The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) organised its first indigenous world games (i-games) at its Gombak campus last week. This was the first of its kind among Malaysian universities and possibly among universities globally. It is befitting for IIUM to initiate the i-games given that some 7,000 of its students are foreigners from 115

ON the sidelines of the Sarajevo Business Forum last week, I visited a few universities in the Bosnian capital. This “internationalisation” is now part of the mission of many universities. I have some difficulty accepting this and have for long envisaged that internationalisation was a “construct” created to serve a western-centric agenda.

THE choice of TIME’s Person of the Year is likely to (re)define what 2020 is all about. Greta Thunberg has been quoted saying that it will be the year for action on climate change. Coming at the heels of COP25 which had to do some extended work in Madrid despite a two-week session, it gave the impression that she might be right. It lends credence

Knowledge has always been likened to a tree with its many branches representing the many disciplines of knowledge, some bearing fruits and flowers. the soul of education is to recognise what “virtue” is all about. For virtue is the root of the tree, so to speak; the unseen part underneath a tree that gives rise to the whole tree. the whole pers

Sejahtera Malaysia tidak sekadar laungan luaran sahaja, sebaliknya ia terbit dari hati luhur dan tabah dalam memperjuangkan kemerdekaan yang aman makmur lagi sejahtera.

In the modern era, the waqf concept has become more sophisticated and comprehensive and through it, many financial products and social programs have been developed, for instance, cash waqf and some security papers such as Shares-Waqf, Sukuk-Waqf, etc. Therefore, cash waqf can also be used in microenterprises to efficiently channel funds (interest f

In the current era, movies and songs are very common in our daily lives; hence language learners should utilize these strategies in acquiring a new language, especially when their benefits and advantages have been highlighted in many studies. However, there are still some limitations that are faced by instructors and learners when integrating songs

Islamic credit card (ICC) has been widely used for personal consumption. The use of ICC is gaining prominence as an alternative to conventional credit card as the concept and operations are permissible by the shariah. The paper aims to determine factors influencing intention to use ICC based on three variables namely benefits, fair charges and reli

This paper concerns the provision of affordable housing for the poor and needy Muslims through zakat and wakaf funding. The study’s objectives are to determine whether zakat and wakaf resources are employed therein, examine the roles of the zakat and wakaf authorities, and identify constraints and the ensuing strategies. The study was carried out

A good glycaemic control protocol requires an assessment feedback from clinical side for improvement to reduce dysglycaemia (hyper or hypo) and most importantly mortality in critically ill patients. This includes medical doctors and nurses' perceptions on glycaemic control protocol clinical feasibility where a good protocol needs to be simple,