Purpose –this paper attempts to investigate the effects of consumer racism and ethnic-level consumer ethnocentrism on Malay consumers’ willingness to buy toward products associated with Malaysian ethnic Chinese. Design/methodology/approach – Potential respondents were obtained through social media platform and were directed to an online surve

This paper will deal with problems concerning issues and theories of Islamization of the Malay world, with particular reference to the absence of the important element in these theories, which is the role and contribution of the Malays towards the process of Islamization in this region. Furthermore, there will be a discussion of the problem of gene

As a Malay Muslim architecture, the traditional houses suggest characteristics of Syariah compliant (SC) design. In addition, assimilation of traditional Malay architecture to the hospitality buildings is seen as an approach to promote cultural tourism. Hence, this research aims to investigate the influences of traditional houses on the design of h

The disagreement opinions among Muslim scholars about permissibility for women to hold public office positions seem to be a never ending episode. The issue has been raised by Muslims all over the world, whereby the root cause is actually related to the misunderstanding of Muslim scholars about some controversial nuṣūṣ which related to the issu

The Department of National Unity and Integration (DNUI) designed community mediation programme to provide mediation as a method of dispute resolution to be adopted at community level. The Department trained “Ahli Jawatankuasa Rukun Tetangga” (Peaceful Neighbourhood Committees) to be the community mediator. The objective of this paper is study t

Carvings in forms of openings, roof ends and walls have been incorporated as aesthetic and climatic element in the Malay traditional buildings. Determining the ratio of solids and voids on carvings elements is seen as an essential step to gain insight on the performance of carvings as a shading devices to control sunlight and air flow. The research

Protein optimization can generally be obtained by rational enzyme design and directed evolution. Phage display has been used as a method for directed evolution. Trypsin has been studied as a biocatalyst in peptide synthesis despite its usual function in hydrolyzing peptide bonds. The objective of this study is to identify trypsin variants with a mo

Purpose: To investigate the accuracy difference between the surgical microscope and CBCT to find of extra canal MB2 in maxillary first molar among the Malay population. Materials and Methods: This was an in-vitro cross-sectional study on total of 83 extracted maxillary first permanent molars of Malay patients who attended the Polyclinic, Kulliyyah

Aim and purpose: To investigate the difference in biological behavior between Giant Cell Lesion in oral cavity with Giant Cells tumors in long bones by using transforming growth factor beta (IHC) marker. Materials and method: Total of 40 cases of giant cell lesions (C.G.C.G., P.G.C.G. and G.C.T) were included in this study. 17 cases were of G.C.T,

The conciliatory bodies appointed under section 106 of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) 1976 Act are not effective while, the existing legal provisions concerning reconciliation and conciliation processes are not adequate to reconcile the matrimonial disputes of non-Muslims in Malaysia. The focus of discussion is only on Marriage Tribunal. Thi