Hefner keynotes in Malaysia
On September 29th, 2017, Professor Robert W. Hefner will present the keynote address at the opening of a conference on “A Civil Islam: Prospects and Challenges in the 21st Century,” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event is sponsored by the Malaysia-based Islamic Renaissance Front, which was founded in 2009 and describes itself as “an intellectual movement and a think tank focusing on youth empowerment and promotion of intellectual discourse.” “IRF is dedicated to the revival and reform of Islamic thought and its methodology in order to enable the ummah to deal effectively with present challenges and contribute to the progress of human civilization.