Dynamic approach for real-time skin detection by Bilal, Sara Mohammed Osman Saleh, Akmeliawati, Rini, Salami, Momoh Jimoh Eyiomika, Shafie, Amir Akramin

“…To detect human skin colour pixels and to decrease the number of false alarms, a prior face or hand detection model has been developed using Haar-like and AdaBoost technique. To decrease the cost of computational time, a fast search algorithm for skin detection is proposed. …”
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Combating terrorism and the use of force against a state: a re-look at the contemporary world order by Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein

“…The paper concludes that multilateralism is the most appropriate way to combat international terrorism and that the latter can be effectively dealt with by coordinated and comprehensive law enforcement measures through proper international bodies, like the UN Security Council, and through appropriate regional organizations. …”
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Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience by Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi

“…The Chinese in Malaysia celebrate festivals like Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Mei where cultural celebrations such as the lion dances and Chingay procession take place. …”
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A comparative study between Ash'arism and al Faruqi on selected theological issues by Abdul Rahim, Adibah

“…Despite of understanding those issues from the perspective of classical Muslim theologians like al-Ash'ari, it is also important to highlight them in the light of modern approach of al-Faruqi which reflects them in more relevant values to our contemporary time. …”
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Product liability in Malaysia by Amin, Naemah

“…The applicable statutes like the Contracts Act 1950, the Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1987 as well as case law are analysed and explained to provide a helpful guide to this area of law. …”
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Misyar marriage between shari'ah texts, realities and scholars' fatawa' : an analysis by Osmani, Noor Mohammad

“…Some of them supported it vehemently, as it could reduce the number of ladies without husbands; while yet others strongly oppose it, as it sounds like part-time wives, which has no roots in Islamic heritage. …”
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Applications of Maqasid al-Shari’ah and Maslahah in Islamic Banking practices: an analysis by Al-Mubarak, Tawfique, Osmani, Noor Mohammad

“…The paper suggests that Bai’ al-‘Inah, along with few other contemporary practices like Bai’ Bithaman Aajil (BBA) and ijarah Sukuk needs to be thoroughly revised before being offered as a riba-free product, as it does not comply with the maqasid of Islamic Economic and Banking principles – economic development, social wellbeing, individual freedom and equality, elimination of injustice and poverty, etc. …”
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Tahir Jalaluddin and Syed Shaykh Al-Hadi's aptation of the Salafiyyah ideas into colonial Malaya by Zakariya, Hafiz

“…These ideas were brought to Malaya primarily through reform-minded students/scholars who had studied in the Middle East. and the cin:ulation of su/afiyva writings such as al-A1anfir that reached audience in Malaya. Like the safajiyya figures in the VI iddle East, the primary concern of the local reformists was the backwardness of Malay-Muslim community and the Muslim ummah at large. …”
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Home financing pricing issues in the Bay’ Bithaman Ajil (BBA) and Musharakah Mutanaqisah (MMP) by Syahwan, Syahidawati, Mohamed, Mustafa Omar, Abdul Rahman, Zaharuddin

“…With regards to the products, retail financing is observed to be so dearer to the society compared to other form of financing like trade and corporate. Home financing is regarded as the most influential one since it normally affects long term commitment of the customer.Thus, this paper aims at analysing pricing issue of home financing products offered in Malaysia specifically BBA and MMP. …”
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Short selling and the development of anti-shorting laws in the UK by Mohamad, Azhar

“…The opposers of short selling may be seen as lacking ideas and having the tendency to ban anything they do not like. Short sellers, on the other hand, may be seen as the elite bodyguards of the financial market whose job it is to get rid of overvalued stocks, and ultimately keep the market safe and efficient. …”
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Islamization of English literary studies (Twentieth Century) by Hasan, Md. Mahmudul

“…Literature tells us the story of human life. Like any other literary tradition, English literature concerns human beings, their experiences, sorrows and happiness. …”
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Mobile technology generations and cryptographic algorithms: analysis study by Jassim, Khalid Fadhil, Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha

“…The study based on some factors like features, services, standards, and techniques which have adopted in these generations.…”
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Native English: ESL learners’ perceptions of female speakers’ accents by Pilus, Zahariah, Zakaria, Nur Shahida, Zakaria, Muhamad Khairul

“…The students were asked to rate the speakers for a number of items including the ease of understanding, sounding comfortable to the ears, being an ideal English teacher and being a speaker they would want to sound like. The learners were also asked to state the nationalities of the speakers. …”
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Robust PID anti-swing control of automatic gantry crane based on Kharitonov's stability by Solihin, Mahmud Iwan, Martono, Wahyudi, Legowo, Ari, Akmeliawati, Rini

“…In addition, its design procedure is not straightforward for the system which is nonSISO (Singe Input Single Output) system like a gantry crane. In this paper, a stable robust PID controller for anti-swing control of automatic gantry crane is proposed. …”
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Online authentication using smart card technology in mobile phone infrastructure by Mantoro, Teddy, Milisic, Admir, Ayu, Media Anugerah

“…It becomes secure entity compulsory for getting access to privacy sensitive Internet applications, like those involving money transfers. Utilizing the NFC interface passes the personal user keys only when needed, giving additional strength to the traditional public key cryptography approach in terms of security and portability.…”
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Smartening the environment using wireless sensor networks in a developing country by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan, Hong, Choong Seon, Lee , Hyung-Woo

“…In this paper we explore the prospects of wireless sensor networks and propose a design level framework for developing a smart environment using WSNs, which could be beneficial for a developing country like Bangladesh. In connection to this, we also discuss the major aspects of wireless sensor networks.…”
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The scholarship of inter-faith engagement with others in the writings of contemporary muslim scholars by Shehu, Fatmir Mehdi

“…Such engagement can take place in different aspects of peoples’ daily activities, like religious, civilizational, political, sociological, cultural, economic, and so on. …”
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The use of prepositions among adult ESL learners in Malaysia by Sudhakaran, Beena

“…One predicament facing an educationist is whether grammar should be taught formally, or allowed to be naturally acquired, especially where there has generally been a deterioration of students’ grammar skills among English as second language (ESL) learners in Malaysia, particularly in the use of a syntactical category like prepositions. In order to get to the depth of the issue, a case study research design was carried out. …”
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A case study: establishing redundant access networks in the telecommunication sector of a developing country by Rahman, Mohammad Ziaur, Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…This work may also be useful for working on similar cases in other developing countries like Bangladesh.…”
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Qur’anic values and engineering studies: approaches and methods in the process of Islamizing engineering curriculum by Shuriye, Abdi Omar, Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…In process we have select some courses taught in the faculty of engineering IIUM and suggested basic approaches of Islamizing it and in that we exhibited some techniques for Islamization. We would like to acknowledge the precious assistance and wholehearted cooperation bestowed to us by the Research Management Centre, International Islamic University Malaysia, during the course of this research. …”
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