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Keynote Speech by Dr Chandra Muzaffar, President, International Movement for a Just World (JUST) during IRF’s Summer School 2020: Islamic Reform and Critical Muslim Studies
Date: Friday, 24th January 2020 Time: 8PM-1030PM Venue: Patio 2 Level 2, Concorde Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keynote-speech-by-dr-chandra-muzaffar-in-irfs-summer-school-2020-tickets-87202877153 Every religious community on earth has to reflect seriously on what it means to live by the norms and […]
BFM 89.9 Interview: AMANAH’s POLITICAL IDENTITY CRISIS
Transcript for BFM Talk – AMANAH’s Political Identity Crisis Dato Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa, Chairman and Director of Islamic Renaissance Front, and an academic researcher with the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Sciences at Monash University Malaysia. What […]
Reading Session on “The biggest prison on earth: A history of the occupied territories” with Dr Ilan Pappé
Date: Saturday, 18th January 2020 Time: 7PM – 10PM Venue: Graha Pemuda, Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-session-on-the-biggest-prison-on-earth-tickets-90007104673 Professor Ilan Pappé’s latest book, “The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories”, is a review of […]
On The Brink Of War?
Chandra Muzaffar || 8 January 2020 Are we on the brink of a Third World War? There are signs that demand that we ask this question. Three clusters of signs compel us to probe a question that could well […]
Kata Pengantar buku Muktazilah dan Persoalan Kebebasan Insan
Faisol Fatawi || 5 Januari 2020 Munculnya diskusi tentang kebebasan berkehendak bagi manusia (hurriyat al-insan), tidak saja terkait dengan interpretasi terhadap teks al-Qur’an dan Hadith. Persoalan ini pertama kali muncul sebagai akibat dari peristiwa perselisihan politik pasca Rasulullah SAW, […]
Prakata Penterjemah buku Muktazilah dan Persoalan Kebebasan Insan
Ahmad Nabil Amir || 5 Januari 2020 Buku ini mengupas prinsip dan falsafah dasar dari doktrin al-hurriyyah (kebebasan) dan al-ikhtiyar (kehendak bebas) yang diperjuangkan kaum Muktazilah atau dikenal Ahl al-‘Adl wa al-Tawhid. Asalnya merupakan tesis yang dihasilkan Dr Muhammad […]
Mercy or No Mercy for Xinjiang’s Muslims!
Ghulam Farooque Kaka || 2 January 2020 Xinjiang is so called an autonomous region of China, located in the far northwest of the country. It is resource-rich territory bordering with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. Largely populated with Turkic speaking […]
Muhammad Asad, Risalah Al-Qur’an, Dan Dunia Melayu
Ahmad Syafii Maarif || 1 Januari 2020 Tajuk tulisan ini ingin menjelaskan keterkaitan antara Muhammad Asad (2hb Juli 1900 – 23hb Februari 1992), Risalah al-Qur’an (The Message of the Qur’an), magnum opus Asad, dan Dunia Melayu sebagai pembaca utama […]
Speech delivered by Ahmad Farouk Musa, on 8th December 2019, during the 10th Anniversary of the Islamic Renaissance Front, Kuala Lumpur.
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 1 January 2020 Chairperson, Dr Mariam Zakiah, respected and esteemed scholar and Rector of International Islamic University of Malaysia, Tan Sri Prof Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, honourable speakers, Prof James Piscatori, Prof Jeffrey Kenney, YB […]
IRF Summer School 2020: Islamic Reform and Critical Muslim Studies
BY INVITATION ONLY Date: 24th – 27th January 2020 Venue: Concorde Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Organizer: Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) Welcoming Remarks: Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Farouk Musa (Director, IRF) Keynote Lecture: Dr. Chandra Muzaffar (President, JUST) Speakers: Tajul Islam (University of […]
Jawapan terhadap tuduhan IRF ingin menghapuskan Mahkamah Syari’ah
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 22 Dec 2019 Sesungguhnya bukan menjadi style saya menjawab tuduhan-tuduhan yang tidak bersasas. Tapi memandangkan niat penyebar berita tersebut di berbagai grup WhatsApp adalah untuk memburukkan dan menjatuhkan kerajaan Pakatan Harapan dengan mengaitkan isu ini […]
Apa yang boleh dilakukan oleh Dunia Muslim bagi menyelamatkan masyarakat Uyghur dan Islam di China.
