union: The Forum of Islam in France. This forum will consist of people selected by […]
The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia
Anyone who can liberate the Malay Muslim mind is a dangerous threat. That is why the authorities had to censure Mustafa Akyol. They detained him, interrogated him and made his immediate future uncertain. –Mariam Mokhtar, Malaysian journalist, Oct 2017 […]
Navigating through four types of Malay Muslims in Malaysia
Prof Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi || 25th January 2022 A few months after PH’s historic win in GE14, I wrote about how Islam will be the new battleground in Malaysia. All the issues of Malay supremacy will pale […]
Dr Burhanuddin al-Helmy dan PAS – Bahagian II
Ahmad Nabil Amir || 10 Januari 2022 Perjuangan Pada dekad awal 30-an, Dr Burhanuddin telah memimpin referendum membantah pendudukan Palestin yang menyebabkannya ditahan oleh British kerana mempelopori gerakan memprotes Deklarasi Balfour yang diisytiharkan pada tahun 1917. Tempoh antara tahun […]
“The Islamic Jesus: The Commonalities Between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam” – based on the book The Islamic Jesus : How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims by Mustafa Akyol
Date: Friday, 17th December 2021 Time: 9 PM MYT || 8 AM EST || 1 PM CET Speaker: Mustafa Akyol, Writer & Journalist, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity Moderator: Osman Softić, Senior Research […]
Turkey should avoid return to ‘assertive secularism’ after Erdoğan
Ahmet Kuru || 22 Nov 2021 Ahmet Kuru, a political science professor at San Diego State University, has long established himself as one of the leading scholars of secularism and Islam. His landmark 2009 book, Secularism and State Policies toward […]
Turki perlu mengelak daripada kembali kepada “sekularisme jalur keras” (assertive secularism) selepas Erdoğan
Oleh: Prof. Ahmet T. Kuru || 22 November 2021 Terjemahan: Ahmad Muziru Idham Adnan Ahmet Kuru merupakan seorang professor sains politik di San Diego State University yang telah lama berkecimpung sebagai salah seorang sarjana terkemuka bagi perihal sekularisme dan […]
The Jammu and Kashmir Tragedy: Failure of Indian Secularism
Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid | 12nd November 2021 For political philosophers, the term ‘social contract’ will be familiar as the title of a book published in 1762 by Jean Jacques Rousseau. Whether effected in the real or hypothetical realm, as […]
WEBINAR: Do Our Universities Need Revamp?
Date: Saturday, 30th October 2021 Time: 11 AM MYT || 8 PM PST (29th October) || 12 PM JST Speakers: Dr M Bakri Musa, Surgeon at St. Louse Regional Hospital, California & Author of “Liberating The Malay Mind” Dr […]
Dismantling the “ulema-state” is crucial for the future of Muslim-majority countries
Ahmet T. Kuru | 11st October 2021 In September 2021, the Turkish House was opened in New York with a high-level state ceremony that included President Tayyip Erdogan. The ceremony began with a prayer recited by Turkey’s chief Islamic cleric […]
WEBINAR: Book dissection on “Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison” with Ahmet T. Kuru
Date: Wednesday, 22nd September 2021 Time: 11 AM MYT || 8 PM PDT (21st September) || 12 PM JST Speaker: Dr Ahmet T. Kuru, Porteous Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University, & FORIS scholar at Religious Freedom Institute […]
HUMILIATING DEFEAT IN AFGHANISTAN
Chandra Muzaffar | 28th August 2021 The mainstream Western media is full of news these days about people fleeing Kabul in the wake of the Taliban victory. Dramatic pictures of young and old scrambling to get on to jam-packed aeroplanes […]
