Intellectual Discourse, Vol. 30, No. 1 (June 2023)

In this issue, Intellectual Discourse (Vol. 31, No. 1) presents 12 articles, a research note, and a book review. The articles range from validation of a Sejahtera living index using the Rasch model to social media use for English learning in Southeast Asia, and from understanding the decline of Pakistan-US alliance to the challenges of civil society organisations in Malaysia. For this edition, nine of the 12 articles are collaborative efforts among authors; some from the same institution, while some others from different ones. Scholars from various academic institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia Pakistan, and Turkiye contributed their articles that resulted from their research works. The topics and contents of the articles reflect the diverse disciplines in Islamic revealed knowledge and the human sciences.