Islamic law has one of its objectives, the protection of people in general and children in particular. Foster care is one of the ways in which this objective is realized. The paper argues that Islamic law recognizes foster care as one of the means of protection to children who are in need of care and protection. The paper therefore distinguishes be

In the area of grit blasting, it is well known that microscopically small abrasive debris gets trapped on the surface, and due to impact the grits might cause the surface to fracture and a fraction of it to be embedded. The same problem appears in abrasive water jet (AWJ) machining especially in the so-called deformation wear zone or striation zone

Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOEM) formulated an Educational Master Plan (2006-2010) to ensure the achievement of National Mission. It is a continuation of the previous plan that emphasized on accessibility, equity, quality and as well as to enhance the educational management and leadership effectiveness and efficiency aspect. The purpose of thi

This study attempts to examine the extent of the practice of strategic planning at International Islamic School (IIS), a sub-business unit of International Islamic University Malaysia. The main objective of this study is to investigate the extent IIS practice strategic planning for school excellence. For this purpose, a set of questionnaires using

The law on protection of the rights of a child including the abandoned child (foundling) in Malaysia was reformed by virtue of the Child Act 2001 quite immediately after ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by the Malaysian government in 1995. Besides the fact that the Child Act 2001 is enshrined with the

Relationship between husband and wife creates certain rights and obligations that both of them are to enjoy and fulfill. Maintenance is one of the rights of the wife and one of the obligations of the husband. There is no dispute among the fuqaha as to the husband's duty to provide maintenance to his wife. This paper seeks to examine the provisi

The application of simulation software packages for mould design and injection moulding process is becoming importance to optimizing the moulding quality and satisfy market needs. This paper presents the simulation of mould filling and packing for various polymer resin types. The filling and packing pressure phases for different type of polymer res

The relationship between parents and children can be established either through "blood," marriage, or adoption. This relationship gives rise to certain rights and obligations. This article seeks to examine the protection of those rights of adopted children under the law in Malaysia and to evaluate the extent to which the law protects the ri

A case study on a service quality of a faculty in one of the local universities. The study was based on Parasuraman's framework. The most important finding were the weaknesses or short of services quality came from the factor of human interactions.

Although the study of religion and its effects on social phenomena had received attention lately, most research in this area is from various religious perspectives excluding Islam. To date there is dearth of precious information regarding Islamic religiosity and its effects on entrepreneurial outcomes. In this exploratory study, a conceptual analys