By the Grace and Mercy of Allah s.w.t, the long-held aspiration and hope of Muslims in Malaysia, and in particular, of the illustrious alumni of Kolej Islam Malaya of having an Islamic University in Malaysia became a reality when Dato' Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (now Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad) the then Prime Minister of Malaysia announced in January 1

This is a two-hour presentation to introduce young librarians to the rules applicable for cataloguing the Arabic materials and materials originating from Arabic resources. Besides aspects of romanisation, Arabic names and Arabic genres, participants were enlightened on how MARC 21 works on bibliographic relationships, collocation and OPAC display.

One possible reason why non-Muslims, in particular, do not understand various Islamic teachings and concepts is the failure of Muslims to explain in a clear and concise manner the meaning and significance of Islamic teachings,concepts or principles that are put across. Explanations using language which is simple and easily understood will help to d

Malaysia is one of the countries in East Asia that has experience the rapid economic growth during the early 1990s before suffered the severe downturn during the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997-1998. Following the crisis, the property sector particularly housing have badly affected and required federal government intervention to revive the economy t

The greatest problem that has confronted man since the beginning of his existence is the moral problem. Other problems (i.e., social, economic, political,religious, etc.) are only aspects of this master-problem. Man as a sound, rational and moral being, is always faced with the question: What are good and evil, right and wrong, moral and immoral ac

Poverty alleviation has been one of the major agenda of all civilized societies throughout the history. Different strategies have been adopted in Pakistan for the purpose, which include special programs and short-term measures targeted towards improving the earning capacity of masses and provision of social safety nets for the really poor. With a v

Presently, the tort system is used to regulate medical negligence litigation in Malaysia. Generally, this system provides for compensation only when a doctor or any other medical personnel assisting in the treatment of a patient is negligent. Previously, in determining whether a doctor was negligent in diagnosis, treatment and advice, the court had

This book reveals the emergence of liberal Islam in Indonesia by tracing the root of historical perspective. In fact, liberal thought emerged long before independence where secular Muslims made their efforts to expose their religious understanding in the community. Initially, liberal thought emerged from the secular group, which tried to portray th

The acts of pride, arrogance, superiority, selfishness, enmity and disrespect for others, have created since the very beginning of human history a very hostile environment, which has been an immense obstacle for the construction of a friendly and mutual engagement among people. Such engagement can take place in different aspects of peoples’ daily

Improving navigation performance of autonomous wheeled mobile robot (WMR) in a dynamic unstructured environment requires improved maneuverability. In such cases, the dynamics of wheel slip may violate the ideal no-slip kinematic constraints generally used to model nonholonomic WMR. In this dissertation, a new model is proposed to tackle the modelin