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Ref: FOCUS6/D1-03-01
Date: 03 March, 2021

Dr. Ahmad Nabil Amir

ISTAC, IIUM
Malaysia

Dear Dr. Ahmad Nabil Amir,

THE SIXTH FOCUS CONFERENCE: LETTER OF INVITATION & ABSTRACT

ACCEPTANCE

May this letter find you and your family in peace, happiness and good health, insyaAllah.

We are pleased to inform you that your abstract entitled Kemasukan Islam ke
arkipelago Melayu: Kajian pemikiran HAMKA dalam sejarah umat Islam has been
accepted for Conference presentation which will take place online from 16 to 17 March,
2021. Please refer to the attached Conference Program for a specific date and time of
your presentation. Each presenter will be allocated maximum 10 minutes to make a
presentation and 30 minutes collective questions and answers at the end of the session.
Please submit your slides before 14 March, 2021.

You are kindly invited to attend the Keynote Address to be delivered by Emer. Prof.
Dato’ Dr. Osman Bakar. Details of the Keynote Address are as follows:

Topic: Contemporary Islam in the Malay World: Relationship between

Malay Ethnicity and Islamic Religiosity Revisited
Speaker: Emer. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Osman Bakar – ISTAC, IIUM
Time: March 9, 2021 10:30 AM Kuala Lumpur
ZOOM: ID: 872 7030 2225 / Passcode: FOCUS6
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87270302225?pwd=cWJ0UTREQllFQ3h1UGxKbjlDZHhJQT09

Please feel free to contact us if you need further information. We look forward for your
presentation and meaningful contribution to the Conference. May Allah swt guide and
bless us all. Thank you.

Your brother,

SHAHRAN KASIM
Deputy Director

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 The Sixth FOCUS Conference
Contemporary Islam in the Malay World:
Relationship between Malay Ethnicity and Islamic Religiosity Revisited

Conference Program

March 09, 2021 – Tuesday

Keynote Address
10:30 AM Contemporary Islam in the Malay World: Relationship between Malay Ethnicity
– and Islamic Religiosity Revisited
12:30 PM Emer. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Osman Bakar

March 16, 2021 – Tuesday

1. Islamization of History: Kuntowijoyo Model

Nurudin Akbar – Universitas Gajah Mada, Indonesia
D1-01 2. Analysis of moral education development in universities in Indonesia
10:00 AM M. Zainul Umam - Jakarta Islamic University
– 3. The effect of Islamic tradition on resistance to colonial mind-set in
11:30 AM Malaysia
Alparslan Onbaşı – ISTAC, IIUM
4. Portrayal of Islam in Malaysian literature in English
Mohd. Ezamir Azral bin Mohd. Azrul – ISTAC, IIUM
1. The usage of MIB in Bruneian's daily life in strengthening the Malayness
and Islamness
Jacky Li Chun-Leung - Islamic History and Civilization Department, University
of Malaya
D1-02 2. Food Security in the Muslim World
13:00 PM Patrick Velez – Transparency International, Philippine
- 3. KEMUDI’s pursuance of Muslim identity and its implications to Malaysian
14:30 PM muslims
Sharifah Noorulhuda binti Habib Elias- ISTAC, IIUM
4. Ta'lim halaqah in mental development and planting of religiosity students
IAIN (State Islamic Institute) of Tulungagung, East Java Indonesia
Rita Pusvitasari – Sidoarjo, Indonesia
5. Towards the Renewal of Islamic Art: Examining Western Influences and
Responses in Islamic Malaysian Contemporary Art.
Nur Fiqah Binti Mohd Qari - ISTAC-IIUM
1. Kemasukan Islam ke arkipelago Melayu: Kajian pemikiran HAMKA dalam
sejarah umat Islam
Dr. Ahmad Nabil Amir - ISTAC-IIUM
2. The Face of Contemporary Islam in the Malay World
D1-03 Dr. Supratman - Faculty of Letters, Hasanuddin University, Makassar
16:00 PM 3. Nilai Ilmu Berpaksi Islam Dalam Dinamika Jati Diri Melayu Muslim
- Prof Madya Dr Khadijah Mohd Khambali @ Hambali
17:30 PM Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya
4. Green sufism: Dimensi spiritual mengatasi krisis lingkungan di dunia
Melayu-Indonesia
 Dr. Bambang Irawan - UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta
5. Tarekat dan Politik di Indonesia - Studi Preferensi Tarekat dalam Pilgubsu
2018
Dr. Muhammad Faisal Hamdani, Mag - UIN Sumatera Utara Medan
1. The Virtue of Temperance and the Vice of Overindulgence: A Case Study
of Perceptions in Muslim Households.
Sumaya Hassan – University of Cape Town
D1-04 2. Halal lifestyle as a form of Malay ethnic’s Islamic religiosity in the
19:00 PM Southeast Asia
- Binti Mutafarida - IAIN Kediri
20:30 PM 3. Religious pluralism, religious plurality and the misconceptions held by
muslims in Malaysia
Fathiyyatunnur Binti Idris, Lecturer, CFS – IIUM
4. Post Mortem Examination in Islam and Current Practices in Indonesia and
Malaysia
Abdulla Ahmed – ISTAC, IIUM

