The greater challenge to Aqidah at present is no longer revolving around the theological differences of the past but rather around ideological challenges advocated by western thought such as, positivism, secular humanism, liberalism and post-modernism. These ideologies not only threaten the tenets of Islamic belief but more seriously the Islamic do

One of the limitations of the widely used United Nation Development Program’s Human Development Index (UNDP-HDI) is that it does not taking into consideration the weights of each dimension. In spite of this, the index has been used to rank countries in the world. This paper proposes a framework that uses fuzzy set theory to offer the indices for

In this era of k-economy, knowledge management is becoming crucial to take stock of the influx of knowledge available on the Internet as well as consolidating knowledge generated within an organization. This paper explores the legal and ethical ramifications of all the various processes of knowledge management from capturing, creation, sharing and

The accurate understanding of hadith and its related Sciences is indispensable as to comprehend the true understanding of the Qur'an and the Islamic teachings respectively.

The aim of this paper is to report the results of a study on management accounting and risk management practices in financial institutions. The research method involved administering a questionnaire to 106 financial institutions listed on the Malaysian Central Bank’s website and the respondents were the chief financial officers (CFO) or the most

INTRODUCTION Indonesia is a country within the South East Asia region with the largest Muslim population in the world. It has a total population of 290 million, 80 percent or 232 million of them are Muslims. Although the number and proportion of Muslims is significantly large, however, it does not correspond to the share of Islamic banking assets v

Meera and Abdul Razak (2005) suggested that the Diminishing Partnership (DP) Home Financing concept can be a viable alternative to Bai Bithaman Ajil (BBA) Home Financing. They argued that DP concept can address issues faced by BBA which is still the main financing mode of Islamic financial institutions to date. The major issues that have arisen are

This paper deals with an innovation of approaching Islamic Architectural Heritage through an educational learning approach named Problem Based Learning (PBL). The Department of Architecture (DoA), in Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design (KAED), of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), has implemented the so-called Problem

Paragangliomas are uncommon tumors arising from the neuroendocrine elements (chief cells) of the paraganglia and symmetrically distributed along the aorta in close association with the sympathetic chain. Although functional tumors are easier to diagnose due to the clinical findings caused by excess secretion of catecholamines and an elevation of th

A Canadian-based cooperative is looking at forging a working relationship with a Malaysian cooperative to develop the musharakah mutanaqisah (diminishing partnership) mode for home financing. The initiative, discussed at a recent conference organised by the IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIiBF), could possibly bring forward another