The law of crimes defines criminal and delinquent behavior and specifies sanctions that are enforced by a threat of punishment. In Malaysia, most of the penal provisions are contained in the Malaysian and Indian Penal Code. The Code declares what acts or omissions are offenses and also provides for their punishment. It specifies the circumstances i

Malaysia is known to have a diverse population across the racial and religious spectrums. However, a majority of the population identifies as Malays, and, thus, legally, as Muslims too. Although the development of the Malay identity had begun immediately after World War II, the stark division between Muslims and non-Muslims came out of the 1971 New

Legal harmonization is a fundamental notion of comparative law that has been on the international and national agendas for the last decade. Harmonization, which derives from the word “harmony,” has a variety of meanings, one of which, in the perspective of the discussion of this topic, is the readiness and the openness to recognize, acknowledge

In the recent days when the youth are drowning in deviant literary productions influenced by Western ideas and perspectives, came the preacher poet Ahmad Muhammad al-Siddiq authored poems aimed at human advancement and development. What is more interesting is that his poems have become a medium for him to disseminate the Islamic spirit as well as t

Studies and writings on maqasid al-shariah cover a diverse array of topics from international relations to human development. Furthermore, studies on the maqasid approach have also focused on Muslim minorities living under non-Muslim authorities with an obvious absence of Islamic laws being part of government’s priority. This study adopts an inve

تعد الأغنية الشعبية الفلسطينية وسيلة يستخدمها الفلسطينيون من أجل تعبير عن الواقع الذي حدث في أرض فلسطين خاصة بعد احتلّت الصهاينة أرضهم وسرقت كل ما عندهم من الأموال والبيوت والأحلام والآمال، �

While the chapters in this book were written at the height of the pandemic in 2021, this book is still very much significant in providing lessons not just for the future Malaysian government but others as well, especially in Southeast Asia. The chapters in this book show that the relationship between government management of the pandemic is highly

It has been about a minute since Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim became our Prime Minister. Since then, there have been some blunders and also some achievements. This, to be honest, is nothing remarkable. There is no such thing as universal condemnation or approval especially towards a government that is a coalition of coalitions. Except to politicians wh

Sebagai dokumen penting membentuk asas dan struktur negara berdaulat, kewujudan perlembagaan bertujuan menjamin kestabilan politik, keadilan, kesaksamaan serta kesejahteraan rakyat berdasarkan prinsip dipersetujui semasa pembentukan sesebuah negara. Terdapat dua jenis perlembagaan sebagai asas, iaitu perlembagaan bertulis dan tidak bertulis. Perlem