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Who deserves an apology?
Jacqueline Ann Surin || 22 March 2020 After chairing his first cabinet meeting on 11 March, Muhyiddin Yassin revealed that he had written to Dr Mahathir Mohamad to ask for his forgiveness. Hoping that hurt feelings could be put […]
TIME TO EMPOWER VOTERS TO RECALL POLITICAL FROGS
Thomas Fann || 18 March 2020 As the political drama unfolded on 23rd February 2020 with the “Sheraton Move” that saw the eventual collapse of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government that was elected less than two years ago at the […]
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories
Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February-20 March 2020 Agenda items 2 and 7 Database of all business enterprises involved in the activities detailed in paragraph 96 of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the […]
Reading Session on “Constitutional Processes and Democratic Commitment” with Professor Donald Horowitz
Date: Friday, 14th February 2020 Time: 7PM – 10PM Venue: Graha Pemuda, Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-session-on-constitutional-processes-and-democratic-commitment-tickets-93945711151 In Constitutional Processes and Democratic Commitment, I make a case for constitution-making processes characterized by inclusion of all ethnic and […]
Seminar Pemikiran Reformis – Siri XVIII Harun Nasution
Tarikh: Sabtu, 29 Februari 2020 Time: 930AM – 530PM Venue: Patio 2 Level 2, Concorde Hotel, Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur Ucaptama & Peluncuran buku “Muktazilah dan Persoalan Kebebasan Insan” oleh Tuan Hassan Tuan Lah, Pengerusi, Persatuan Ukhuwah Teguh Malaysia […]
Jawapan kepada MUAFAKAT seputar Isu JAIS & Syiah
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 4 Februari 2020 Tulisan Mahmud Hishamuddin, Setiausaha Agong MUAFAKAT adalah dirujuk. Setelah membaca segala kandungan kenyataan beliau, apa yang pasti adalah tiada satupun jawapan kepada kenyataan saya tentang sikap autoritarian JAIS terhadap para penganut Syiah melainkan […]
Bedah Buku “Tafsir Sosiolinguistik: Memahami Huruf Muqata’ah dalam al-Qur’an ”bersama Dr Faisol Fatawi
Date: Friday, 28th February 2020 Time: 7PM – 10PM Venue: Graha Pemuda, Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur Daftar di: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bedah-buku-tafsir-sosiolinguistik-bersama-dr-faisol-fatawi-tickets-92549495031 Buku yang berjudul “Tafsir Sosiolingiustik” ini mengajak kita untuk menyelami kandungan Al-Qu’ran dengan perspektif sosiolinguistik untuk memahami huruf muqatha’ah dalam […]
Bahaya Menolak Akal dan Memberhalakan Teks – Uraian buku Muktazilah dan Persoalan Kebebasan Insan oleh Dr Muhammad Imarah
Piet Hizbullah Khaidir || 30 Januari 2020 Bagaikan perdebatan klasik yang terulang antara ulama mazhab rasional dan mazhab tekstual, pemikiran Islam moden yang berkembang dewasa ini adalah pemikiran yang diwarnai oleh dua hal: pertama, pemikiran yang cenderung menolak akal, […]
Uraian buku Muktazilah dan Persoalan Kebebasan Insan oleh Dr Muhammad Imarah
Ahmad Farouk Musa || 30 Januari 2020 Kaum Muktazilah juga dikenali sebagai Ahlu al-‘Adli wa al-Tauhid yakni golongan yang mempertahankan keadilan dan keesaan Tuhan. Sebutan ini lebih mereka senangi karena bersumber daripada dua ajaran pokok iaitu al-’Adlu dan al-Tauhid. […]
Summer School 2020 Public Forum: Is Secularism Compatible with Qur’an and Sunna?
Date: Monday, 27th January 2020 Time: 9.00 AM to 12.00PM Venue: Patio 2 Level 2, Concorde Hotel, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur Speakers: 1. Dr Tajul Islam, University of Leeds 2. Dr Shabbir Akhtar, University of Oxford 3. […]
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 […]
