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Demystifying Carbon Markets: Is There Space for Shariah Compliance?

September 21, 2022, 8:48am Hits:54

Forum Kemerdekaan Malaysia & Indonesia 2022

August 29, 2022, 9:00pm Hits:149

The Rise of the East-West Tension and Its Impact on Muslim Countries: Rethinking International Relations Through the Islamic Perspective

August 25, 2022, 3:00pm Hits:128

International Quality Range Assessment (IQRA): The Holistic and Integrated Assessment for Insan Rabbani

July 21, 2022, 10:00am Hits:230

International Launch of the 2022 Islamic Well-Being Index for Muslim Countries: Republic of Maldives as Leader and Approach Taken

July 15, 2022, 10:00am Hits:228

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Mohammad Mahbubi Ali - avatar Mohammad Mahbubi Ali

August 17, 2022, 11:10am Hits:53

Indonesian Shariah Governance Practices and Issues

The Shariah Supervisory Board (SSB) is the central organ of Islamic financial institutions’ shariah governance structures (IFIs). Different countries and jurisdictions have adopted different governance structures, and can be broad...

Foyasal Khan - avatar Foyasal Khan

July 27, 2022, 11:29am Hits:93

The 2022 Islamic Well-Being Index and Muslim Countries: A Comment

Foyasal Khan: It was indeed a great opportunity for me to attend virtually a seminar organized by International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia, a reputed independent Islamic think-tank based in K...

Mohammad Hashim Kamali - avatar Mohammad Hashim Kamali

July 7, 2022, 3:44pm Hits:116

Taliban's Grand Assembly a disappointment

The meeting of some 3,000 religious leaders from across Afghanistan in Kabul on July 1-3 ended with an 11-item resolution that received a mixed reception by the Afghan people, and was seen as falling short of addressing publi...

Dr Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil - avatar Dr Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil

June 22, 2022, 3:07pm Hits:124

Islam prefers mercy over retribution

There is a steady growth in the global trend, including in Muslim countries, towards abolishing the death penalty. For countries that have retained the death penalty, data shows that their numbers are decreasing. Be that as it m...

June 20, 2022, 5:23pm Hits:153

How the World’s Richest People Are Driving Global Warming

It’s the bedrock idea underpinning global climate politics: Countries that got rich by spewing greenhouse gasses have a responsibility to cut emissions faster than those that didn’t while putting up money to help poor nations adap...

Shad Saleem Faruqi - avatar Shad Saleem Faruqi

May 19, 2022, 10:26am Hits:122

Recasting attention to the raging genocide

Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was a leading media voice since the intifada or uprising in Palestine in 2000. For over two decades she reported fearlessly on human rights abuses in the occupied territories. She ...

Iman Ramli - avatar Iman Ramli

April 26, 2022, 9:02am Hits:220

Waspada dosa berkekalan dalam dunia digital (in Bahasa Malaysia)

KEINGINAN untuk dikenali dan dihargai kelihatan semakin membara dalam arus dunia digital. Pelbagai cara mempromosi diri dilakukan terutamanya menerusi media sosial, menggunakan kaedah ‘pemasaran diri’ terhormat mahu pun murahan. B...

Mohammad Hashim Kamali - avatar Mohammad Hashim Kamali

April 20, 2022, 1:45pm Hits:235

Nuzul Quran an incentive for Muslims to engage in prayer, supplication

QURAN (lit. a reader) is the name that occurs in the Holy Book itself (al-Qiyamah, 75:17), but the Quran also records a total of 55 names for itself, including Nur (light), Huda (guidance), Rahmah (mercy), Dhikr (reminder), Hikmah...

Ahmad Badri Abdullah - avatar Ahmad Badri Abdullah

April 20, 2022, 9:00am Hits:179

Caring for the environment during Ramadan and beyond

The environment is currently in a dire situation. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report published on Feb 28, this year, highlighted that humanity might witness further environmental ...

Mohammad Hashim Kamali - avatar Mohammad Hashim Kamali

April 1, 2022, 4:59pm Hits:224

The Taliban have not changed

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's ban on secondary education for girls announced on March 23 backtracked their earlier statement on reopening of schools for all students (boys and girls). The ban was met with a chorus of denun...

