[INVITATION] Roundtable Discussion on: “Covenant in Islam and its Significance in International Relations” || Date: Tuesday, 25th November 2025 || Time: 3.00PM – 5.30PM || Venue: Seminar Room, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS), Kuala Lumpur
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Date: Tuesday, 25th November 2025
Time: 3.00PM – 5.30PM
Venue: Seminar Room, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS), Kuala Lumpur
Welcoming speech:
Dr Ahmad Badri Abdullah
Deputy CEO, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS)
Speaker:
Professor Halim Rane
Griffith University
Author of Covenants with Allah
Moderator:
Dato’ Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa
Islamic Renaissance Front
Register at: https://forms.gle/FYxRmZi1fMBMK76A8
The foundations of human coexistence rest upon covenants—formalised agreements of rights, obligations, and trust—that sustain social order, international cooperation, accountability, and peace. The neglect and erosion of both sacred and international covenants have placed humanity in increasingly precarious circumstances, reflected in atrocities committed with impunity, the intensification of racism and Islamophobia, and the weakening of institutions charged with upholding global justice.
In this presentation, Professor Halim Rane discusses his latest book, Covenant with Allah: Keystone of Islam, and advances the argument that covenant (ʿahd and mīthāq) constitutes a central, yet under-recognised, paradigm in the Qurʾān and in the diplomatic practice of Prophet Muhammad. He examines how covenantal ethics shaped early Islamic approaches to interreligious relations, political authority, and conflict resolution, and explores their contemporary significance for international relations amid profound global crises of injustice, insecurity, and inhumanity.
Programs:
3.00-3.10: Opening speech by Chairperson, Wan Naim Wan Mansor, Research Fellow, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS)
3.10-3.20: Welcoming speech by Ahmad Badri Abdullah, Deputy CEO, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS)
3.20-3.30: Introductory speech by moderator, Dato’ Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa
3.30-4.30: Speech by Professor Halim Rane, Griffith University, Australia
4.30-5.20: Discussion
5.20-5.30: Closing remarks by Wan Naim Wan Mansor
5.30 : Tea
Jointly organized by:
International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) & Islamic Renaissance Front
Speaker’s Biography
Professor Halim Rane is a scholar of Islam and sociologist of religion whose academic journey began as an undergraduate at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He leads the Islam–West Relations field at Griffith University, where his teaching and research focus on contemporary Islamic thought, covenants in Islam, and Muslim communities in Australia and the West. Professor Rane has authored over 80 publications on Islam and Muslim societies, including his latest monograph Covenant with Allah: Keystone of Islam (co-authored with Professor Ibrahim Zein), published this month by Routledge. Among his other achievements, he is a recipient of the ‘Australian University Teacher of the Year’ award, a founding member and past president of the Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS), and the newly appointed Chief Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Maqāṣid Studies