Investment activity is a new added feature in takaful operations nowadays, departing from its original role: protection. The paper aims to examine the concept and mechanism of investment initiative undertaken by takaful operators (TOs). It also identifies some issues surrounding its practice, i.e Shari'ah, operational, and legal issues. The Sha

This paper is a review of takaful industry based on Malaysian experience1 ISU-ISU INVESTASI DALAM INDUSTRI TAKAFUL: BELAJAR DARI PENGALAMAN MALAYSIA1 1. PENDAHULUAN Konsep takaful hadir sebagai alternatif dari asuransi konvensional yang diharamkan dalam Islam karena mengandung elemen riba, gharar (spekulasi) dan maysir (judi) . Berbeda dengan asura

The results of rain attenuation on terrestrial microwave links in a tropical climate has been reported in this paper. The results are presented in the form of rate of change of attenuation with respect to rain rate, denoted by S.R%p/. This is in turn used for predicting the expected rain attenuation at any %p of the time rain rate is exceeded in an

Conceptual framework of good management from the Islamic perspective Good management is the most important competitive factor for any business organization. Making oneself and others succeed is one of the crucial aspects of good management because it is the mechanism of planning, organising, leading and controlling the entire organs of a business o

Women are found to be more risk averse than men (Fehr-Duda, 2006; Watson & McNaughton, 2007; Eckel & Grossman, 2008). Women are also different from men in their leadership styles and attitudes towards ethics and risks (Gul, Srinidhi & Tsui, 2007). These differences suggest that the presence of women is capable of reducing accrual manage

the issues of privacy and security in online social networking sites have been the dual themes of utmost concern amongst many communities and IIUM community in particular. This article highlights the importance of online social networking sites such as: Face book, Google+, and Twitter and the issues of privacy and security in online interactions. T

Objectives: To study the effect of pethidine on the intrapartum fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern and to assess the neonatal outcome with regards to the interval between pethidine administration to delivery of the fetus. Materials: 73 healthy women intrapartum from labour suite hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia. Methods: This is a prospe

Objective: To investigate whether premenopausal hysterectomy has an effect on bone mass in women in their fifties . Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 25 healthy women who had premenopausal hysterectomy before the age of 45 and at least 2 years before the study with 40 healthy natural postmenopausal women 45–60 years old. Evalua

Objectives: To study the effect of pethidine on the intrapartum fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern and to assess the neonatal outcome with regards to the interval between pethidine administration to delivery of the fetus. Materials: 73 healthy women intrapartum from labour suite hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia Methods: This is a prospec

Good management is very essential for any business organization. Management is a difficult science as it deals with the planning and organizations of the various factors of production including the human behaviors. It is also not easy to set up and institutionalized good management system in the big organizations. The purpose of this paper is to de