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Pengaruh Rasionalisme Abduh Dalam Pemikiran Harun Nasution – Bahagian II
Ahmad Nabil Amir || 8 May 2021 Sang filosofis “Pembicaraanku seringkali terlalu filosofis. Maka setiap kali aku diminta untuk berbicara di masjid, kubilang tidak bisa. Aku tidak bisa bercerita dongeng kepada mereka. Sebab, dongeng tidak masuk akal bagiku.” – […]

Pengaruh Rasionalisme Abduh Dalam Pemikiran Harun Nasution – Bahagian I
Ahmad Nabil Amir || 5 May 2021 PENGENALAN “Orang semacam Harun Nasution, “telah memberikan bekas‟ terhadap perkembangan keIslaman di IAIN seperti menghasilkan suatu gejala umum di mana orang berani berdiskusi secara terbuka, berani mempertanyakan pandangan atau doktrin yang sudah […]
OUR HUMANITY ; OUR IDENTITY
Chandra Muzaffar | 1st May 2021. Identity politics has been on the ascendancy in many parts of the world in the last few decades. Its relationship to ethnicity, culture and religion is what concerns us at this point. To […]

SYRIA : THE PRICE OF RESISTANCE
Chandra Muzaffar || 22 March 2021 Few nations in recent decades have been targeted by a superpower the way the United States of America has subjected Syria to various forms of attack. Apart from military assaults and acts of political […]

Magellan, Inquisition and Globalisation
Felice Noelle Rodriguez & Jomo Kwame Sundaram || 16 March 2021 KUALA LUMPUR: Globalisation’s beginnings are symbolised by Ferdinand Magellan’s near circumnavigation of the world half a millennium ago. But its history is not simply of connection and trade, but […]

WEBINAR: “Is Malaysia becoming the sick man of Southeast Asia?”
Date: Saturday, 20th March 2021 Time: 3PM MYT || 8AM CET || 12MN PST (19th March 2021) Panelists: 1.Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Senior Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) 2.Dr. M. Bakri Musa, Surgeon at St. Louse Regional Hospital, […]

WEBINAR: Pandemik COVID-19: Membela golongan yang hilang peluang pendidikan (learning loss) akibat wabak pandemik
Tarikh: Sabtu, 20 Februari 2021 Waktu: 3 PM MYT Panelis: 1. Profesor Emeritus Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Penasihat Kanan, Khazanah Research Institute; Felo, Akademi Sains Malaysia. 2.Dato’ Dr. Madeline Berma, Felo, Akademi Sains Malaysia; Pesuruhjaya Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia […]
WINNING VOTES THROUGH IDENTITY POLITICS
According to official estimates, Donald J. Trump obtained a little more than 74 million votes in the November 2020 presidential election losing to Joseph Biden who secured a little more than 81 million votes. Biden won by a comfortable margin […]
Leadership Manoeuvres : The Real Reason
Chandra Muzaffar || 12th January 2021. Why is it that in spite of increasing Covid 19 infections, rising fatalities, massive floods in a number of states and serious economic challenges, some politicians are still indulging in political machinations and […]
PEMIKIRAN ZA‘BA DAN KESANNYA KEPADA KEBANGKITAN PERJUANGAN NASIONALISME MELAYU
Ahmad Nabil Amir & Tasnim Abdul Rahman || 11 Januari 2021 Abstrak Makalah ini cuba membincangkan pemikiran dan penulisan-penulisan Pendeta Za‘ba (16 Sept 1895- 23 Ogos 1973) yang berpengaruh yang ditinggalkannya dari warisan pemikiran dan bekas-bekas perjuangan intelektualnya yang […]

Muhammad Abduh’s Influence in Southeast Asia – Part III
Ahmad N. Amir, Abdi O. Shuriye & Jamal I. Daoud || 7 Januari 2021 ON ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS The impact of Muhammad Abduh is manifestly evident in current religious movements and institutions in the Malay world. Notable among […]

WEBINAR: Pembelajaran Dalam Talian Era COVID-19: Isu dan Cabaran ke Arah Kesetaraan dalam Pendidikan
Tarikh: Sabtu, 30 Januari 2021 Waktu: 11AM MYT | 7PM PST (29 Januari 2021) Panelis: 1.Dr. M. Bakri Musa, Pakar Bedah di St. Louise Regional Hospital, California & Penulis buku “Liberating The Malay Mind” 2.Dato’ Dr. Madeline Berma, Felo, Akademi […]
Muhammad Abduh’s Influence in Southeast Asia – Part II
Ahmad N. Amir, Abdi O. Shuriye & Jamal I. Daoud || 3 January 2021 ON PRESS AND JOURNALS The celebrated journal al-Manar, edited and published by Muhammad Rashid Rida between 1898-1935, had great ramifications and lasting influence in Southeast […]
No Credible Alternative to the US Grand Strategy in Europe
Emir Hadzikadunic || 23 December 2020 Contrary to the claims that US liberal hegemony is a source of discord, its mission in Europe was historically successful and mutually beneficial both before and after the Cold War. Never in the […]

Muhammad Abduh’s Influence in Southeast Asia – Part I
Ahmad N. Amir, Abdi O. Shuriye & Jamal I. Daoud || 20 December 2020 ABSTRACT Muhammad Abduh had a remarkably profound and lasting impact in Southeast Asia. His reformist ideas had strong repercussions in the political and social landscape […]

WEBINAR: “China’s debt-trap diplomacy: Is ASEAN a victim?”
Date: Saturday, 9th January 2021 Time: 3PM MYT || 7AM UTC || 8AM CET Panelists: Prof Dr Ramon Guillermo, Centre for International Studies, University of the Philippines Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Senior Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) Dr […]
Dayton peace (dis)agreement, 25 years on
Emir Hadzikadunic || 15 December 2020 Today marks the 25th anniversary of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Accords. The landmark agreement between Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia, which […]

WEBINAR: “Post-Trump era: Will there be any change in the US Foreign Policy?”
Date: Saturday, 12th December 2020 Time: 3 PM MYT || 8 AM CET || 1030 AM IRT Panelists: HE Prof Dr Gholam Ali Khosroo, Former Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Prof Dato’ Dr Rashila Ramli, Institute of Malaysian and […]
25 Years On, The Dayton Peace Agreement Is a Ticking Time Bomb
Throughout Danis Tanovic’s Oscar-winning film “No Man’s Land,” a viewer waits distressingly for the bouncing mine to explode below the body of Cera, an injured Bosnian soldier lying in a trench. The last moments of this antiwar satire do not […]
The Paradox Between Shoe Diagram and Sound Mind
Muhammad Irwan Ariffin || 18 November 2020 I am appalled when I read the statement issued by the Mufti of the Federal Territory on the issue of using the diagram of the Prophet’s shoe to invoke the blessings of Allah […]