Whether in the time of war or peace, media, considered the ‘Fourth Authority’, must struggle to present the truth to the public, making no concession to any kind of authority. This paper gives a brief account of the 2011 Arab popular revolts with reference to media’s significant role in war. Then, it investigates the unethical role of the off

Jesus, the Messiah (‘Îsa in Arabic), a Spirit and Word from Allah. He was the son of Virgin Mary, daughter of Joachim (Imran), the last Prophet sent to the Children of Israel. The lineage of Jesus is the same as his mother's, since he was born miraculously without a father (i.e. of virgin birth). Paradoxically, the New Testament, despite ref

Patterning and Geometries of Malay Interior Architecture Modern Mosques in the Malay world is primarily, a symbol of Islamic architecture of the highest quality and aesthetic value. Islamic art has been constantly infused in Malay regional architecture thru motifs and ornamentation. The three different motifs, are namely floral, geometry and callig

Coscinium fenestratum has been used in the traditional medicine, especially in the Ayurvedic method of healing as this plant can be found vastly in the Western Ghats of India. The distribution of this plant is concentrated to the Southeast Asiaincluding Sri Lanka, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, West Java, Borneo, Northeast

The main purpose of this article is to provide an introductory discussion of one of several knowledge synthesis projects with which I have been engaged in the past one decade. I call this particular project “Postmodern Synthesis of Islamic Science and Modern Science.” For clarity about the whole purpose of this project, an explanation of the te

The Muslim World in particular has witnessed conflicts in different areas, which have hindered the developmental efforts of the nations concerned. Most victims of these conflicts are women and children. This article attempts to elaborate the role of Muslim women as a crucial segment in civil society in initiating peace building through the nurturin

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in financial network. The financial network helps to visualize the complex relationship between stocks traded in the market. This paper investigates the stock market network in Bursa Malaysia during the 2008 global financial crisis. The financial network is based on the top hundred companies listed

We study the phase diagrams for the Potts model with competing binary, ternary and quaternary interactions on Cayley tree of order 2. At vanishing temperature T, the phase diagram is fully determined for all values of competing binary, ternary and quaternary interactions. We extend the results (for the case Jq = 0) obtained by Ganikhodjaev et. al.

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Ishmael (Isma‘il) in Arabic or Hebrew means: 'God hears'61. He was Ibrahim’s (Abraham's) eldest son, born by Hagar (Hager). He was referred in eight Chapters in the Holy Qur’an, namely: Al-Baqarah [2: 125, 127, 133, 136, 140], Âl ‘Imran [3: 84], Al-Nisâ’ [4: 163], AlAn‘am [6: 86], Ibrahim [14: 39], Maryam [19: 54], Al-Anbi