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Is the US Supporting Myanmar’s Democratic Resistance or Failing to Walk the Talk?
In its Summit for Democracy 2023 speech, US President Joe Biden praised ‘the bravery of Ukrainians’, but failed to even mention about Myanmar’s democratic resistance. It shows the US pursues its core interests, not values. London: On March 30, […]
Reconciling Saudi Arabia and Iran : The Significance of The China Effort
Chandra Muzaffar | 4 April 2023 It would be wrong to view the restoration of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran as something that happened suddenly. Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, ties between the two important Muslim neighbours have […]
Saudi-Iranian Rapprochements Are Not New: Here’s a History
Emir Hadzikadunic || 3 April 2023 In February 2008, late Saudi King Abdullah delivered a strong warning indicating that Riyadh would suspend its relations with Tehran. A leaked cable from the US Embassy asserted that Abdullah also urged a US […]
Blurb to the Malay Translation of Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison
Walid Fekry Faris || 29 March 2023 The discussion about the underdevelopment of the Muslim world has been active since almost 200 years with the coming of the colonial powers to parts of the Muslim world. Unfortunately it was confined […]
Preface to the Malay Translation of Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison.
Ahmet T. Kuru || 29 March 2023 Readers in Malaysia have shown substantial interest to the English original of this book in the last three years. I have seen that in social media and in two major webinars organized in […]
Kata Pengantar Edisi Terjemahan Bahasa Melayu “Islam, Autoritarianisme, dan Kemunduran: Suatu Perbandingan Global dan Pensejarahan.”
Ahmet T. Kuru || 29 Mac 2023 Para pembaca di Malaysia menunjukkan minat yang tinggi terhadap buku asal berbahasa Inggeris ini semenjak tiga tahun yang lalu. Perkara tersebut telah saya cerap di media sosial dan dalam dua webinar utama yang […]
USRAH: THE MESSAGE OF THE QUR’AN – Surah Al-Insyiqāq
Tarikh: Ahad, 2 April 2023 Waktu: 530PM-930PM Tempat: Baitul Azīzah, Presint 18, Putrajaya Bandar Filsafat PENDAFTARAN: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/usrah-the-message-of-the-quran-surah-al-insyiqaq-tickets-592160346537 Surah al-Insyiqāq adalah surat ke-84 dalam al-Qurān. Ia terdiri daripada 25 ayat dan termasuk dalam golongan surah-surah Makkiyah. Al-Insyiqāq ertinya terpisah […]
Reading Session on “Tema-tema Agung Al-Qur’ān” Terjemahan “Major Themes of the Qur’ān” by Fazlur Rahman With Ahmad Muziru Idham
Tarikh: Sabtu, 11 Mac 2023 Waktu: 2.00PM – 4.00PM Tempat: Baitul Azizah, Presint 18, Putrajaya Bandar Filsafat PENDAFTARAN: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-session-on-tema-tema-agung-al-quran-with-ahmad-muziru-idham-tickets-573011080567 Fazlur Rahman (1919-1988) adalah ahli hukum dan intelektual Islam yang terkenal. Fikrahnya dapat dirumuskan dalam perjuangan menegakkan nilai etika dan […]
Bagaimana Membaca Turāth di Masa Kini? Memahami Tafsiran Terdalam Samudera al-Qur’ān
Mohd Syazreen Abdulllah || 3 Mac 2023 Turāth (tradisi) harus mentakrif zaman. Tentang zaman yang dilalui oleh seseorang. Bukan sekadar pembaca, ia mesti menjadi seorang yang berfikir dan menterjemahkan tafsirannya ke dalam zaman tersebut. Turāth bukan lagi tentang peristiwa masa […]
Prakata Penterjemah “Major Themes of the Qur’an” oleh Fazlur Rahman
Ahmad Muziru Idham Adnan || 1 Mac 2023 Kesarjanaan Fazlur Rahman (1919-1988) dalam wacana keIslaman adalah tidak asing lagi sehingga beliau tergolong sebagai antara tokoh reformis Islam berpengaruh abad ke-20. Sekiranya Jamaluddin al-Afghani (1838-1897), Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905) dan Rashid Rida […]
The Night Journey (Al-Isra’ wal-Mi’raj)
By ‘Allāmah Muhammad Asad || 18 Februrary 2023 THE PROPHET’S “Night Journey” (Isra’) from Mecca to Jerusalem and his subsequent “Ascension” (Mi’raj) to heaven are, in reality, two stages of one mystic experience, dating almost exactly one year before […]
Uraian buku Tema-tema Agung Al-Qur’ān terjemahan Major Themes of the Qur’ān oleh Fazlur Rahman.
Ustaz Ali Muda || 14 Februari 2023 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 […]
Lift Sanctions Against Syria to Lessen Sufferings of the People Caused by the Earthquake
Chandra Muzaffar || Feb 12, 2023 The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) urges the American, British, Australian, Canadian, Swiss and some European Union and Arab League governments to lift the unjust, immoral sanctions against Syria in order […]
“If I survive, I will tell what it was like. I paint.” : The moral and intellectual disconnect between the memories of Shoah or Nazi Genocide of Jewish People, and today’s Jewish State
Maung Zarni || 6 Februrary 2023 A New York Times obituary of a Czech Jewish survivor of four SS-run camps including Auschwitz. Over the last 20 years since my German friend took me on a visit to Dachau, the very […]
Implications of the Madani Islam, Ketuanan Islam and Institutional Islam in Malaysia
Prof Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi || 31th January 2023 In this article, I will explain what I know, understand and fear from the the three approaches to Islam in Malaysia that competes against each other for the Malay Muslim […]
THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DRAGS ISRAEL TO THE WORLD COURT
Chandra Muzaffar || Jan 5, 2023 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted last week to refer Israel to the International Court of Justice (World Court) for its on-going violation of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination […]
Blurb for “The Unpublished Letters of Muhammad Asad”
By Abdar Rahman Koya & Ahmad Farouk Musa Muhammad Asad is arguably one of the 20th century’s greatest Muslim thinkers from the West. However, those who have followed his career through his books and writings know that no contemporaneous Muslim […]
Kemanusiaan Dalam Beragama: Persoalan Asas & Kritikan Sosial
Oleh: Abdul Rahman Sayuti || 19 Disember 2022 Agama mempunyai bahasa universal yang melampaui batas perkauman, tempat dan pengalaman kolektif tersendiri. Agama juga boleh menjadi pembatas yang eksklusif bagi sesuatu kumpulan, tempat atau kaum dengan masyarakat yang lain. Persoalan di […]
The Absence of Principles Marks a Half-Century of Burma’s Opposition
By Maung Zarni For the last three decades, I have been immersed in Burma’s pro-democratic activism, first as a loyal foot-soldier and grassroots activist for Aung San Suu Kyi’s leadership, and subsequently a highly “controversial” critic of her opposition, its […]
Islamic values and lessons from Malaysia
When I was a student at the International Islamic University Malaysia, first in Petaling Jaya, then in Gombak, we were taught the values of a global, cosmopolitan, and inclusive Islamic civilization. Yes, Islamic values took center stage, but we never […]
