Articles by Ahmad Farouk Musa, Guest Contributor

A new paradigm of Muslim politics

Malaysia's Islamist party faces tough choices as they elect the new second echelon leadership with the GE13 electoral results still fresh in their minds.

The secular democratic state

Only in a secular democratic state will all citizens have the same basic reason to embrace the right to religious freedom

The inexorable pursuit of an Islamic State

The aim of most Malaysians is not to turn this country into another repressive state that claims to rule with a mandate from God.

Malaysia – revisiting the secular state debate

Ahmad Farouk Musa provides a cogent account of why a secular state is better than an Islamic state, and that Muslims can best practice their faith in a secular state.