Mohd Faizal Musa (born 7 August 1974[citation needed]), also known under the pen name Faisal Tehrani, is a Malaysian author and playwright.

It won first place in the 2002 Utusan Malaysia-Exxon Mobil Literature Prize plus the 2005 National Book Award in the General Malay Fiction category.

For instance, Professor Emeritus Dr Salleh Yaapar, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), talks about the greatness of 1515; "which re-reveals the history and identity of the Malays".

[8] Professor Sohaimi Abdul Aziz, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), also named 1515 as a novel full of techniques and literary approaches.

In the academic papers 'Adolescent Knowledge Indexes in Detective Indigo' (2013), published in Malay Literature 26 (12): 80–99, two University Malaya scholars, Dr Tengku Intan Marlina Mohd Ali and Dr Salinah Ja'afar from the Malay Studies Academy stated that Detective Indigo novel is very loaded with science knowledge for teens and useful for practicing skills.

[19] In 2017, ten years after the publication of Tuhan Manusia, Faisal stated in his column article in Free Malaysia Today that he hoped to rewrite the novel after believing the aspect of belief or religion was the affair between man and God.

In 2012, he released Perempuan Nan Bercinta published with the Institut Terjemahan Buku Malaysia (ITBM), which had caused repercussions by the government.

The poem was translated into German as An der Berliner Mauer by Hedy Holzwarth, Holger Warnke, and Volker Wolf in the Kuala Lumpur-Berlin anthology released by ITBM.

MISI (1999-2000) was sponsored by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka to carry around Malaysia, it was staged in Kota Kinabalu, Kuching and Penang.

TiVi is an adaptation of a novella national laureate Shannon Ahmad and directed himself in 2003 and funded under the program by the Teater Kecil of the Sastera Kebangsaan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

2 Jam Sebelum Sultan Alauddin Syahid Diracun staged on 25 to 29 August 2008 in the Auditorium Akademi Pengajian Islam UM and characterized by Pentas magazine Volume 3 Number 4 issue of the Palace of Culture as a 'staging the monumental'.

On 13–16 August 2009 at Wisma ITNM (Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia), Faisal Tehrani back to lead a religious theater show Kopitiam Ghadir.

[26] Beginning in 2012, TV2 had released a television adaptation of Pelangi Ada Tujuh Warna, which tells a female entrepreneur trapped in misyar often practiced by adherents of the Wahhabi ideology.

[28] Among his academic writings which had reference is The Malaysian Shi'a: A Preliminary Study of Their History, Oppression, and Denied Rights (2013), Axiology of Pilgrimage: Malaysian Shi'ites Ziyarat in Iran and Iraq (2013), Javanese Sufism and Prophetic Literature (2011), Pengantar Hak Asasi Manusia Moden dan Hujah Sangkalan Ia Bertentangan Dengan Islam (2015),[29] Human Rights Lesson from Selected Malay Proverbs (2016) and Religious Freedom in Malaysia: The Reading of Qur’an 2:256 (2016) which is contained in The Qur’an in the Malay-Indonesian World under series Routledge Studies in the Qur’an.

1515 reversed the history of the Portuguese attack on Malacca by giving the success of the Malays through the heroic character of Tun Nyemah Mulia.

In 2008, Mufti of Perlis Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin whom often associated with Salafiism[35] had written a letter to the chief editor of Harian Metro plus its copies to the Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM) and the Home Affairs Ministry alleging Faisal of spreading the teachings of Shia Islam –a very taboo topic on part of the Malaysian government– through one of the chapters published in the Ketupat Cinta series;[36] which was further supported by JAKIM's Assistant Director for the Section of Aqidah, Mohd Aizam Mas’od.

[37] Apart from Mohd Asri, another Salafi figure who frequently accuses Faisal Tehrani as 'Shi'ite author' including Fathul Bari Mat Jahya.

Sebongkah Batu in Kuala Berang however continues to be sold in the open market as JAKIM has no absolute power to prohibit books.

On 3 December 2013, Faisal Tehrani received a letter from the Publishing and Text Control Division of the Quran, the Home Ministry announced five of his works were banned by JAKIM.

In an interview with Wall Street Journal Faisal explains that the novel's claim was banned by Shiite elements, "In this book, Ali Taqi questioned whether the possibility of a school of thought in Islam could be utilized to resolve the problem and the clutter of the Islamic version faced by the Sunni school of thought, which is merely a discourse, an academic discourse, so the Professor asked, Sunni and Shia are jointly put together to help resolve disputes, conflicts and crises?

It is mentioned in his paper 'Human Rights and National Literature: A Comparative Study of the Experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines' published in Asiatic 2 (2): 74–84.

The Dubook Press publication briefly introduces Articles 1 and 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 with the target audience under the age of five.

The Special Rapporteur considers the banning of these books is an act of intimidating and humiliating Faisal Tehrani, a human rights activist, as well as academicians studying in the field.

[56] Faisal Tehrani then challenged the banning of the four books on 29 June 2015 and requested a court review of the four books; Sebongkah Batu di Kuala Berang, Perempuan Nan Bercinta, Karbala drama, collection of Poetry, Ingin Jadi Nasrallah and a collection of short story of Tiga Kali Seminggugugu.

And I'm not always ignorant) On 6 May 2015, Faisal Tehrani was shocked when the Home Ministry decided to ban his four books Karbala(2008), Ingin Jadi Nasrallah (2010), Tiga Kali Seminggu (2010) and Sebongkah Batu di Kuala Berang (2011).

Mohd Faizal also produced a film in 2015 titled Leukerbad, which captures the travel of human rights activists in Geneva, Switzerland.

A three-man panel comprising Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi and Zaleha Yusof found that the order issued on 12 Feb 2015, was not in accordance with Section 7 (1) of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.

[68][69][70] On 27 June 2018, Faisal was called up by Putrajaya's Council of Eminent Persons to present his input on the way forward for Islamic bodies in Malaysia.

Faisal proposed that the government set up an advisory council comprising experts in religious and non-religious sciences to advise Islamic agencies in the country.

[71] During and interview with Free Malaysia Today (FMT), on 19 July 2018, Faisal Tehrani warns of likely conservative backlash as the Pakatan Harapan triumph on the Malaysian 14th General Election, and the fall of Barisan Nasional government.