The purpose of this study is to provide a general exposition on the concept and management of zakÉt, in particular applying it to poverty reduction as an important panacea in today’s widespread situation of financial calamity of Muslim countries. The aim of this study is to analyze the implication of zakÉt as a financial instrument for poverty

The study attempts to categorize cultural elements in the Quran using the thematic approach. The study found that cultural elements in the Quran fall generally into two categories namely the material and the conceptual.

Virgin coconut oil (VCO) has emerged as functional food oil due to its capability to provide some biological activities which are beneficial to human health. This is due to the fact that some minor components like tocopherols and phenolics compounds are retained. VCO is prepared from fresh, mature kernel of the coconuts by mechanical or natural mea

Herbal medicines along with its preparations have been commonly used as preventive and promotive agents around the world, especially in developing countries. Motivated by economic profits, the high-priced value of herbal medicines may be substituted or adulterated with less expensive ones; therefore, the authentication methods must be developed to

Most core UN human rights treaties have been ratified by many countries including southeast Asian countries. The monitoring mechanism under the UN runs quite well and professional. The UN seems has been successfully achieving their organization’s purpose which is to promote and respect human rights and fundamental freedom. However, little evidenc

Protease is one of the most important industrial enzymes with a multitude of applications in both food and non-food sectors. Although most commercial proteases are microbial proteases, the potential of non-conventional protease sources, especially plants, should not be overlooked. In this study, horse mango (Mangifera foetida Lour) fruit, known to

Lembaga Urusan Tabung Haji (LUTH) (Tabung Haji in Bahasa Malaysia) is a successful model of pilgrimage management for the Muslim world. It began operations in Malaysia in September 1963 with a vision of providing rapid and professional services to the pilgrims, achieved through managing deposits and investments efficiently. Tabung Haji also handles

Convolutional Sparse Coding (CSC) framework has been proposed recently to explain relation between Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and sparse coding theory. The multilayered version of CSC(ML-CSC) is shown to be connected to forward pass of CNNs and dictionary learning and sparse coding algorithms of this model are analyzed for solving classif

Fermentation quality of Pennisetum purpureum (Schumach) cv. Mott ensiled with Lactobacillus plantarum [(Orla-Jensen) Bergey et al.] and sugarcane molasses in tropical condition was evaluated. Approximately 100 g portion of wilted material chopped into 20 mm lengths packed into plastic film bags and sealed with a vacuum sealer. T0 was untreated sila

Sonication decellularization technique has shown effectiveness to remove all the cellular components by the disruption of the cell membranes and removal of the cell debris to prepare the bioscaffolds. However, it is important to confirm whether this technique does not have a detrimental effect on elastin and collagen in bioscaffolds. The objectives