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  • AWARE, Liberal Islam, The Reading Group Organise Talk During Ramadhan

    http://www.aware.org.sg/
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    http://www.thereadinggroup.sg/main.htm

    AWARE is organising a 3-Part Ramadan talk on Gender in Islam, and first session is on 4 July.

    AWARE will be holding a series of presentations and discussions about the works of prominent Islamic scholars and their views on gender in Islam.

    Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee, NUS and member of The Reading Group

    Session 1: Malay Ideas on Women by Dr Azhar Ibrahim (Senior Visiting Fellow, NUS)

    Throughout Malay intellectual history, there were several strands of thinking pertaining to gender and women’s role within the socio-cultural, political and religious spheres of the Malays. This presentation will highlight some of these thinking through early proponents of the modern era, such as Syed Sheikh al-Hadi, to later thinkers such as Hamka, Khadijah Sidek and the prominent Muslim feminist group, Sisters in Islam.

    Friday, 4 July 2014
    AWARE Centre
    6.30pm to 9.30pm
    Register for Session 1 here!

    Assoc Prof Noor Aisha Abdul Rahman, NUS & member of The Reading Group

    Session 2: Muslim Personal Law and Citizens’ Rights: The Case of Singapore
    by A/P Noor Aisha Abdul Rahman (Head, Dept of Malay Studies, NUS)

    Prevailing discourse on multiculturalism tend to focus on its merits in protecting the cultures and traditions of minority groups within the framework of the politics of accommodation. Less discussed are its implications on the rights and autonomy of members of the groups themselves who may be adversely affected by the arrangement. This presentation will focus on the problems arising from autonomy granted to the Muslim community of Singapore to determine its personal law, on some segments of the community, particularly in the arena of the Muslim law on marriage, divorce and inheritance.

    Friday, 11 July 2014
    AWARE Centre
    6.30pm to 9.30pm
    Register for Session 2 here!

     

    Mohamed Imran Mohamed Taib is a social activist with The Reading Group, Singapore.

    Session 3: Challenging Patriarchy: Early Reformist Responses
    by Mohamed Imran (Associate Research Fellow, NTU)

    Feminism and the struggle against patriarchy is not a new phenomenon in Muslim society. This presentation will trace some of the early ideas on feminism to the Egyptian context of Islamic reform in the late 19th and early 20th century. In particular, the ideas of seminal figures such as Rifa’ah al-Tahtawi, Muhammad ‘Abduh and Qasim Amin will be discussed.

    Friday, 18 July 2014
    AWARE Centre
    6.30pm to 9.30pm
    Register for Session 3 here!

    Individual price: $8 for 1 person/session
    Pair price: $14 for 2 persons/session
    Price includes cost of catered food.
    Prayer space is provided.

    Source: http://www.aware.org.sg/2014/06/ramadan-talks-on-gender-in-islam/

    READ MORE ON THE READING GROUP, MUIS & LIBERAL ISLAM HERE 

     

    EDITOR’S NOTE

    Liberal Islam, Progressive Muslims, and The Reading Group seems to be a popular choice among Muslims who are more ‘open-minded’.

    Growing number of academics in NUS and NTU are also joining the band of liberal Muslims. 

    What do you think of this development and trend? 

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  • The Reading Group, MUIS and Liberal Islam

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    Rather than focusing merely on the LGBT issue, Muslims need to realize the bigger issue at hand; the liberal leanings & ideology that is currently reshaping our religion.

    The Liberal Islam movement in this region is not new. It is inevitable that the rise of Muslim radicalism and the subsequent founding of the Liberal Islam Network (JIL) in Indonesia in 2001 has emboldened those in Singapore with similar liberal leanings & ideology.

    In the past, a few Muslims have publicly or privately aired their concerns about the spread of liberal Islam. And certainly our religious scholars (asatizah) would have done so many times in their various social circles & organizations.

    One example is this open letter written in 2009 which has been available in the public domain for many years alerting key Muslim leaders about a group of well-educated Muslims from thereadinggroup.sg advocating liberal Islam. (*Some names have been hidden to protect their privacy)

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    Now that we have understood from the 1st open letter why it is important Muslims do not get over-obsessive about the LGBT issue but see the bigger picture of Liberal Islam and we have also realized the existence of a group of well-educated Muslims in “The Reading Group” who are spreading & advocating liberal leanings & ideologies, here is the follow-up letter containing more revelations.

    Mohamed Imran Mohamed Taib is a social activist with The Reading Group, Singapore.

    Similarly, the follow-up letter has also been available in the public domain for many years. This time it attempts to demand clarification from key Muslim leaders about an active member of the liberal “The Reading Group“, Mohamed Imran Mohamed Taib, who was an executive in MUIS’ Policy Development Strategic Unit and how MUIS policies have shown liberal leanings with the visitations of liberal scholars and with post-graduate scholarships to universities with known liberal ideologies. (*The sender’s name have been hidden to protect his privacy)

    Source: Islamiq.SG