As the protests fizzle out in the wake of the military junta's violent crackdown, many are wondering whether there is any hope for change in Myanmar. Are the people of Myanmar condemned to eternal suffering? Is their ordeal and anguish some sort of (...)
It is important to emphasize at the outset that the wars and conflicts of our time that happen to involve Christians and Muslims have very little to do with their respective religious doctrines or practices. The underlying causes are more often than (...)
What is Malaysia s greatest achievement in the last 50 years of Merdeka (independence)? It is our ability to maintain a remarkable degree of inter-ethnic peace. By inter-ethnic peace we mean a minimum of communal violence over five decades of (...)
It is not surprising that a number of Muslim governments and civil society organizations have condemned the abduction of South Korean nationals by the Taliban in Afghanistan on 19 July 2007. The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) itself has (...)
