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SCRIPT – Anwar Ibrahim’s Vision for a Better Malaysia: A Review

October 11, 2022

Nageeb Gounjaria & Ahmad Farouk Musa || 10th October 2022   “…the state whose prospective rulers come to their duties with least enthusiasm is bound to have the best and most tranquil government, and the state whose rulers are eager to […]

Western Myanmar as a Genocide Triangle: The Military-Controlled State, Separatist Buddhist Rakhine Nationalists and Rohingya Genocide Victims – Part II

October 6, 2022

Maung Zarni || 6 October 2022   THE UNION OF BURMA AND NON-BAMA ETHNIC REVOLTS AGAINST WHAT THE LATTER SAW AS BAMA COLONALISM AND RACISM First, it is factually incorrect to say that previous generations of Rakhine nationalists had only […]

Western Myanmar as a Genocide Triangle: The Military-Controlled State, Separatist Buddhist Rakhine Nationalists and Rohingya Genocide Victims – Part I

September 28, 2022

Maung Zarni || 29 September 2022   This week the Rakhine journalist Kyaw San Hlaing – widely seen as an unofficial advocate for the secessionist Arakan Army – claimed that the Rakhine nationalists have gained a notch in their strategic […]

NO HUMAN RIGHT TO SMOKE AND VAPE

August 11, 2022

Emeritus Prof Datuk Dr Hj Shad Saleem Faruqi || 11 August 2022   Abstract: Despite what the libertarians may claim, there is no constitutional right to harm oneself, harm others and put a burden on the national health system. Freedom […]

MYANMAR : EXECUTING DISSENT

August 1, 2022

Dr. Chandra Muzaffar || 1 August 2022 The execution of four well-known democracy activists by the military junta in Myanmar in June 2022 has angered and incensed those who cherish freedom and justice all over the world. The four, Phyo […]

Penang Malays: Icons of Reform and Tolerance

May 11, 2022

Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid | 11 May 2022   The lives of iconic Penang Malays make hugely interesting stories. Vocal, outspoken, occasionally incendiary but always significant, we need to reintroduce them to present and future generations of Malaysians. Much of […]

Preface To The Unpublished Letters Of Muhammad Asad

May 9, 2022

Fadlullah Wilmot || 9 May 2022 Buried in the small Muslim cemetery in Grenada in Spain is one of the most prominent Muslim thinkers of the twentieth century. He was born to a Jewish family on 12 July 1900 in […]

The Role of Islam in Foreign Policymaking – Part V

May 6, 2022

Emir Hadzikadunic || 6 May 2022   Conclusion The objective of this article was to provide an overview of the role of religion in Muslim majority states, in this case Islam, in their foreign policymaking. Notwithstanding its complex relationship with international […]

The Role of Islam in Foreign Policymaking – Part IV

April 28, 2022

Emir Hadzikadunic || 28 April 2022   International level and Islamic related constraints on foreign policymaking Realists pay little attention to human or domestic factors in foreign policy analysis and focus instead on states as unitary and rational actors who […]

The Role of Islam in Foreign Policymaking – Part III

April 17, 2022

Emir Hadzikadunic || 17 April 2022   Domestic level and Islamic related constraints on foreign policymaking In addition to their individualities, leaders almost always face domestic constraints on foreign policymaking.[1]At this level, it is largely about two theoretical frameworks. On […]