Date: Friday, 30th August 2019 Time: 7PM – 10PM Venue: Graha Pemuda, Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-session-on-contemporary-islamic-discourse-in-the-malay-indonesian-tickets-69255909289 While many books have probed the role of Islam in political and social change in Southeast Asia over the past three decades, few have focused on […]

Harold Kong || 13 August 2019 1) Recently, I started thinking about Malay problems again after many months of not doing so. These thoughts were prompted when I read the abstract of a Conference paper “Malays and Islam under Pakatan […]

The ritual slaughter during Hari Raya Aidil Adha serves as a symbolic reminder of the epic sacrifice of Abraham and Ishmael. To the Christian tradition, he was Isaac, not Ishmael. Ainaa Aiman (AA) from Free Malaysia Today interviewed the Director […]

On 8th August 2019, a British journalist Preeti Jha (PJ) who writes for The Diplomat interviewed Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa (AFM), Director at the Islamic Renaissance Front, on issues regarding reform to Malaysia’s NEP in the context of Malaysia’s politics. […]

Abstract A major challenge confronting the Pakatan Harapan government after the GE14 is the construction of institutions and values premised on democracy, social justice, and universal humanism. While these are the inspirations of the new government, they might not necessarily […]

Date: 2nd September 2019 Time: 9.30am – 12pm Venue: Patio 2 Level 2, Concorde Hotel, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur Organizer: Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF)  Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jaringan-nusantaras-public-forum-on-the-role-of-islam-in-advancing-democ-tickets-66848556833 “We have conferred dignity on the children of Adam, and borne them over land and sea, […]

Ahmad Farouk Musa || 27 Julai 2019 Terjemahan oleh Ahmad Nabil Amir “Umat manusia hari ini sedang berada di ambang kehancuran, bukan kerana ancaman penihilan yang tergantung di atas ubun-ubunnya – demikian ini hanyalah sekadar simtom dan bukan penyakitnya yang […]

BY INVITATION ONLY Date: 31st August – 2nd September 2019 Venue: Patio 2 Level 2, Concorde Hotel, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur Organizer: Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) “We have conferred dignity on the children of Adam, and borne them over land and sea, […]

Ahmad Farouk Musa ||10thJuly 2019 The imprisonment of Ustaz Wanji for one-year from yesterday was an affront to freedom of expression. Freedom of expression is well-enshrined in Article 10 of our Constitution where every citizen has the right to freedom […]

Transcript – BFM 89.9 Interview – Respecting Freedom of Religion Rights groups are calling out against a statement reportedly made by the Kelantan Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council, that they were planning to convert all Orang Asli in the […]