This article attempts at exploring various Shari'ah issues related to the practice of takaful, retakaful, insurance and reinsurance and interaction between them in the practice of retakaful. It explores the practice of retakaful and its importance in modern takaful. The paper discusses the ruling disallowing takaful companies to cede part of th

The purpose of this paper is to explore consumers’ views on fast food restaurants advertisement. Data were collected by using convenient sampling method from Klang Valley area in Malaysia. The result of the research shows that customers’ are more influenced by internet advertisement followed by commercial advertising and print advertisement. Th

The primary attempt in this study was to explore the influencing factors of the Malaysian consumers toward the pirated products. To explore these factors, this study has conducted a survey among the Malaysian consumers. Structural equation modeling (SEM) approach was employed in order to examine the variables. From the result it is revealed that pa

The purpose of this research is to study the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image towards the perception of purchasing foreign goods by the young Muslim consumers in Malaysia. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed for measuring the relationship from young Muslim consumers in Klang Valley area. Finally, 230 qu

In this work, the feasibility of using an industrial fluidized bed furnace to perform low temperature thermochemical treatments of austenitic stainless steels has been studied, with the aim to produce expanded austenite layers with combined wear and corrosion resistance, similar to those achievable by plasma and gaseous processes. Several low tempe

This paper investigates the modal properties of car panels using finite element approach. The Finite Element models of the vehicle parts have been developed using the finite element of the fully car assembly model information and adapting it to our requirement. The modal analysis was performed to the natural frequencies and mode shapes. It is a req

The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between religiosity and consumers ethnocentrism towards the purchase of foreign goods by the Malay Muslim Consumers. This study also highlighted some propositions to guide future empirical research. Total of 450 questionnaires was distributed for measuring the relationship between religiosi

Antimicrobial properties of the methanol, chloroform or polybutylene succinate (PBS) extracts of leaves and rhizome from Imperata cylindrica were investigated against five clinical isolates of bacteria, namely Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans. In disc diffusion test the three ty

This study is to examine the satisfaction of customers towars the mobile phone services in Bangladesh based on the Mertin Fishbein's multiattribute attitude model. Some important factors or attributes (i.e., services) of GP and BL that affect the satisfaction level of the customers have been identified where customers give special emphasis. Two

Technological advancement in the field of medicine and its allied sciences continues to unfold new questions for juridical response from the contemporary jurists. In consequence, in the recent past a great deal of juridical opinions (fatawa),at the behest of both individual jurists and official bodies, have piled up. However, a reflective survey of