Abdar Rahman Koya is editor-in-chief of FMT. For more than seven months now, Pakatan Harapan (PH) has been after its political enemies in the name of fighting corruption, the promise which propelled it to power. This has met with some success, with many Malaysians hoping for some sort of closure to what has been a tragic era of mismanagement of …

When French President Emmanuel Macron said last summer that he would create a new “framework and rules” for Islamic institutions in France, he was not alone. Other politicians and thinkers have also been involved in a broader effort to find an articulation of the religion that meshes with what they see as European values. What is too little noticed, however, …

I wish to present three perspectives of Islam concerning the concept of choosing a “leader” in Malaysia. This article is inspired by Abdul Hadi Awang’s clarion call to Muslims to choose his narrow-minded brand of Islam, perhaps for the upcoming Cameron Highland by-election. I will describe the views of Hadi, Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, and Muslim scholar Dr …

GOD IN THE QUR’AN By Jack Miles 241 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. $26.95. MUHAMMAD Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires By Juan Cole 326 pp. Nation Books. $28. Is Allah, the God of Muslims, a different deity from the one worshiped by Jews and Christians? Is he even perhaps a strange “moon god,” a relic from Arab paganism, …

To maintain the focus on the subject at hand, let us seclude this discussion to one aspect of the internet, a social networking site: Facebook. It is a well known fact that facebook is not very secure but despite these risks, facebook has its social benefits which most of us prioritise. But the focus of this discussion is to use …

(Based on lectures by Shaykh-ul-Islam, Dr, Muhammad Tahir­ul-Qadri). Prophet (SAW) turned his face towards the Ka’abah and the direction of prayer was fixed according to the wish of the Prophet (SAW), which makes it evident that the pleasure of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is certainly the pleasure of Allah (SWT). This concept is further elaborated when in the Quran it …

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Early Tuesday morning, the veteran actor-writer-comedian Kader Khan passed away in Canada. Some years earlier in March 2009, Kader Khan made contact with Jamia Al-Karam and spoke with the Vice-Principal Bakhtyar Pirzada al-Azhari as he was seeking the written works of Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, in particular the books on Arabic Grammar and Qur’an commentary – Imdad al-Sarf, Imdad …

Mshaik Board 28 Social Justice Conference, Syed Ashraf 17 January / New Delhi President -al India Ulama and Mshaik board Hazrat Syed Muhammad Ashraf Kicucvi is organizing a conference at the Indira Gandhi Foundation board Lucknow, told reporters that the upcoming January 28, 2019, which will be called social justice conference .He said will be attended by all responsible for …

Menace of terrorism and extremism has caused serious challenges for the Muslim world, said Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman Allama Tahir Ashrafi. “Muslim youth are being misled with non-shariah and un-Islamic decrees,” he said announcing that ‘Islamabad Declaration’ will reinforce the struggle for annihilation of terrorism, extremism and sectarian violence from the country. ‘Islamabad declaration’ to help fight terrorism, extremism: Tahir …