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Safety Consideration of Nutraceutical Products in Malaysia: Issues and Concerns
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Nutraceutical products have become widespread phenomenon for proclaimed benefits they seem to offer. Defining what products are classified as nutraceutical has always been a challenging task in some jurisdictions especially in Malaysia. Legally speaking, they cannot be considered as mere food, and they are not pharmaceutical drugs either. Due to un

Challenges Faced by Students in Completing a MOOC
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This study was conducted to explore the challenges faced by students in completing a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Participants selected for this study were restricted to post graduate students only who came from Iraq, Malaysia, Somalia and Oman. The number of students selected for this research was 6 with two master’s students and four PhD

re-Categorizing Recipients of Zakat Under Riqab for Sustainable Development Goals
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Re-categorizing recipients of zakat under riqab is essential to achieve sustainable development goals worldwide. Riqab or slavery is one of the standard categories of zakat expenditure sanctioned by Islam. Due to dynamic changes in the socio-economic and demographic, the existing categories of recipients of zakat under riqab become difficult if not

Hak Seorang Penghantar Makanan
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Sejak Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) dikuatkuasakan di Malaysia bermula 18 Mac 2020, khidmat penghantaran makanan dalam talian menjadi begitu penting dan permintaan untuk mendapatkan servis para penghantar makanan (rider) meningkat dengan ketara. Khidmat rider ini sebenarnya tidak terhad kepada makanan sahaja bahkan juga termasuk perkhidmatan ya

Outcome of Conventional and Alternative Assessment During Online Teaching and Learning Mode Between Open Book and Recall Test
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in lockdown of many universities throughout the world. Malaysia too was not spared from the lockdown which is locally known as the ‘movement control order’ (MCO). This situation forced both educators and students to shift towards online teaching and learning using digital platform. Prior to the lockdown, conve

project-Based Learning to Empower First Year Medical Students.
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Studying Medicine requires diligence and commitment. With many jargons, concepts and processes to remember this can be overwhelming especially to first year medical students. In Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, the subjects Microbiology, Parasitology and Pharmacology are taught as one module in first year. In this m

Institutional Investors vs Retail Investors: are Psychological Biases Equally Applicable to Investor Divides in Malaysia?
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Purpose – Guided by several pioneered studies, the purpose of this paper is to comprehensively investigate the investment behaviours of Malaysian retail and institutional investors in an attempt to identify whether the influence of psychological biases is equally applicable to investor divides. Design/methodology/approach – The researchers have

Role of Rumours and Locals’ Perceptions on the Level of Environmental Impacts of Lynas Advanced Material Plant, Kuantan, Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

project. This paper examines the role that rumours play in shaping public perceptions. It reports a study carried out in 2015 among residents living around a rare earth processing plant, the Lynas Advanced Material Plant (LAMP), in Kuantan, Malaysia. Primary data, derived from a semi-structured questionnaire-based survey of 570 respondents and inte

The Serendipitious City in South East Asia—urban Archetypal Design Principles from the Morphological ‘vernacular'
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

‘Serendipitious’ has been defined as occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way. “A serendipitous encounter” thus generally means one or a series of unexpected but pleasant encounters. A city, which is serendipitious, is a physical form, which has configuration and features which allows such encounters to happen. This pa

Influence of Curriculum and Demographic Factors on Somali Students' Civic Outcomes
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Somalia is one of the most fiercely divided countries in the world. The people of Somalia face an identity crisis as they have more than one identity (i.e., clan, national, and religious). In addition to this, the development of good Somali citizens is impeded by the absence of a nation to belong to, as there are clan-based states, a lack of clarit

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