Subject(s): Law of the sea | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Civil Law -- IIUM Summary: The high seas refer to the open sea which is beyond the national jurisdiction of States, that is, beyond the 200 nautical mile limit of the Exclusive Economic Zones of coastal States. The high seas are open to all States and shall be reserved for pe

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering -- IIUM Summary: Soda lime glass has versatile engineering application owing to its high hardness, good corrosion and chemical resistance. However, the low fracture toughness of the material does not permit machining using conventional approaches. It is

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Over the recent years, substantial evidences of the impact of leaders' unprofessional behavior and ethical lapses have been documented. These types of failures include the destruction of some of the world's largest companies and the re

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- IIUM Summary: This study surveyed a range of ideas of a select group of Malaysia's ulama and religious intellectuals who contributed to the discussion of economic matters from the early 1900s to the early 1980s. These ideas were then placed in context–including the political and social–to show the

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Qur'an and Sunnah Studies -- IIUM Summary: This study brings to light the life of Imam Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Razi (born 544 A.H./1149 C.E.; died 606 A.H./1210 C.E.) focusing on his concept of certainty (yaqin) with reference to his exegetical work Mafatil al-Ghayb. It aim

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences -- IIUM Summary: This study investigates the fiction works of Shaykh Ali al-Tantawi which consist of two anthologies of short stories, a series of children's stories, and a story published in the form of a booklet. The research relies on three

Subject(s): Economic Community of West African States | National security -- Africa, West | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences -- IIUM Summary: This study examines the securitization of non-traditional security threats by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) between 1999 and 2

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Institute of Education -- IIUM Summary: The main purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of alumni and their parents on the effectiveness of Islamic private secondary schools in Pattani Province in Thailand. The study was designed based on the theoretical framework of Lizotte (1991) of effec

Subject(s): Speeches, addresses, etc., Arabic -- History and criticism | Oratory | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Arabic language and literature -- IIUM Summary: This thesis aims to give a general view of the Arabic oratory position in Malaysia and the standard of Malaysians who are influent in it presents methods of developing Arabic

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Qur'an and Sunnah Studies -- IIUM Summary: This study explores three crucial aspects of the "freedom of i'tiqad (belief)", according to the Qur'anic perspective. It presents a clear explanation of the concept since there are misconceptions and misunderstandings about it. T