Category: Train of Thought

Buku “Dekolonisasi: Metodologi Kritis dalam Studi Humaniora dan Studi Islam” yang diterbitkan oleh Yayasan Bentala adalah kompilasi catatan-catatan oleh penulisnya, Dr. Muhamad Rofiq Muzakkir, selama studi doktoralnya di Arizon State University. Buku ini sangat saya rekomendasikan, terutama bagi sesiapa yang mempelajari ilmu-ilmu sosio-humaniora. Bahkan untuk bidang hukum, meskipun tidak secara khusus mengkaji hukum Islam, akan

Di tengah iklim academia di Indonesia yang makin mendorong publikasi ilmiah, ternyata masih ada praktik kurang etis yang terjadi. Sekadar untuk perenungan (dan harapannya ada perbaikan), berikut beberapa contoh kasus yang dialami oleh saya sendiri atau oleh orang lain yang saya kenal langsung. Akan ditulis “seorang penulis” bukan karena yang mengalami cuma satu, tapi karena

There has been an intriguing discourse regarding Sa’d ibn Mu’adh’s verdict towards Banu Qurayzha, some contemporary scholars claiming that the said verdict was based on Jewish Law. If have written my initial thoughts and findings about the matter in a previous post, and I am planning to expand this into a more proper research paper

A few years ago, I have retold the story of my (hilarious) last debate competition, literally the last match of it, i.e. the Grand Final, in this post (in Bahasa Indonesia). So, I thought I should also share about my very first competition, which was hilarious in its own right lol It was back in

The Potential Role of Computational Linguistics by Author Discrimination in the Development of ‘Ulum Al-Hadith By: Fajri M. Muhammadin . In 2012, an article titled “Author discrimination between the Holy Quran and Prophet’s statements” written by Prof Halim Sayoud was published in Literary and Linguistic Computing Vol. 27(4) year 2012. This amazing article performed author