The fair and equitable treatment of the foreign investors has become a major concern of the international community not only in developing and least developed countries – perhaps because of the absence of proper laws and their poor enforcement in these countries - but purportedly also in developed countries. Legal protection to foreign owned prop

This study aims to investigate the attitudes of non-Arabic students towards reading short stories in Arabic at universities in Malaysia, with a focus on three variables: the students’ university, gender, and mother tongue. A mixed-methods approach was employed, using a questionnaire and semi-structured focus group discussion with 58 participants.

This paper will investigate the problem faced new Chinese Muslim (convert Muslim). As we know issues involving the converts Muslim are varied and sophisticated. Among them are the challenges of understanding Islam as a faith, welfare and psychological pressure from their family, house and society in addition as psychological pressure to adapt to th

Slope failure has become a major concern in Malaysia due to the rapid development and urbanisation in the country. It poses severe threats to any highway construction industry, residential areas, natural resources, as well as tourism activities. Thus, this study aims to characterise the relationship between chromaticity variables to be manipulated

Many advocate that a mastery of idioms is a reflection of native speakers’ proficiency. While understanding idioms is an important part of language acquisition, a language reflects its culture. The interconnectedness between English idioms and western culture may create uneasiness on some non-native learners as the usage of some idioms may not be

A significant rise in the number of English-speaking Muslims around the world calls for more attention on the proper usage of Islamic terms in the English language. Popularized by al-Faruqi, Islamic English refers to the English language modified to enable Muslims to carry Islamic proper names, nouns, meanings and concepts without distortion. This

Prayer is one of the fundamental pillars of Islam which must be performed even during illness. Prayer involves of process which start from cleansing of body, ablution and proper clothing before the actual prayer. Prayer also involves physical movement, concentration and recitation that can be difficult for patients who are having illness. (AL-Obaid

SOP yang dijalankan telah memberikan pelbagai kesan khususnya kepada perkembangan masjid dan jamaah sekitarnya. Pertama, jumlah kehadiran bagi solat jamaah berkurangan dan merisaukan. Masjid merupakan suatu institusi agama yang menjadi teras kepada perpaduan ummah. Semenjak SOP dikenakan, masjid menjadi suram meskipun SOP telahpun dilonggarkan sedi

The excessive reliance of fossil fuels and carbon production from daily appliances especially in tourism accommodation premises could cause detrimental impact to the surrounding environment. This is due to the increase of carbon emissions which is one of the major contributors for greenhouse effect especially in urban areas. In order to alleviate t

Degradation or decline of soil quality that cause shallow slope failure may occur due to physical or chemical pro¬cesses. It can be triggered off by natural phenomena, or induced by humans through misuse of land resources, excessive development and urbanization leads to deforestation and erosion of the covered soil masses that causing serious thre