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Muhammad Asad dan Terjemahan Sahih al-Bukhari: Suatu Analisis Awal – Bahagian I
Tulisan ini menganalisa usaha dan sumbangan al-‘Allamah Muhammad Asad (1900-1992) dalam menterjemah dan mensyarah kitab Sahih al-Bukhari oleh Imam Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Isma‘il ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Mughirah ibn Bardizbah al-Ju‘fi al-Bukhari (194-256/810-870). Karya ini telah diterbitkan pada tahun […]
Roundtable discussion on: The Politics of Civil Society
Date: Saturday, 10 January 2014 Time: 230PM – 530PM Venue: Conference Room, The University of Nottingham, Level 2 Chulan Tower, Jalan Conlay, KL Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roundtable-discussion-on-the-politics-of-civil-society-tickets-15057493368 John Locke (1632-1704) proposed in his Second Treatise of Government a social contract theory of government […]
Kata Pengantar Risalah al-Qur’an: Muhammad Asad, Risalah Al-Qur’an, Dan Dunia Melayu
Tajuk tulisan ini ingin menjelaskan keterkaitan antara Muhammad Asad (2 Juli 1900-23 Februari 1992), Risalah al-Qur’an (The Message of the Qur’an), magnum opus Asad, dan Dunia Melayu sebagai pembaca utama dari terjemahan karya agung ini. Melalui terjemahan ini diharapkan gagasan-gagasan […]
Roundtable Discussion on: Rethinking Political Islam
Date: Saturday, 13 December 2014 Time: 230PM-530PM Venue: Conference Room, The University of Nottingham, Level 2 Chulan Tower, Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/roundtable-discussion-on-rethinking-political-islam-tickets-14895416592 Political Islam is generally linked to Islamism. Although the definition is sometimes blurred, it generally refers to […]
Iran’s optimism over the failure of negotiations
Although Tehran’s nuclear talks with the P5+1 group ended with no concrete agreement between the sides, various actors in Iranian politics and media are painting the negotiations in a generally positive light, despite differing visions of future prospects for Western-Iranian […]
Roundtable Discussion on “Is Islam A Religion of Peace?”
Date: Sunday, 7 December 2014 Time: 11AM – 1PM Venue: Nottingham University, Level 2, Chulan Tower, Kuala Lumpur Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/roundtable-discussion-on-is-islam-a-religion-of-peace-tickets-14659309389 The insurgence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or simply the Islamic State (IS) group in the Middle […]
Public Intellectual Talk: Developing A Philosophy of Pluralism
Date: Tuesday, 9 December 2014 Time: 2-5PM Venue: Wawasan Open University, Georgetown, Penang Registration: Click here to register Philosophy of pluralism to be a norm in the society requires a favorable environment for its members to work on certain personal qualities. […]
Reading Session on “Has Political Islam Failed?”
Date: Sunday 7 December Time: 4PM – 6PM Venue: Graha Pemuda, Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-session-on-has-political-islam-failed-tickets-14659359539 The “Arab Spring’ that opened a door for Islamists to come to power through ballot boxes posed a serious challenge to the ideology behind those […]
Symposium on Countering Violent Extremism
Date: Saturday 6 December 2014 Time: 9 AM – 5PM Venue: Studio R, Renaissance Hotel, KL Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-countering-violent-extremism-tickets-14659341485 Islamism is thought to be a product of the failure of authoritarian nationalist governments and the socio-economic imbalance that has been exacerbated by […]
Loss of Ennahda a Lesson to Muslim Democrats
Perhaps the most interesting event that has happened in the Muslim world recently is the rise and fall of Hizbun Nahdah or The Renaissance Party of Tunisia. To many Islamists around the world today, Ennahda is a model of a […]
Undang-undang Negara dan Paksaan Agama – Bahagian II
Negara dan Pelaksanaan Undang-undang “Covenants, without the Sword, are but Words, and of no strength to secure a man at all”[1] [Thomas Hobbes dalam Leviathan] Pelaksanaan undang-undang dan proses pemerintahan negara adalah proses paksaan, sekurang-kurangnya secara prinsipnya. Tanpa wujud paksaan […]
Undang-undang Negara dan Paksaan Agama – Bahagian I
“Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and far-reaching are these rights that they raise the question of what, if anything, the state and its officials […]
Roundtable discussion on: The Threat of Fundamentalism in this Century
Date: Saturday, 18 October 2014 Time: 3PM – 5PM Venue: Conference Room, The University of Nottingham, Level 2 Chulan Tower, Jalan Conlay, KL Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roundtable-discussion-on-the-threat-of-fundamentalism-in-this-century-tickets-13657946285 How can one rationally explain the rise of Islamic fundamentalism today? Why in the age of […]
Synopsis of Wacana Pemikiran Reformis – Jilid II
All reformist schools agreed that because of globalization and the rapidly changing fields of knowledge, we are now beset with questions linked to the viability of Islam’s prescriptions in this new age. There is a growing number of Muslims who […]
Kata Pengantar Editor “Wacana Pemikiran Reformis: Jilid II”
“Selama manusia hidup, pergulatan tidak akan berhenti antara dogma dan pencarian yang bebas, antara agama dan falsafah; pergelutan yang gawat yang mana, saya khuatir, kemenangan tidak akan berpihak kepada pemikiran yang bebas, kerana kebanyakan massa tidak menyukai nalar, dan ajarannya […]
Renungan Ke Atas Kesamarataan Peluang Yang Adil – Bahagian II
Rawls, Institusi dan Egalitarianisme Cabaran yang perlu kita hadapi dalam konteks institusi hari ini adalah bagaimana untuk memastikan keadilan terhadap anggota masyarakat yang pelbagai. Dalam kaitan ini, Rawls telah pun menggariskan ide beliau yang terkenal dengan nama kesamarataan peluang yang […]
Renungan Ke Atas Kesamarataan Peluang Yang Adil – Bahagian I
“Sesungguhnya Allah menyuruh kamu untuk memberi amanah kepada yang berhak menerimanya, dan apabila kamu menetapkan hukum di antara manusia, hendaklah kamu menetapkannya dengan adil. Sesungguhnya Allah sebaik-baik pemberi pengajaran kepada kamu. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mendengar, Maha Melihat.” [Al-Quran; 4: 58] […]
Erdogan Premiership Marked By Domestic Controversies And Foreign Policy Blunders – Part II
AKP Foreign Policy Failures In the realm of foreign policy Erdogan premiership was marked by a series of controversial decisions and policy failures. Criticism of Turkey’s foreign policy did not come from opposition alone, rather it came from a large […]
Understanding Middle East And The Rise Of The Islamic State
Dr. Nader Hashemi, Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Denver 29-Sep-14 17:21 Dr. Nader Hashemi is an Associate Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He also heads the university’s Centre for […]
Erdogan Premiership Marked By Domestic Controversies And Foreign Policy Blunders – Part I
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government may have transformed Turkey from undemocratic and inherently unstable country once ruled by mighty generals, into a relatively but not completely free and prosperous country. Yet, his era at the helm of the Turkish […]
