One of the causes of the 2007 U.S. sub-prime crisis in 2007 is the use of traditional debt financing whereby the bank does not take risk of owning the property. Furthermore, the bank does not share its profit with customer and monthly instalment is pegged against market interest rate. This paper will initially examine salient issues (e.g. interest

Over the years, the scenario of the construction industry has become more challenging since the development of the rapid growth of this sector. In relation to that, safety issues have become a center of attraction in the construction industry. This paper reviews the safety practices at construction sites. Based on the review, there are ten safety p

The aim of this paper is to measure the efficiency of zakat institutions in Malaysia during the period of 2003 to 2007. Using a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique, the results show that zakat institutions have exhibited mean technical efficiency of 80.6%. The results also suggest that pure technical inefficiency dominates the scale inefficie

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is increasingly being diagnosed in children. However, there is no prevalence study done in Malaysia. The study objective was to evaluate the prevalence of SDB symptoms based on parental reports and associated risk factors among Malay school children aged 6 to 10 years old in a primary school using a translated Unive

This paper reported on properties of sago starch that was compounded with montmorillonite (MMT) nanoclay to form biodegradable composites film. The film was fabricated via film casting method with glycerol as a plasticizer. The investigated biocomposites film was prepared at starch-glycerol/MMT weight fraction of 90/10, 85/15, 80/20 and 75/25. The

PROFESOR bahasa Turki Uthmani, Arab dan Parsi yang terkemuka, Reynolds Alleyne Nicholson mengambil masa selama 40 tahun untuk menterjemah karya agung Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi, Mathnawi Rumi, lebih satu abad yang lalu. Maka tidak hairanlah sewaktu idea untuk menterjemahkan karya tersohor penyair terunggul Islam yang hidup lebih dari 800 tahun lalu it

Single cylinder engine is capable of reducing harmful emission to the environment due to reduction in fuel consumption. On the other side, supercharger is known to be able to boost air to substantially improve the fuel economy of passenger cars. However, some amount of power is required by supercharger, thus reducing the efficiency of the engine. F

This research is an attempt to explore the philosophical ideas of Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) with regards to man and personality. Iqbal, who had a strong Islamic background, promoted many positive ideas on man and on the latent powers of the human psyhe

Microfinance has been identified as an important tool that can reduce poverty in developing countries. However, current practices are similar to conventional financing which are traditionally based on debt and price against interest rate. These practices do not effectively alleviate poverty as the micro entrepreneurs remain indebted throughout the

The Arabic course at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia is an elective offered to first degree students. The objectives of this study are to investigate (1) the level of oral Arabic practice among UiTM students, (2) the correlation between oral Arabic practice and resource management strategies which consist of four sub components, namely, t