Forum On: Islamic Reform Revisited - Part1

Date: Sunday, 8^th December 2019
Time: 2.00PM – 5.30PM
Venue:Spices Restaurant, Concorde Hotel, KL

 

Speakers:

Dato’ Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa, Director, Islamic Renaissance Front

Prof James Piscatori, Deputy Director, ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University

Prof Jeffrey Kenney, Professor of Religious Studies, DePauw University and Fulbright Indonesia

YB Saari Sungib, ADUN Hulu Kelang & Former President, Jamaah Islah Malaysia

Dr Azhar Ibrahim, National University of Singapore

 

Organized by:

Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF)

 

There is no doubt that the spirit of reform has always been central in the rich tradition of Islamic scholarship since the classical times of Muslim civilisation. In the early modern times, influential Muslim scholars such as Jamāluddīn al-Afghāni, Muhammad Abduh and Muhammad Iqbal, have all called for reform in various aspects of the Muslim lives, not only on theological matters, but also intellectual, spiritual, social and political. Through the works of these Muslim reformers, Islam has always remained relevant as God’s moral and ethical message to all humanity, for continuous progress and development.