The main objective of this study is reflection on the Qur`anic approach on science. However, the focus point is to introduce the vital role of scientific discourse in the Qur`an on research motivation. The scientific spirit in Islam today, once again, needs reactivation for investigation in natural and human phenomena. The author holds the view tha

PLANNING SUSTAINABLE CITIESINMALAYSIA IssuesandChallenges MARIANA MOHAMED OSMAN ALIASABDULLAH MOHAMMAD ABDUL MOHIT AZILAAHMAD SARKAWI HUMPRESS INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA Published by: IIUMPress International IslamicUniversity Malaysia FirstEdition,2011 ©IIUMPress,HUM Individual contributors copyright ©Prof.Dato'Dr.MansorIbrahim

Islamic banking and finance is identified as one of the areas that may contribute to economic transformation for Malaysia. Malaysia is targeted to be the hub for Islamic banking services and education. The country has to keep up with a fast developing Islamic banking sector by providing adequate regulatory framework. One of the elements in this fra

Administration of Shariah criminal justice is only a small part of the judicial works in Shariah courts in Malaysia. The Shariah court system is a parallel court system to the civil court system with its own judicial officers, laws and procedures. Most of the courts' works involves marriage, divorce and distribution of Muslim estates. The admin

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Over the last two decades, neoliberalism has dominated housing policy discourse, formulation and implementation in many East Asian countries particularly since the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997-1998. However the neoliberal transformation remained uneven between countries. There are continuous debates on the adoption and rejection of neoliberal hou

Issues pertaining to Islam and the legal system of Malaysia, including particularly that of her constitutional system, need to be seen within the right context. One also need to understand the composition as well as the nature of the legal system, including its origin and developments, ever since civilization started in the country. All these mean

The ‘Ulam’, a traditional Malay dish, are plants that can be eaten raw, as a form of local salad. The shoots and young leaves of Melicope ptelefolia are among the popular species, believed to be high in nutritional and medicinal values. The metabolomic fingerprinting analysis of the ethanolic extracts of leaves of M. ptelefolia was carried out

: From the experience of law lecturers, essay writing assignment for law students has been besotted with problem of plagiarism or lack of originality. Presented with a question on a particular topic in a law subject, students tends to take the easy way out by simply collating relevant sections from several textbooks on the subject matter and presen

As citizen of the emerging global order, Malaysian – be it the government or the governed – has embraced information communication technology. The government embarks in ambitious project of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) which helps to propel broadband penetration among Malaysian to 56 percent. In ensuring adoption among Malaysian and supp