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Kassim Ahmad

Born

in Kedah, Malaysia

September 09, 1933

Died

October 10, 2017

Website

http://kassimahmad.blogspot.com/

Genre

Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Literature

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Kassim Ahmad is Malaysia's foremost thinker and philosopher. He grabbed national headlines in the 1950s with his dissertation on the characters of Hang Tuah (Perwatakan Hang Tuah), the Malay literary classic. In it he challenged the traditional interpretation and made the hitherto hero Hang Tuah as nothing more than a palace hack, and elevated the anti-hero Hang Jebat as the true hero, willing to kill even the sultan in defence of honor and principles. Kassim was jailed for nearly five years under the ISA for daring to express openly his political views, an experience which he recounted in his book, Universiti Kedua (Second University). Kassim again shook the Malay world with his "Hadith: A Re-Examination" in which he challenges the infalli Kassim Ahmad is Malaysia's foremost thinker and philosopher. He grabbed national headlines in the 1950s with his dissertation on the characters of Hang Tuah (Perwatakan Hang Tuah), the Malay literary classic. In it he challenged the traditional interpretation and made the hitherto hero Hang Tuah as nothing more than a palace hack, and elevated the anti-hero Hang Jebat as the true hero, willing to kill even the sultan in defence of honor and principles. Kassim was jailed for nearly five years under the ISA for daring to express openly his political views, an experience which he recounted in his book, Universiti Kedua (Second University). Kassim again shook the Malay world with his "Hadith: A Re-Examination" in which he challenges the infallibility of the purported words of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. Except for an honorary doctorate in Letters conferred by the National University of Malaysia, the country has not seen fit to honor this great public intellectual.

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Dr Kassim Ahmad seorang politikus, penulis, penyair dan sarjana dilahirkan di Kampung Kubang Tampang, Lepai, Kubang Pasu, Kedah, pada 9 September 1933, dengan nama Osman, tetapi diubah namanya kerana sering sakit, mendapat pendidikan awal di Sekolah Bandar Bahru, Kulim.

Peluang meneruskan pelajaran di Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, Alor Setar pada 1949, membuka pintu khazanah ilmu serta persuratan kepadanya sehingga memungkinkannya melanjutkan pengajiannya ke Universiti Malaya (UM) di Singapura pada 1955.

Dunia pengajian tinggi di menara gading itu mendedahkannya kepada pemikiran sosialisme dan Islam melalui kepustakaan dan percambahan fikiran bersama-sama rakannya yang masing-masing membina ketokohan tersendiri, selain mula terbabit dalam Kelab Sosialis UM.

Dengan sokongan Pensyarah UM Singapura, JC Bottoms, Kassim menyahut pelawaan untuk mengajar bahasa dan sastera Melayu di School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Universiti London, pada 1962 hingga 1966.

Dalam ranah sastera, Dr Kassim dikenali sebagai penyair yang tidak sunyi daripada kontroversi apabila menghasilkan puisi, Sidang Roh dan Jalan ke Parlimen pada 1960, selain disertasinya, Perwatakan Hang Tuah yang mencabar interpretasi keperwiraan Hang Tuah sehingga mengangkat Hang Jebat, turut mendapat perhatian.

Pembabitannya dalam politik pula menyaksikan beliau mengepalai Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia (PSRM) selama 18 tahun bermula beliau pulang ke tanah air pada 1966, sebelum mengambil keputusan untuk berundur daripada gerakan itu pada 1984.

Kassim pernah ditahan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) selama hampir lima tahun yang turut mendorongnya membukukan pengalaman itu dalam memoir Universiti Kedua.

Selepas mengundurkan diri daripada politik, Beliau menubuhkan Jemaah al-Quran Malaysia (JAM) dan menghasilkan buku Hadis: Satu Penilaian Semula yang mencetuskan kontroversi sehingga dianggap anti-hadis.
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	Mencari Jalan Pulang: Daripada Sosialisme Kepada Islam by Kassim Ahmad, Mahathir Mohamad (Foreword) 3.64 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hikayat Hang Tuah 4.02 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1964 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hadis : Satu Penilaian Semula really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Universiti Kedua: Kisah Tahanan di bawah ISA 3.58 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dialog Dengan Sasterawan 4.35 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kemarau di lembah 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1967 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polemik Sastera Islam by Kassim Ahmad, Shahnon Ahmad, Zahrah Ibrahim (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Autobiography of a Rebel by Kassim Ahmad, Zakaria Ali (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hadis: Jawapan kepada pengkritik 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jalan Yang Lurus 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars