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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, […]
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 […]
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Mu’tazilites: The Defenders of Reason in Islam
May 23, 2023
Page 9 Ahmad Farouk Musa || 23 May 2023 “Verily, We did offer the trust [of reason and volition] to the heavens, and the earth, and the mountains: but they refused to bear it because they were afraid of it. […]

Of Da Vinci Code and the Qur’ān: An unpublished Opinion piece written in 2006.
May 20, 2023
Page 9 Ahmad Farouk Musa || 21 May 2023 Much has been said about the Da Vinci Code. Al Jazeera carried the news about Christian groups across the globe protesting against the soon-to-be-released film based on the best-selling novel. Though sparking […]

Awkward neutrality: The Muslim World and Russia’s war in Ukraine – Final Part
April 29, 2023
Page 9 Emir Hadikadunic || 29 April 2023 Huntington versus Dugin on Muslim-majority states – where both of them got it wrong In the current system, the ideas of two advocates of multi-polarity, Dugin and Huntington, have re-emerged as […]

Awkward neutrality: The Muslim World and Russia’s war in Ukraine – Part IV
April 21, 2023
Page 9 Emir Hadikadunic || 25 April 2023 Shared opposition to liberal international order As discussed previously, Muslim-majority countries have been reluctant to support the narrative from the West for domestic reasons. A similar point can be made if […]

Awkward neutrality: The Muslim World and Russia’s war in Ukraine – Part III
April 17, 2023
Page 9 Emir Hadikadunic || 17 April 2023 Why Question Leaders in the West may be puzzled as to why so many Muslim-majority states are reluctant to embrace their narrative about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The fact that […]

Awkward neutrality: The Muslim World and Russia’s war in Ukraine – Part II
April 13, 2023
Page 9 Emir Hadikadunic || 13 April 2023 Other assertive foreign policy paradigms, models and vision The Muslim world’s approach to the invasion is symptomatic of their wider stance: A readiness to establish political, economic, or security partnerships with […]

Awkward neutrality: The Muslim World and Russia’s war in Ukraine – Part I
April 10, 2023
Page 9 Emir Hadikadunic || 10 April 2023 Abstract After over a year of war in Ukraine, some 50 Muslim-majority states from Morocco to Indonesia have revealed new foreign policy trends, raising important questions about the prevailing international order […]
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