Inter-religious dialogue has been among the crucial issues since the early 20th century. Seminars and conferences on this issue have been conducted with the special agenda to embark on serious ways for building mutual understanding between the followers of different religions. Now, inter-religious dialogue has become more important as religion has

Good supply chain management is essential for a successful company. Supply chain management can reach beyond the boundaries of a single company to share that information between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. This is where the information technologies play an important role. Information technology (IT) facilitates companies

Tragedy of 9/11 has a far-reaching effect. It has changed systematically all aspects of the modern world history, especially the aspects pertaining to religions. Islam, in particular, has been the most badly affected and maligned among these religions as being projected widely the main agent behind the tragedy. Then, all negative attributes and sti

The multi-criteria decision-making has received significant attention by both researchers and decision makers due to its ability to derive effectively a compromise solution in the decision process. The focus of this paper is to propose a conflicting bifuzzy evaluation in the overall decision process using linguistic expressions. The approach is bas

Disposal of sewage sludge is a main problem faced by local municipalities in Malaysia. Sludge conditioned with chemical polymer often termed as undesirable use for land application. However, using natural polymer will help to reduce the impact of this problem. In this study, optimization using Moringa oleifera seeds as a natural polymer in sewage s

The increase in municipal solid waste (MSW) being generated each year poses a serious dilemma in choosing the best MSW disposal system in Malaysia. Since the decision process involves uncertainty, multiple considerations, and incom- plete datasets, a simple and e±cient method is urgently required in order to achieve a better decision. This paper c

This introduction introduces briefly the chapters/topics of the book to the readersINTRODUCTION Anis Malik Thoha Interest in the study of religion other than one‟s own has shown a remarkable increase. Among the world religions, Islam and Muslims have especially been the subject of a huge body of works by non - Muslim scholars in the world. Euro -

The government of Malaysia strongly encourages the Malaysian contractors to obtain ISO 9001 certification. The certification is to produce contractors that practice standards that are recognized not only in Malaysia but also abroad. However, the number of ISO 9001 certified contractors in Malaysia is very low if compared with the total number of co

This paper discusses an alternative computation approach for the fuzzy linguistics evaluation process that utilises the concept of ‘computing with words’. Three steps were established under the linguistic information; i) identification of the linguistic term set with its semantic, ii) choosing the appropriate aggregation operator of linguistic

This paper tests the use of Third-Person Effect Theory (TPET) on political campaign on self, family, supporters, non-supporters, and non-supporters of other parties. Previous research mainly tested the TPET on the mass media. Thus, the application of the TPET is extended to gauge the effect of political campaign. This is important as the campaign c