A PRIMARY principle of democratic government that can and should be imported into the Muslim ummah is self-regulation by means of dialogue with opposition and political parties. Political opposition, accomplished through the right channel and by reasonable means, is not the same as “sedition”. Therefore, blogs and other forms of detraction from majority party views […]
Azril Mohd Amin
Suicide attacks solve nothing
By Azril Mohd AminUS army personnel inspecting the remains of a bomb site in Kabul, Afghanistan (Pic by Army.mil @ Flickr) The following is the edited text of a speech delivered by the Malaysian Muslim Youth Movement (Abim)’s outgoing vice-president, Azril Mohd Amin, at the International Summit of Religious Youth Leaders on Disarmament for Shared Security held at […]
When Muslims betray Muslims
By Azril Mohd AminA MUSLIM American of Pakistani descent recently betrayed the entire American dakwah (Islamic outreach) movement by beheading his wife to punish her for asking for a divorce. He beheaded his wife — they were not yet divorced — in the very television studio they were using to portray the “beauties of Islam” to the American […]