Critical success factors of the nine challenges in Malaysia's Vision 2020 by Islam, Rafikul

“…The present paper seeks to identify and rank the critical success factors of these nine challenges by applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process. A number of ‘front-line’ critical success factors are discussed at length. …”
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A new automated compact substation for distribution system in Malaysia by Ahmed, Musse Mohamud

“…Microprocessor based Remote Monitoring Devices have been used for customized software to be downloaded to the hardware. Power Line Carrier (PLC) has been used as communication media between the consumer and the substation. …”
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The utilization of information and communication technology among Islamic secondary school teachers in Malaysia by Abdul Rashid, Adnan

“…Since then, the government – through Ministry of Education – has introduced various initiatives to facilitate the adoption and diffusion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In line with the Vision 2020, Ministry of Education has draft ways so as to integrate ICT into education system. …”
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Islamic bioethics of pain medication: an effective response to mercy argument by Malik, Mohammad Manzoor

“…The researcher particularly deliberates on the contemporary Islamic discourse on the issue; by furthering the debate in line with the Islamic legal maxims and general guidance from the primary sources of Islamic law and ethics. …”
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Islamic microfinance as an alternative to conventional financing practices : The need to address the poverty in Pakistan by Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Abbas, Kausar

“…Hence, this paper explores the feasibility of Islamic microfinance as an alternative means to help the poor in line with the Shariah principles where the use of riba (usury) is prohibited due to unfairness and injustice. …”
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Religion and politics in America : the rise of Christian Evangelists and their impact by Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif

“…The Muslim world has to learn to appreciate that in Western societies the bottom line is the public opinion and not the wishes of the President/Prime Minister and his cabinet." …”
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A study of packet scheduling with mobile cellular channel impairments by Mohd. Ramli, Huda Adibah, Sandrasegaran, Kumbesan, Abdullah, Khaizuran

“…Therefore, intelligent design of packet scheduling for the LTE-A to provide Quality of Service (QoS) comparable to fixed line services becomes crucial. However, packet scheduling over the LTE-A system faces a number of challenges. …”
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Bank Rakyat Malaysia: vision remains while mission is revisited by Khaliq, Ahmad, Kazmi, Azhar

“…The consistency had to be maintained as it was in line with the founding fathers’ idea of serving its members. …”
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Corporate financing dynamics: Malaysia empirical evidence by Haron, Razali, Ibrahim, Khairunisah, Mat Nor, Fauzias, Ibrahim , Izani

“…There are evidences of target capital structure and firms do adjust to be at their target from time to time with a considerably rapid speed of adjustment, in line with dynamic trade-off theory. Firms in Malaysia are found to be under-adjust, being below the required adjustment to be at the target within a year. …”
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Integrating zakat into Indonesian fiscal sytem in the light of siyasah shar‘Iyyah by Nashr, Akbar, Kayadibi, Saim

“…The research will determine whether the integration of zakat into current fiscal system is in line with the Siyasah Shar‘iyyah or not. Keywords: Zakat; Fiscal; Integration; SWOT analysis; Siyasah shar‘iyyah, Contemporary fiqh. …”
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Low income housing allocation system in Malaysia: managing housing need for the poor by Shuid, Syafiee

“…Since early 1990s, Malaysia experienced rapid urbanization in line with continuous economic growth. Despite various housing programmes implemented by the Malaysian government together with private sector to provide housing for the low income people but the number of squatter settlements continue to grow. …”
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Investigating firm and country specifics in pursuing optimality. Shariah compliant securities in Malaysia by Haron, Razali

“…The size of Malaysia’s ICM is expected to expand at the average rate of 10.6% per annum to reach RM 2.9 trillion by 2020. In line with its future expansion, Shariah compliant securities are and will continue to be one of the important elements in ICM. …”
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Target capital structure and speed of adjustment: Panel data evidence on Malaysia Shariah compliant securities by Haron, Razali, Ibrahim, Khairunisah

“…The size of Malaysia’s ICM is expected to expand at the average rate of 10.6% per annum to reach RM 2.9 trillion by 2020. In line with its future expansion, Shariah compliant securities are and will continue to be one of the important elements in ICM. …”
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Does trade among ASEAN members promote efficiency? sectoral evidence from the gravity model by Mohd Amin, Ruzita, Hamid, Zarinah, Md Saad, Norma

“…Thus, this study finds that only „good‟, i.e., efficient intra-regional trade is taking place within ASEAN, which is in line with the objective of establishing the ASEAN Economic Community. …”
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Cash waqaf and Islamic microfinance - untapped economic opportunities by Md Saad, Norma, Anuar, Azizah

“…Given these shortcomings, the paper explores the possibility of using cash waqaf as a new source of fund for Islamic microfinance and proposes new concept and application of Islamic microfinance so that it is truly in line with the Islamic spirit of microfinance. It is hoped that with this new concept and application of Islamic microfinance, the use of microfinance is genuinely to cater for the needs of the poor and the needy and as a means to combat poverty as well as generating socio-economic growth of the Muslim Ummah.…”
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Formation of desired values: the role of parents by Yusof, Selamah, Mohd Amin, Ruzita, Haneef, Mohamed Aslam, Md. Noon, Hazizan

“…Different from previous works on values, the measurement of both these values is based on al-Ghazali's works in line with Islamic ethics. In addition, this study also determines the "oughtness" of both categories of values. …”
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Analysing factors influencing stated preference of the administrative and academic employees towards telecommuting in IIUM Campus, Gombak by Ismail, Farah Diyanah, Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez, Mohamed, Mohd Zin

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Customer satisfaction and switching behavior in Saudi Islamic banks: an exploratory study by Abduh, Muhamad, Altwijry, Othman Ibrahim

“…The finding of this study indicated that, internet banking, shariah compliance, confidentiality, bank’s type, accuracy of bank statement, new technology adoption, and front-line friendliness dimensions fall under the quadrant of “keep up the good work” with high level of performance and importance. …”
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Parents’ attitudes towards inclusion of sexuality education in Malaysian schools by Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah, Nurullah, Abu Sadat, Imam, Syed Sohail, Abd Rahman, Saodah

“…The majority of them (73%) supported the inclusion of various sexual health topics in school curriculum provided the contents were in line with religious teachings. The study has generated important empirical findings regarding local community’s response to school-based sexuality education. …”
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Maslahah’s role as an instrument for revival of ijtihad by Laluddin, Hayatullah

“…Its dynamism is due its general principles through which solutions for any conceivable situation could be sought. This is in line with the signification of the Quranic verse “we have not neglected in the record a thing...” …”
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