This paper discusses the role of Richard Francis Burton in engendering and perpetuating a number of misconceptions about Islamic architecture. The focus is on the notions of architectural plagiarism, architectural lawlessness and thoughtless syncretism, irregularity and disproportionateness, and Islamic architecture’s incompatibility with the dem

The differences in pungency of “sirih” imply the probable occurrence of several variants of Piper betle L. in Malaysia. However, the metabolite profiles underlying the pungency of the different variants remain a subject of further research. The differences in metabolite profiles of selected Malaysian P. betle variants were thus investigated; sp

This essay attempts to revisit selected events in the life of Prophet Muhammad (ﷻ) to demonstrate caliber leadership qualities possessed by the Prophet (ﷻ) throughout his lifetime with specific reference to certain events in Prophet (ﷻ)'s lifetime such as in the events of signing of Treaty Hudaibiyah, foundation of Islamic state of Medina

The study has two main objectives: firstly, to examine the opportunity of the Momentum and Contrarian investment strategy for three different monetary systems to trade currencies in Forex markets using Symlet wavelet decomposition approach. Secondly, to examine the co-movements between the three monetary systems using wavelet coherence analysis. Th

There is an emerging paradigm shift in English courts’ attitude towards Islamic law principles from cheer hostility in the colonial era towards modern convergence in the birthplace of common law. This situation might be a result of the heterogeneous nature of contemporary British societies, with its growing immigrant and religious communities, an

This review aims to identify hospital food service strategies to improve food consumption among hospitalized patients. A systematic search that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria was manually conducted through Web of Science and Scopus by an author, and the ambiguities were clarified by two senior authors. The quality assessment was separatel

The divine command that “Men are guardians of women” (Surah Nisa’: 34) confirms the natural prerogative right of men over women in Islam. Allah swt assigned the role of guardianship to men due to additional abilities of men over women and their expenses for the management of families. Family institution in Islam plays significant roles in the

A sequential process combining laser beam micromachining (LBMM) and micro electro-discharge machining (μEDM) for the micro-drilling purpose was developed to incorporate both methods’ benefits. In this sequential process, a guiding hole is produced through LBMM first, followed by μEDM applied to that same hole for more fine machining. This proce

This paper examines whether compliance with COVID‑19 mitigation measures is motivated by wanting to save lives or save the economy (or both), and which implications this carries to fight the pandemic. National representative samples were collected from 24 countries (N = 25,435). The main predictors were (1) perceived risk to contract coronavirus,

House is the most important basic need for the human survival, however many individuals especially those who are categorised in the category of generation Y still do not acquire a house due to various factors. It is quite a normal practice for most of homebuyers in Malaysia to purchase a house through banking institutions. However, as a Muslim, it