Latest:
Article – Dealing with Non-Practising/Sinful Close Family Members: Argument for “Hate the Sin, Not the Sinner”
August 1, 2019 By Muhammad Haniff Hassan
(This article is originally published in Wasat, no. 28/August 2019. The original source can be accessed here.) By Muhammad Haniff Hassan When a Muslim has committed himself to live based on his religious principles, the existence of a close family member (i.e. parents, siblings, spouses or children) who chooses a different way of life […]
My Book:
Book Review – Abd Allah Azzam: The Father of Jihad
April 20, 2018 By Muhammad Haniff Hassan
John C. Zimmerman (2018). The Father of Jihad: Abd Allah Azzam’s Jihad Ideas and Implications for National Security, Muhammad Haniff Hassan, New Jersey: Imperial College Press, 2014, 350 pp., Hardcover, $115.00, ISBN 978-1783262878. Terrorism and Political Violence, 30:3, pp. 564-565. Click here to read the review. Click here for information about the book.
Short Articles:
Article – Dealing with Non-Practising/Sinful Close Family Members: Argument for “Hate the Sin, Not the Sinner”
August 1, 2019 By Muhammad Haniff Hassan
(This article is originally published in Wasat, no. 28/August 2019. The original source can be accessed here.) By Muhammad Haniff Hassan When a Muslim has committed himself to live based on his religious principles, the existence of a close family member (i.e. parents, siblings, spouses or children) who chooses a different way of life […]
Dakwah@AlQuran:
The Quran on those who have not received the true message
January 15, 2013 By Muhammad Haniff Hassan
“And so it is that thy Sustainer would never destroy a community for its wrongdoing so long as its people are still unaware [of the meaning of right and wrong]:” (The Quran, 6:131) Points of Reflection 1. God will not punish a community or person for not living in accordance to His religion until His […]
Ramadan Message:
Towards A Better Life After Ramadhan: What Ramadhan Can Do For Us
July 9, 2015 By Muhammad Haniff Hassan
(Note: I would like to thank bro. Hafiz Kusairi for translating this article. The original Malay version is available here.) Muhammad Haniff Hassan Ramadhan should change ourselves for the better. At least, it should be the platform that catalyses changes in us. Below are 10 ways in which Ramadhan can help us engineer changes within […]
Long Articles:
My book chapter – Reconciling Islam and Pacifism: A Traditionalist Approach
November 20, 2018 By Muhammad Haniff Hassan
This book chapter is published in Nassef Manabilang Adiong, Raffaele Mauriello and Deina Abdelkader (eds.) (2018). Islam in International Relations: Politics and Paradigms. New York: Routledge. Click here to access the article. Purchase the book here.
Dakwah@Sunnah:
Make religious practice easy, embrace diversity
December 28, 2012 By Muhammad Haniff Hassan
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Amr bin Al ‘Aas: Allah’s Apostle stopped (for a while near the Jimar) at Mina during his last haj for the people and they were asking him questions. A man came and said, “I forgot and got my head shaved before slaughtering the sacrificial animal).” The Prophet said, “There is no […]
Other Articles:
My article (republished) – Rethinking ‘Hostile’ Verses from the Quran
November 21, 2018 By Muhammad Haniff Hassan
Click here for part 1 and here for part 2.
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My article – Sexuality Education in Islam: Between Apprehension and Permissiveness
November 28, 2016 By Muhammad Haniff Hassan
(This article was translated from Malay titled Beberapa Pandangan Mengenai Pendidikan Seks. This English version was first published in Wasat no. 11/October 2016. Click here.) (c) Muhammad Haniff Hassan, 2016 Islam is a religion of fitrah because it comes from Allah, the Creator of mankind and the whole universe. It seeks to guide Man in all aspects […]
