Muhammad Khoirul Malik
Leipzig University, Germany

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Framing Honor Killing in Turkey as a Kurdish Problem: A Postcolonial Analysis Mufti Rasyid; Yulia Nasrul Latifi; Ibnu Burdah; Muhammad Khoirul Malik
Moestopo International Review on Social, Humanities, and Sciences Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Universitas prof. Dr. Moestopo (Beragama)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32509/mirshus.v6i1.157

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Honor killing refers to the murder of a family member (usually female) who have brought shame or dishonor upon the family. This article explores how honor killing is discussed in Turkey, with particular attention to how the practice is frequently linked to the Kurdish ethnic minority. Drawing on Robert Entman’s framing theory and supported by postcolonial critique, the study analyzes twelve news reports published between 2016 and 2023 in three major Turkish outlets. The analysis indicates that Turkish media and state discourse (manifested in legal system) repeatedly frame honor killing in ways that marginalize and stigmatize Kurds. By attaching the practice to Kurdish identity, these discourses normalize an image of Kurds as ‘backward’ and Turks as modern, reproducing orientalist binaries of tradition versus civilization. Building on Spivak’s concept of the subaltern, the article argues that Kurdish women who always become the victims of honor killing are rendered voiceless and are instrumentalized as symbolic evidence of Kurdish ‘backwardness’. In this framing, women’s suffering becomes a rhetorical device that helps justify state authority and domination over particular minorities.
Refining Islamic Eco-Philosophy: A Comparative Assessment of Ikhwan al-Shafa’s Cosmology Ayu Lestari; Muhammad Khoirul Malik; Hadi Kharisman
FIKRAH Vol 14, No 1 (2026): June 2026
Publisher : Prodi Aqidah dan Filsafat Islam, Fakultas Ushuluddin, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21043/fikrah.v14i1.35092

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The current global environmental crisis is seen as rooted in an anthropocentric paradigm that desacralizes nature, thereby breaking the spiritual connection between humans and the environment. This study aims to analyze the ecological principles in the cosmological theory of Ikhwan al-Shafa and its relevance to modern ecological discourse. The research was conducted using a qualitative approach, drawing on primary and secondary literature. This article uses an analytical-philosophical method to interpret the primary texts of Rasail with a comparative-critical reading to compare the findings of the thought of the Ikhwan al-Shafa with key concepts of modern ecology. Researchers found a principle of unity among all the elements of the universe and a universal soul. This universal soul gives life and controls all the elements of the universe. Although the Ikhwan al-Shafa was a group of 10th-century classical Muslim philosophers, its thinking remains relevant to modern ecological discourse. This research position seeks to refine previous studies that have only addressed the content of Ikhwan al-Shafa’s cosmological theory and its implications for ecological understanding. This research contributes to providing a solid ethical-theological foundation for resolving the environmental crisis.