http://contemporarycaliph.com Ridhwan's Almanac of Thought Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:27:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Alhamdulillah, on Friday and Saturday I had the valuable experiences to listen to His Eminence Prof. Tariq Ramadan of Oxford University speak to his audience in Singapore. He was in the republic to speak at the LSE Asia Forum 2008 where he responded to the presentation by Prof.  John Sidel ... http://contemporarycaliph.com/politics/tariq-ramadan-in-singapore It has been more than 4 days since the disappearance of Singapore’s most wanted fugitive, Mas Selamat from the ISD custody.  His photos can be found literally almost in every part of the island and security has been stepped up along the borders. It is quite disappointing that he is ... http://contemporarycaliph.com/politics/stay-vigilant http://contemporarycaliph.com/terrorism/toilet-break It is quite shocking to read the latest news alert on Wednesday night when it was announced that Singapore’s most wanted JI member managed to escape from ISD custody. Knowing for its second-to-none gold security standard, it is hard to believe a clumsy incident like this ... http://contemporarycaliph.com/terrorism/singapores-prison-toilet-break-the-escape-of-most-wanted-singapores-ji-alleged-leader Recently, the Turkish government introduced a bill to end the banning of headscarves in public Universities in Turkey. The bill was overwhelmingly supported by member of its parliaments, both form the ruling Islamic-oriented AKP and the opposition from the Nationalist Party. (ST, February 7, 2008). The proposal calls for ... http://contemporarycaliph.com/politics/democracy-vs-secularism Alhamdulillah, the ‘O’ level result is finally out and more surprises for the Malay community. First of all, for the first time in the national history, a Normal (Academic) student has managed to obtain 7 distinctions in GCE ‘O’ level examination. That result is a remarkable performance for student of ... http://contemporarycaliph.com/education/madrasah-2007-gce-%e2%80%98o%e2%80%99-level-performance I was reading ST Interactive and caught up with one article on MUIS Halal Certification. It is just amazing how our halal certification is being well-received and globally recognised. Despite some skeptical by our community itself towards MUIS, indeed if we were to compare it with other religious authority in ... http://contemporarycaliph.com/muslim-community/muis-halal-certification Ayat-ayat cinta, the best-selling Malay (Indonesian?) novel written by the M.A scholar of the University of Al-Azhar, Egypt had once again ignite the sparks of interest towards Malay literatures. I must admit that this novel is the first Malay novel that I read after more than three years when I ... http://contemporarycaliph.com/reviews/review-ayat-ayat-cinta Assalamualaikum Wr Wb, Alhamdulillah finally this blog is officially online and open for blogging :) Thanks to Fazli for all the assistance and technical support. Insya'ALLAH this shall be my official blog and more post will be coming up soon. It's the beginning of the semester and so many tasks to ... http://contemporarycaliph.com/others/hello-world Assalamualaikum WR WB,Went to jalan Raya with KPM buddies (yes again), however only Qaya, Sarah, Mohksin and I were free, and it was just an unplanned one. At 2.15 all of a sudden Qaya called me and told me if I was free to go to Mohksin's house since we ... http://contemporarycaliph.com/others/funny-things-you-see-during-friday-prayer