March 17, 2021 – Wednesday

1. Cut Nyak Dien: In between Indonesia Islamic perspectives and Dutch

colonialist conspiracies
Putri Silaturrahmi - AILA CENTRE, Research Division, Jakarta
D2-05 2. Implementasi Hukum Waris Islam Terhadap Penduduk Muslim di
10:00 AM Indonesia
– Nabila Luthvita Rahma, M.H - IAIN Kudus, Indonesia
11:30 AM 3. Potensi pengembangan lembaga keuangan berbasis masjid di Palembang
Maftukhatusolikhah - UIN Raden Fatah Palembang
4. Islamic Revivalism in Saudi Arabia and Its Impact to the Malays World
Abdul Hadi Bin Abdul Rahim – CFS-IIUM
1. Jembatan di Negeri Bawah Angin: Kontribusi Hamka dalam
Mempromosikan Hifẓ al-‘Aql
Muhammad Abdul Aziz - Madrasah Bahrul Ulum, Melaka
2. Kontribusi Muhammad Arsyad al-Banjary dalam Islamisasi di South
D2-06 Borneo pada abad ke 18-19
13:00 PM Ibnu Khaldun – IAIN Samarinda
- 3. Tuan Guru Haji Nik Aziz bin Nik Mat: A Preacher and Political Powerhouse
14:30 PM in Malaysia
Muhammad Syahir bin Md Ali – ISTAC, IIUM
4. Bibliographical study on history of Shi’a and Ahl Sunnah wal
Jama’ah in Malay archipelago: Special focus to Malaysia
Wan Mohd Azziadi – ISTAC, IIUM
5. Moral and akhlak (ethics) in sustainable social development: A literature
study of the west concept and Islamic psychology approach
Depy Eka Rachmawati - Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
1. New media and the Malay muslim society in Malaysia
Dr. Shafizan Binti Mohamed – KIRKHS-IIUM
2. Universe Creation Designed by Worship Revisited for Islamization And
D2-07 Ethnicity In Economic Covid Era
16:00 PM Roikhan Mochamad Aziz - UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia
- 3. Mental Health Issues in the Malay Muslim community
17:30 PM Noor Zakiah Zainudin / Dr Bibi Jan Md Ayyub – Educators, Singapore
 4. Kedudukan Wali Semarga dalam Pernikahan Melayu-Toba
di Kabupaten Samosir dari Perspektif Hukum Islam
Dr. Ramadhan Syahmedi Siregar, M.Ag UIN-Sumatera Utara Medan
5. Islamophobia in Southeast Asia: Current challenges among muslim Malays
Asst. Prof. Dr. Nor Razinah Mohd. Zain - IIUM
1. Gagasan Rahmatan Lil 'Alamin: Satu Percubaan Memperkenalkan Islam
Sederhana di Malaysia
D2-08 Ali Muda
19:00 PM 2. The pattern on trends on Islamic Reform publications from 2011 to 2020:
- A thematic review
20:30 PM Raja Nurul Balqis – ISTAC, IIUM
3. A Survey of Islam in the Malay World with a Focus on Intellectual and
Educational Response to Colonialization
Shahran Kasim – ISTAC, IIUM
4. Islam and Sustainable Development: Analyzing the Connections in The
Malay World
Foyasal Khan - Uttara University, Dhaka, Bangladesh