A global concern about Islam has been drastically increasing along with some pertinent events in the last few decades. Eventually, the occurrences of 9/11, Middle East issue, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries have ignited this interest of a great extent among the masses around the globe.

The problem of discrimination in the appointment of arbitrators has recently drawn considerable amount of attention from both practitioners and researchers alike in the field of international arbitration. A number of problems endemic to international arbitrations, including that of racial biases, have already been addressed by researchers in the fi

Being one of the most progressive Muslim countries in the 21st century, Malaysia has remained the cynosure of all eyes in the Muslim world. One of the major institutions in governance is the administration of justice system, which generally promotes access to justice as the last hope for the less privileged. To this end, this paper attempts to reco

This paper provides a comparative study of sustainable dispute management practices in Malaysia and Japan. With a focus on land-related disputes, the tangible and measurable objectives of the study include the identification of common trends in court-annexed dispute management in Malaysia and Japan; sustainable practices in court-annexed ADR that w

The increasing growth of the Islamic finance industry and the proliferation of Islamic financial products in the global economy necessitate a framework for managing corporate disputes arising from internal differences and contractual relationships with third parties, particularly in banker customer relationships. Quality management in Islamic finan

The dispute resolution framework in Islamic finance as practiced in most countries has proven to be inadequate, particularly in its application and interpretation of the Sharīah. Malaysia has consistently proven its prime position in blazing the trail in most legal and regulatory issues in the Islamic finance industry. It has recognised the increa

The Central Bank of Malaysia (hereinafter referred to as Central Bank) has introduced the guideline on Shari‘ah Governance Framework for Islamic Financial Institutions (hereinafter referred to as SGF 2010) in October 2010 to have proper Shari‘ah governance. The SGF 2010 has been circulated to all IFIs under the Central Bank jurisdictions to ens

The crystallization of the Islamic capital markets in the last decade has led to increased acceptance of Islamic finance products in the global market. However, a fundamental question that lies on the intersection of law and Islamic capital market that has far-reaching impact on market practices is the extent to which the governing law clause in a

The importance and need to utilize the economic benefits of waqf cannot be overemphasized in the current global economic conditions. In order to become part of the global move towards the revival of awqaf, Nigeria, a country predominantly dominated by Muslims, needs to enact laws to regulate the management of awqaf properties. This paper examines t

Pollution of the aquatic environment by heavy metals has detrimental effect on living species. In this work, novel carbon nano-materials (CNM) and commercial granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorbents were evaluated for removal of heavy metal matrix (Cu, Ni and Pb) from aqueous solution to meet Department of Environment (DOE) Malaysia's guideli