Now out in Asian Survey ... and hopefully not yet out-of-date! 'Malaysia in 2023: Reconsolidation under Pressure.' Open access for 30 days. A short take on what seemed a loooong year! tinyurl.com/bddhtr53

'Verba movent, exempla trahunt.*'

(*Actions speak louder than words.)

When one resorts to pejorative slurs and ad hominem attacks, one has already lost the argument.

After all, it is the empty vessels that make the most noise, n'est-ce pas?

Is caliphate a sacred or historical concept?
Are Islam & Christianity different regarding religion-state separation?
Why is Ibn Khaldun a lost opportunity?
My interview on Islamic Political Thought in Muenster University's Yearbook of Islamic Philosophy
researchgate.net/publication/37…

Anda mungkin mendusta dan kata sifat dusta memang dikaitkan dengan orang kafir. Di jalan raya jika ada melempar keluar lampin pakai buang anak penuh tahi di bahu jalan ketika kemacetan lalu lintas dalam perjalan pulang ke KB maka anda tidak berakhlak:

malaysiakini.com/columns/702234

Le Monde Diplo gives me here an opportunity to explain why democracy is declining in Modi's India. Hurst Publishers Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s Fred Appel Karthika V.K. CERI Sciences Po Recherche SciencesPo Carnegie India King's India Institute Indian Alliance Paris Alliance Program
mondediplo.com/2024/04/03india

Much truth in this about the toxic colonial vibe of the Foreign Office. The statues of colonialists, the racist paintings of Africans, are not suited to the 21st Century.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-687562…

SALAM AIDILFITRI 1445H 🕌

Indahnya langit kerana awan
Indahnya laut kerana kebiruan
Indahnya Ramadan kerana keinsafan
Indahnya Syawal kerana kemaafan

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Maaf Zahir dan Batin 🙏

Wishing all Muslims a safe, blessed and joyous #EidAlFitr !

Imagined victimhood is the perverse yet potent political narrative that explains the disjuncture between the reality of majority rule with protection for minorities, and the fallacy of minority rule and majority marginalisation.

Indeed. UMNO's predicament is entirely self-inflicted. The party's intransigence to democratising from a position of strength during BN's halcyon days precipitated Malaysia's vertiginous descent into 'embittered authoritarianism' that culminated in the latter's ouster in GE14.

Tonight could be Laylat-al-Qadr - one of the holiest nights in the Islamic calendar, when Angel Jibril revealed the Qur'an’s first verses to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. The first word of the Qur’an revealed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was ‘Iqra’ which means ‘Read’

A thread on Laylat-al-Qadr

Every spring roses bloom in the western Saudi city of Taif, turning pockets of the Kingdom’s vast desert landscape a vivid & fragrant pink.

In April, they are harvested for the essential oil used to cleanse the walls of the sacred Kaaba in Makkah

A thread on the roses of Taif…

I analyzed why Erdogan lost recent elections & how Imamoglu could become Turkey's new leader for Indonesian newspaper The Jakarta Post.
Temporary Open Access:
thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024/0…
'Imamoglu differs from other politicians with his appeal to both secularists and Islamic conservatives.'

Behold, the insidious and invidious stratagem of 'authoritarian innovation' - framing the Madani government and its intended reforms as an existential threat to the ethnic majority; lifted directly from the well-thumbed, dog-eared playbook of Muafakat Nasional, circa 2018-2020.

Did you know that the Persian scholar of medicine, Ibn Sina (980-1037) suspected some diseases were spread by microorganisms.

To prevent human-to-human contamination, he came up with a method of isolating people for 40 days.

A thread on Ibn Sina & his impact on modern science…

The State of Southeast Asia 2024 Survey Report is officially launched! #SSEA 2024 gauges the views and perceptions of Southeast Asians on geopolitical developments affecting the region.

Download the issue here: iseas.edu.sg/category/centr…

#SSEA #ASEAN

“The man who has spent the past three decades doing more than anyone to deny Indonesians the right to elect their leaders has now been elected #Indonesia 's leader.” My latest on the endangered state of Indonesian democracy Journal of Democracy.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

Join us to know what is HPV-PCR screening & what it looks like in society.

This series is brought to you by ROSE Foundation in collaboration with FIND. Special thanks to Prof Marion Saville from Aus Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer for joining us in the series.

Watch Part 1 here: youtu.be/OmTkqf6eIU8

HAPPY EASTER 2024

WIshing all Christians a safe, joyous and blessed Easter!

May your festive celebrations with family members, loved ones and friends be filled with peace, love and happiness.