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The Doctrine of Sanctity of Life from Islamic Perspective
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Muslims believe that only Allah swt has the ultimate will and power over life and death. Life is merely a gift and a loan entrusted to mankind until death takes place. It is therefore forbidden for any person to intentionally end a life; to do so would be to commit a grievous transgression against Allah. Islam holds life in the highest esteem to th

Counseling the Apostates in Selangor: an Overview
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Islam is the religion of advice. Counseling the apostates is a form of helping them so that there is a possibility of them reverting to Islam. Apostasy is considered as one the hudud crimes in Islam and punishable with death penalty subject to certain requirements, according to Muslim jurists. In Malaysia, apostasy is considered as one of the syari

Anticancer Properties of Malaysian Herbs: a Review
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Discovery of drugs from medicinal plants continues to provide major leads against various pharmacological targets, particularly in cancer diseases. Hence, there are increasing demands to discover more therapeutic agents from various species of medicinal plants. Chemical compounds in plants are important for human beings due to their therapeutic pro

The Potential of Waste Cooking Oil as BIO-ASPHALT for Alternative Binder – an Overview
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Enormous quantity of waste products from by-products of frying activity could cause negative impact if not properly managed and disposed. Therefore, recyclability of Waste Cooking Oil (WCO) in binder modification to produce bio-asphalt can be a sustainable ways to minimize waste dumping while at the same time to reduce the usage of natural resource

A Review on Application of Waste Cooking Oil as Rejuvenator in Porous Asphalt Mixture
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Aging process of bitumen is one of the main obstacles, which limit the implementation of porous pavement. An aging process would cause a shorter service life of porous asphalt compared to the conventional hot mix asphalt mixture. The tendency rate of aging processes in porous asphalt is high due to the exposure of bitumen and aggregates binding in

Towards a Shariah Compliance Module for Health Care Centres with Reference to Spiritual Healers
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Generally, a good healthcare centre comprises of qualified manpower, right policies and right procedures in providing primary care, secondary care and tertiary care for the patients as well as in public health. Other than manpower, healthcare centres must also look at social, religion and cultural factors affecting the recipients of the healthcare

Towards Malaysian Sign Language Database
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Sign language is the verbal language for the people who have hearing impairment. Those people who have those kinds of problems are widely known as the deaf people. Basically the word of deaf is referred into two; the Deaf (with capital D) is the hearing impairment person who understands sign language and the deaf (with small d) is the person who do

The Implementation of al-Amr Bi al-Maa’ruf Wa an-Nahy al-Munkar in Malaysia: a Special Reference to the Roles of Religious Enforcement Division
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This paper is to discuss about the functions of Religious Enforcement Division at the State Religious Department in Malaysia in curbing any immoral activities as well as any syariah related crimes in Malaysia. In each division there will be Religious Enforcement Officers whose role are to warn the potential offenders and also to arrest anyone who h

User Acceptance of a Touchless Sterile System to Control Virtual Orthodontic Study Models
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Introduction In this article, we present an evaluation of user acceptance of our innovative hand-gesture-based touchless sterile system for interaction with and control of a set of 3-dimensional digitized orthodontic study models using the Kinect motion-capture sensor (Microsoft, Redmond, Wash). Methods The system was tested on a cohort of 201 part

Chemical Modification of Waste Cooking Oil to Improve the Physical and Rheological Properties of Asphalt Binder
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The performance of asphalt binder modified with waste cooking oil (WCO) is affected by the quality of the WCO itself because of the degradation process during frying activity. The quality of WCO can be determined by conducting an acid value test, wherein an increased acid value has caused the decreasing of rheological performance. Therefore, untrea

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