Dr. Olsi Jazexhi || 15 Disember 2019 Antara 16 sehingga 25 Ogos 2019, saya telah diundang oleh Pejabat Penerangan Majlis Negara China dan Xinjiang untuk melawat Wilayah Autonomi Uyghur Xinjiang di Republik Rakyat China. Saya hadir bersama rakan wartawan yang […]
What can the Muslim world do to save the Uighurs and Islam in China?
Dr. Olsi Jazexhi || 15th December 2019 Between Aug. 16 and Aug. 25, I was in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China. Invited by the State Council Information Office of China and Xinjiang, I was part of a group […]
Regional Conference on: “Contesting the Legacies of Political Islam: The Past, the Present, and the Future”
Date: 6th December – 8th December 2019 Venue: Patio 2 Level 2, Concorde Hotel, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur Organizer: Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) From Abu Hurairah r.a. from Rasulullah SAW he said: “Verily Allah will send to […]
Public Forum “The Role and Future of Religion in Politics”
Date: Sunday, 8th December 2019 Time: 9.30AM – 12.00PM Venue: Patio 2 Level 2, Concorde Hotel, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-forum-the-role-and-future-of-religion-in-politics-tickets-80983203943 Religion’s role in political participation has throughout history always been complex, varied and usually the subject […]
Forum On “Islamic Reform Revisited” & Book Launch of “Antologi Seminar Pemikiran Reformis – Jilid I” by Tan Sri Professor Dzulkifli Abdul Razak in commemorating the 10th Year Anniversary of the Islamic Renaissance Front
By Invitation ONLY! Date: Sunday, 8th December 2019 Time: 2.00PM – 5.30PM Venue:Spices Restaurant, Concorde Hotel, KL Speakers: Dato’ Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa, Director, Islamic Renaissance Front Prof James Piscatori, Deputy Director, ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic […]
The Intersections between the Concept of Islam Rahmatan Lil-Ālamin and the United Nations’ Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG)
By: Ahmad Farouk Musa & Marilyn Ong Siew Ai Abstract ‘And [thus, O Prophet,] We have sent thee as [an evidence of Our] Grace towards all the worlds (Rahmatan lil-ālamin)’ [Sūra al-Anbiyā’, 21:107]. Verily, the essence of the religion of […]
Prakata Antologi Pemikiran Reformis I
Saari Sungib || 21 November 2019 Menjejak dan mengangkat seseorang sebagai seorang reformis adalah dengan mengenal karakter tulen yang menjadi sahsiah perjuangannya. Ini dapat dikenalpasti dengan mengamati seseorang itu memahami, memahamkan, menghayati dan membina generasi kini dan masa hadapan […]
Kata Pengantar Editor Antologi Pemikiran Reformis I
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 17 November 2019 “Kamu adalah umat yang terbaik yang dilahirkan untuk manusia, menyuruh kepada yang ma’aruf, mencegah dari yang mungkar, dan beriman kepada Allah….” [ali’Imran 3: 110].[1] Muhammad Asad di dalam The Message of The […]
Uraian Buku Antologi Pemikiran Reformis – Jilid I
Azhar Ibrahim || 10 November 2019 Usaha untuk membangun wacana reformis Islam adalah sebahagian dari kepedulian keagamaan dan keintelektualan kita. Walaupun para reformis sering disanjung sebagai pemikir umat, namun ketidakhadiran wacana, malah bacaan asas, sering menjadi kendala besar untuk […]
