This paper deals with the political understanding of one of the early masters of fiqh, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Awzāʿī (d. 157/773), as manifested in his biography and what can be substantiated of his legal scholarship. It argues that, although the principles of Islamic governance were systematically formulated and laid down by later generations, t

The purpose of the paper was to understand the manager's vision on CSR performance in business of Bangladesh. This study found that the manager's perceptions on CSR were varied from classical to socio-economic views of CSR. The reasons of such variation were contextual changes due to institutional pressures. But the actual CSR performances

The present study examined the attitudes of Malaysian rural parents regarding sexual health education in elementary schools. Using a comprehensive list of sex education topics, parents were asked to examine which topics they believed should be taught at schools. In addition, the study also assessed the relationship between parents’ demographic ch

Corporations, now a day, face pressures from different stakeholders of the business environment The changes in the environment have created threats to all of today's organizations. So, the managers have to look for finding the best possible ways of striking the implications brought by the changes. Mostly, it depends on better way of educating t

The paper explored the significance of residents’ experience with an array of green infrastructure in Taiping, a small town in central Peninsular Malaysia. It argued that the existence of a composite of greenery and open spaces in a town with pleasing qualities contributes to cognitive performance, through contact and participation. In particular

فإن الدعوات المعاصرة إلى فتح باب الاجتهاد، وإعماله في جميع مجالات الحياة اقتضت كما يرى كثير من المفكرين المسلمين تجديد النظر في منظومة علم أصول الفقه بما يضمن استيعاب المستجدات وتحقيق الاستج�

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the wear behavior of as-cast (AC) and heat treated (HT) triple particle size (TPS) silicon carbide (SiC) reinforced aluminum alloy-based metal matrix composites (SiCp/Al-MMC). Design/methodology/approach – Al-MMCs were prepared using 20?vol.% SiC reinforcement into aluminum metal matrix and develo

Finite volume form of Flowfield Dependent Variation (FDV) method was implemented into upwind scheme in order to solve one-dimensional Euler equations. The implementation of FDV method was motivated by its ability in solving the transition and interaction between different flow regimes based on the so-called FDV parameters which are dependent to the

The Micronesian island of Guam has been an important site for the study of tropical holothuroid taxonomy for almost 200 years. Despite such substantial attention by both expeditions and resident taxonomists, new records are being regularly added to the fauna demonstrating the challenge of documenting the biota of even a small hyper-diverse area. Gu

The family is a very important milieu in a person’s development. It provides not only material and financial support but also the social and emotional support that is imperative to a person’s growth. Bronfenbrenner’s (1993) ecological systems theory placed the family as one of the elements in the microsystem. The microsystem is a very importa