Muhamad Sayuti Mansor - avatar Muhamad Sayuti Mansor

March 31, 2022, 10:28am Hits:228

Beri perhatian isu data peribadi ketika fasa peralihan ke endemik (in Bahasa Malaysia)

Privasi dan ruang peribadi amat dititikberatkan undang-undang. Antara elemen pentingnya, perlindungan terhadap maklumat peribadi yang turut merangkumi hak untuk kekal tidak diketahui. Dalam ajaran Islam, konsep privasi tidak terh...

Iman Ramli - avatar Iman Ramli

February 21, 2022, 10:14am Hits:294

Manipulasi data, suapan algoritma lahir fanatisme di media sosial (in Bahasa Malaysia)

Tidak cukup dengan peperangan tidak berkesudahan melawan COVID-19, termasuk berdepan penolakan kumpulan antivaksin, rakyat terpaksa mengharungi juga pelbagai episod pertelagahan politik tidak berkesudahan. Kebelakangan ini tercet...

Ahmad Badri Abdullah - avatar Ahmad Badri Abdullah

January 27, 2022, 10:20am Hits:272

How to fix our broken food system

SINCE 2021, we have been witnessing sharp increases in the prices of vegetables, some almost 100 per cent. The same is happening to poultry products like chicken and eggs. The continued price hikes will have ripple effects on oth...

Shahino Mah - avatar Shahino Mah

January 27, 2022, 10:20am Hits:250

Vital to have waste collection, sorting and segregation infrastructure

The circular economy is an environmentally friendly economic approach aimed at reducing waste of resources, maximising use of materials and allowing regeneration of the natural ecosystem. This can prevent buildup of waste in land...

Shahino Mah - avatar Shahino Mah

January 24, 2022, 12:39pm Hits:440

Cabaran ‘ekonomi kitaran’ mengekalkan pemulihan alam sekitar pasca pandemik (in Bahasa Malaysia)

SISTEM ekonomi konvensional hari ini, bersifat linear atau searah, biasanya mengamalkan kaedah ‘ambil, buat dan buang’ (take-make-waste). Ia telah menyebabkan penyusutan sumber alam semulajadi dengan cepat dan mnhggnemburukkan lag...

Mohammad Hashim Kamali - avatar Mohammad Hashim Kamali

January 10, 2022, 1:58pm Hits:350

Lack of recognition haunts Taliban

EVENTS are still unfolding but expectations are already dampened by the Taliban's performance in government after four months in power. Up to late December last year, only Malaysia has officially recognised it. This is perhaps no...

Mohammad Hashim Kamali - avatar Mohammad Hashim Kamali

December 21, 2021, 11:34am Hits:582

What Do We Owe to Our Fellow Human Beings: Ihsan

Many of Islam’s leading principles are premised on the idea of the responsibility, individual or collective, of the faithful to be useful members of society and be good to their fellow humans, which is also why Islam places ...

Shahino Mah - avatar Shahino Mah

December 10, 2021, 10:18am Hits:320

How to maintain environmental recovery post-pandemic

The idea of sustainable industrial practices through circular economy can be one of the many solutions to address environmental issues post-pandemic as it will reduce the exploitation of resources, maximise their utility, and redu...

Sarah Ahmed Shawky - avatar Sarah Ahmed Shawky

November 3, 2021, 12:16pm Hits:532

10 things you should know about Prophet Muhammad

Prophet Muhammad (570 - 632 AD,) the central figure of Islam, is believed to be the last of the prophets and the last Messenger of God to mankind. His mawlid (birthday) is commemorated yearly on the 12th of Rabi' Al Awwal, whic...

Mohammad Hashim Kamali - avatar Mohammad Hashim Kamali

October 28, 2021, 1:05pm Hits:327

World continues to 'wait and see' 2 months after Taliban takeover

THIS is the second time the Taliban formed a government in Afghanistan. They were in office for five years (1996-2001) at the end of the Mujahidin political turmoil and came to power peacefully like they did after Ashraf Ghani fle...