IRF in the News

Date: Friday, 17th December 2021 Time: 9 PM MYT || 8 AM EST || 1 PM CET   Speaker: Mustafa Akyol, Writer & Journalist, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity Moderator: Osman Softić, Senior Research […]

Date: Wednesday, 22nd September 2021 Time: 11 AM MYT || 8 PM PDT (21st September) || 12 PM JST   Speaker: Dr Ahmet T. Kuru, Porteous Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University, & FORIS scholar at Religious Freedom Institute   […]

Malaysian group’s stance provides rare challenge to govt’s conservative position By Teo Cheng Wee, Regional correspondent KUALA LUMPUR – Among Muslim groups in Malaysia, the Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) stands out as something of an anomaly. In the three years […]

Nov 8: The current smear campaign against PKR vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar is steeped in ethnic sentiments and no different from the Zionist ideology which confuses race and religion, according to a Muslim organisation. In a statement to Harakahdaily condemning the […]

Aug 10: Muslim youth group Islamic Renaissance Front has slammed the UMNO media’s adaptation of a so-called ‘fatwa’ which claims that it is haram (forbidden) for Muslims to vote for DAP. IRF said such a view was contrary to the spirit of […]

The emphasis on Islamic values is aimed at solidifying support among the Muslim Malay majority. But critics say the move alienates other ethnic groups. July 13, 2012|By Ivy Sam and Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — First […]

End the ISA as promised The Islamic Renaissance Front finds it utterly deplorable that the home minister said he would only offer an explanation for withholding the release of the remaining ISA detainees next week. He said this on the […]

Jul 3: An Islamic group has condemned local non-governmental groups and think tanks at both ends of the spectrum for their indifference and silence over the plight of hunger striking detainees under the Internal Security Act. In a statement to Harakahdaily, […]

Jun 27: A recent spate of book banning by Malaysia’s religious bureaucrats  on the pretext of defending the sanctity of Islam has been challenged by a Muslim non-governmental organisation, decrying such an act as un-Islamic and against the Muslim tradition […]

KUALA LUMPUR: Some of the most emotional and divisive issues in our society, specifically issues concerning gay rights, revolve around two central and critical questions: should homosexual activity be legalised or branded immoral and illegal? In an effort to bring […]