Islam and Liberty Summer University (ILSU) is a week-long regional residential event, to be organised in Iran between 15 July to 21 July 2018. Featuring guest speakers giving lectures, workshops, and seminars, this exercise will take up critical aspects of the debate on the intellectual foundations of economic freedom in Islam but also discussing…
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Seeking Equality for Women in Islam KUALA LUMPUR: “I think one of the most profound challenges we as Muslim face today is the search for ways to live our faith in a world where human rights, women’s rights and democracy constitutes the dominant ethical paradigm of the modern world. In the 21st century, there cannot…
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Is Liberty an Islamic Value? KUALA LUMPUR: “Freedom, in my view, is central to Islam. It is actually within Islam’s DNA. A full commitment to being a Muslim really demands you to accept the concept of freedom. To deny or reject freedom is really to fundamentally, I think, misread the core message and…
DetailsWe have changed our name from “Istanbul Network for Liberty” to “Islam and Liberty Network”. The main motivation behind this change is to establish a clear association of our liberty-centered work with the Islamic religion, which has a universal appeal rather than any specific location or for that matter with history alone, two characteristics of…
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Pathways to Reform in the Islamic World NEW YORK: “Liberal democracy has emerged from the era of Reformation and Enlightenment. These movements also nurtured other ideas like tolerance, diversity, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, equality before law, rule of law, free markets, right to private property, enterprise and so on so forth” said…
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Istanbul Network for Liberty presents its 2018 Series of Webinars which is a lively discussion on topical issues around Islam, Society and Economy led by leading experts. The general orientation is towards intellectual dimensions of relationship between Islam and liberty with focus on religious, civil, political and economic liberties as understood in the Islamic…
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Digital technology is changing rapidly and some aspects are causing concern among many Islamic scholars all over the world. One example is the cryptocurrency phenomenon. Dealings in cryptocurrency, whether in developing, mining, funding or investing, are considered non-permissible by some jurists. For instance, Egypt’s Grand Mufti recently issued a fatwa (edict) declaring bitcoin, the best-known cryptocurrency,…
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Istanbul Network 5th International Conference Democratic Transitions in the Muslim World Istanbul Network for Liberty held its fifth annual conference in collaboration with International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia on the 27th and 28th of November 2017. A special thanks to CIPE, Atlas Network and IDEAS for their sponsorship of the conference. This…
DetailsCall for Panel and Paper Proposals The Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London invites proposal for the 2018 Annual CIWAS Conference on the theme of ‘Islam, the West, and Radicalism’ which will be held on the 14th and 15th of February 2018. Recent years have seen new waves…
DetailsMalaysia: Roots of a Democratic Society Opening Address by Tunku Zain Al-‘Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz, Founding President of Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), at the Istanbul Network 5th International Conference: Democratic Transitions in the Muslim World Introduction Assalamu’alaikum warahmatulahi wabarakatuh, good morning and welcome, particularly to our guests from around the world.…
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Author: Ali Salman* In his article published in the Daily Telegraph on 18 August 2017, the author of “The Islamist” Ed Husain, while responding to the recent violent events in Barcelona, has argued that the main objective of the terrorists, including ISIL, is to bring back the Caliphate. According to his analysis, the terrorists,…
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Dr. Khalid Masud to give keynote address Dr. Muhammad Khalid Masud, former Director General of Islamic Research Institute, and former Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, Pakistan, will deliver a key note address on the first day of the Istanbul Network Conference. Muhammad Khalid Masud is currently the HonAd-hoc Member Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme…
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