The Aphorisms and Prayers

by Kalam Research & Media | 27 Jun, 2016 | Events & Reports, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

The Aphorisms and Prayers of the Sage and Imam, Muhammad b. Ali al-Kharrubi al-Tarabulsi (d.963 AH/ 1555 CE) has been published for the first time. The critical edition was completed by Dr. Aref Ali Nayed over 20 years ago, but has only come out now. In his aphorisms,...

KLIKS Scholars Meet with Malaysian Shariah Court Ulema

by Sohail Nakhooda | 23 May, 2016 | Events & Reports, Kalam, KRM Malaysia, Latest News, News & Events

KLIKS Senior scholars meet with Shariah Court scholars in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Dr Aref Ali Nayed (Chairman of Kalam Research & Media), Sheikh Saeed Foudeh (Islamic theologian from Jordan) and Sheikh Khalid Zahri (Kalam specialist from Rabat, Morocco), who are the...

Nanotechnology and Ethics

by Kalam Research & Media | 12 May, 2016 | Featured, Latest News, Research, Science

The Ethical implications of Nanotechnology is a subject fraught with controversy. Sheikh Musa Furber, a researcher at Abu Dhabi’s Tabah Foundation examines some of the issues at play in a research paper entitled Ethical Dimensions of Nanotechnology (Tabah Analytical...

Dr. Aref interview with Channel NewsAsia

by Kalam Research & Media | 31 Mar, 2016 | Kalam, KRM Malaysia, Latest News, Research

Southeast Asian Muslims should appreciate own culture: Islamic studies scholar In an interview with Channel NewsAsia’s Conversation With, Dr Aref Ali Nayed says that amid an “Arabisation” of Islam in the region, Malays should not give up their own culture to...

The First Kuala Lumpur International Kalam Symposium (KLIKS 2016)

by Kalam Research & Media | 25 Mar, 2016 | Events & Reports, Featured, Islamic Analytic Theology, KRM Malaysia, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

Kalam Research and Media (KRM) in partnership with the Islamic and Strategic Studies Institute (ISSI), and in association with various Malaysian and Indonesia academic institutions, held the First Kuala Lumpur International Kalam Symposium (KLIKS 2016) at the Islamic...

Dr Nayed Interviewed on IKIM FM Radio in Malaysia on Traditional Islam

by Kalam Research & Media | 25 Mar, 2016 | Interfaith, Kalam, KRM Malaysia, Latest News, Philosophy, Research

“Our mistake in Libya is that we have neglected traditional Islamic studies for 42 years, while we used to follow Ash’ari in terms of aqidah, Maliki in terms of jurisprudence and Junayd al-Baghdadi in terms of Sufism. As a result, radical outside elements seep...