This research aimed to assess the knowledge and awareness of healthcare providers about perinatal depression and the factors associated with it. Methodology: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted on Maternal and Child Health (MCH) clinics in Kuantan, Pahang. 220 healthcare practitioners (HCPs) completed the survey, which consisted of 2

At the turn of the 19th century, a small group of Malay population settled in the small island of Cocos (Keeling) Island of Australia as slaves/labourers for the private coconut plantation of Alexander Hare and then, John Clunies-Ross. The Cocos Malays originated from the descendants of Malay settlers from the British colonies of British Malaya, Si

Volume three, the last of a three-volume work on natural science for secondary school students, consists of three chapters. CHAPTER 1 carries the theme "management of the environment, balance, sustainability and the continuity of life". It starts with an elaboration of biodiversity followed by the nature of interdependence among living thin

This paper presents a prelude, an overview that sheds light on the theoretical underpinnings and historical development of the concept of maqāṣid al-Sharīʽah in the context of Islamic legal theory (ʽilm uṣūl al-fiqh) which touches on methodological and epistemological issues. The bulk of this essay then undertakes a relatively detailed ana

The Aquilaria malaccensis species of the genus Aquilaria is an abundant source of agarwood resin and many bioactive phytochemicals. Recent data regarding the chemical constituents and biological activities of Aquilaria leaves led us to attempt to qualitatively profile the metabolites of Aquilaria malaccensis leaves from a healthy, noninoculated tre

South-East Asians who went to fight in Iraq and Syria are beginning to return home. Some 800 to 1,400 Indonesians and 100 Malaysians travelled to the Middle East to join the Islamic State (IS) or other groups and a smattering of others from South-East Asian states went too. The number of those who will return home is unknown, and not all will pose

Albeit the international humanitarian law (IHL) set principles and rules for the protection of civilians and civilian objects such as the rules of ‘distinction’, ‘humanity’ and ‘proportionality’ in time of armed conflicts; it is undeniable fact that civilians have always been the major victims of all kinds of wars across the world. Acco

The purpose of this paper is to prove that undergraduates have the capacity to be engaged in conducting empirical research and generating knowledge. It discusses the outcomes of a recent research training programme offered to undergraduates at the International Islamic University Malaysia. The training programme was organized and conducted by the D

قاعدة الشريعة العامة أن المال لا يلد المال، وأن الربح والزيادة مرتبطان بالإنتاج أو التجارة عن طريق المرابحة أو المضاربة أو المشاركة ونحو ذلك مما يعتمده الاقتصاد الإسلامي بما يمكن تسميته الاق�

In some complex conflicts, the parties are so mistrustfully at loggerhead with each other that without ‘conflict mediation’ or ‘shuttle diplomacy’ direct communication between them would be difficult, though not impossible. This was the nature of the conflict in Afghanistan before US started her ‘shuttle diplomacy’ that lead to the rece