The paper aims to examine the way in which improvement on the effectiveness and efficiency of waqf management may be made through its relationship with beneficiaries, in this case the poor. The study uses accountability as the main conceptual lens informing this relationship. Although there are many ways to improve waqf management,it is important t

The presence of many words and concepts in the English language that do not correspond to the meaning held by Muslims has been highlighted by many Muslim scholars (al-Attas, 1993; al-Faruqi ,1986; Haja Mohideen, 2001, Ratnawati, 1996). Al-Faruqi (1986), for instance, argues that not only many English words do not convey the necessary meanings, but

Training medical professionals requires thorough planning through well-thought medical curriculum that takes into account the changes surrounding the profession itself and the expectation of the community with regard to the graduate that it intent to produce. The Kulliyah (faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, (IIUM) pion

The Muslim scholars are in general agreement that women are not entitled to hold the topmost public office of a nation. Is that due to certain provisions in the Qur'an and Prophetic traditions (ahadith) or due largely to socio-cultural and economic settings of a country? The Qur'an urges women not to make dazzling display publicly as practi

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of the time of apical pinching and genotype on plant growth, flowering time, and yield of Jatropha curcas L. at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia during 2008–2009. Three pinching treatments were used: no pinching or control (P0), pinching during transplanting (P1), and pinching at 30 days afte

Training medical professionals requires thorough planning through well-thought medical curriculum that takes into account the changes surrounding the profession itself and the expectation of the community with regard to the graduate that it intent to produce. The Kulliyah (faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, (IIUM) pion

In reconstructing a framework of architectural and design theory to be relevant to education and built environment and design in the Islamic world and which is capable to give rise to architectural and built environment form and design, there is a need to take a closer look at the values, revisiting the theories, trends and past tendencies in the p

Thousands of plastic factories are producing tons of plastic bags which are very popularly used by the people for shopping purposes because of its ease, cheapness and convenience of use but their very hazardous negative impact is never highlighted or, at the very least, openly discussed in a more serious tone. Many countries have banned plastic bag

The study explores the critical factors that influence financial planning after retirement among Malaysians, an area which has somewhat been largely overlooked by the extant literature. The study has used a quantitative method to survey a sample of 170 Malaysian citizens, from various places in the Klang Valley area. Exploratory factor analysis, co

Forty-two types of meat and fish products widely consumed by Malaysian population were analyzed for three high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) namely, fluoranthene, benzo[b]fluoranthene and benzo[a]pyrene using high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detector. Dietary intake of sum of the three PAHs was the