Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity by El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir

“…His effort culminated in his widely acclaimed theory of the Shari‘ah objectives (maqasid al-Shari‘ah) that consisted in developing a new and comprehensive legal hermeneutics whereby Islamic spiritual, moral and legal teachings are seen to revolve around realizing and promoting five necessary universal objectives. .....…”
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Economic evaluation of a solar water heating system by Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Ng, K C, Chandratilleke, T T, SHARMA, D, Koay, K H L

“…When different economic optimization criteria were applied to the CIAS solar system, it was seen that both the life cycle saving and the annualized life cycle cost lead to the prediction of the same optimum collector area of 1200 m 2. …”
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An Improved Wavelet Digital Watermarking Software Implementation by Khalifa, Othman Omran, Yusof, Yusnita, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke

“…The improvement could be seen in quality of the watermarked image (imperceptibility) and of extracted watermark (robustness).…”
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Institute of Public Relations Malaysia: a historical perspective by Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi

“…The development of public relations in Malaysia during the last 40 years must be seen within the context of the nation's metamorphoses as well. …”
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The Muslim World and the West: the potential of educational institutions in building bridges in the context of Malaysia by Hashim, Che Noraini, Langgulung, Hasan

“…The Muslim World and the West share the same global village but each has a different civilizations and worldview. Education is seen as a major vehicle in transmitting ideas, attitudes and beliefs. …”
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Modified anatomical reconstruction for symptomatic chronic acromioclavicular joint disruption: surgical technique and case reports by Mohd Sabari, Qiuzi Iqbal, Goh, Kian Liang, Awang, Shukrimi, Mohd Yusof, Nazri, Che Ahmad, Aminudin

“…Acromioclavicular joint (AC) separations are common injuries seen in orthopedics and sports trauma practices; and accounting for 9% of all injuries to the shoulder girdle. …”
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ADR in building contracts: special reference to PWD 203A (Rev 2007), PAM 2006 and CIDB Building Works 2000 by Abdul Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff, Mohd Zafian, Rozina

“…In Malaysia, ADR is seen as an alternative to litigation in resolving contractual disputes as it is perceived to be cost saving, more private and able to avoid ill-will or animosity as it sometimes does, in litigation. …”
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Symbiosis of religious principles and basic occupational values on Islamic work-life balance by Abd. Rokis, Rohaiza

“…In such a case, not only those humans may be seen as successful in fulfilling the work-needs, but also victorious in completing the life-demands as human beings. …”
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Islam and civilisational renewal: the case for "sacred science" by Moten, Abdul Rashid

“…Some opted for a “secularisation thesis”, others advocated liberalisation, still others advocated adoption of science since the Qur’an and science could be seen to complement each other. Seyyed Hossein Nasr asks for the revival of Islamic science. …”
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Civilisational conflict, renewal or transformation: potential role of the OIC by Ahsan, Abdullahil

“…Such questions relate also to ideas of worldview: the Renaissance worldview of the West may be seen to have been tainted by Darwinism and Freudianism while the Islamic worldview appears corrupted by extremism. …”
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A concept study on community based disaster management system in Malaysia by Ajayi, Binyamin Adeniyi, Hussein, Bakhtiyar A, Naseer, Mustafa, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…The current study explores the effort a nation; Malaysia, is putting in, using the knowledge and prowess enabled by the field of Information and Computer Technology, in managing disasters; both naturally and man-made; it feels strongly that the community; the institution of the mosque, in this case; through its coordinating agencies, could be incorporated into a collaborative systems with the government agencies on the management of such occurrences as they are seen to be the closest to the populace. This will no doubt, in our view, imply a change in attitude but it will indeed make the perpetual efforts of the Government agencies to yield the required results.We thus opined that training these communities, which is expected to institutionalize a comity of volunteers, in the science of how to gather information and make good use of same in the event of the disaster occurrence will go a long way in making the tax payer money worthwhile. …”
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Rethinking theory and practices in developing urban open spaces in Malaysia by Abdul Malek, Nurhayati, Mariapan, Manohar

“…Here, urban open spaces are seen as the alternative venues for urban gateway. …”
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Gender inclusive education in higher education: illusory or a necessity? by Abdul Majid, Hariyati Shahrima, Zubairi, Ainol Madziah

“…The growth and development of the Malaysian economy can largely be attributed to the success of the Malaysian education system which has seen literacy rate increases from 80 per cent for men in 1980 to more than 90 per cent in 2000. …”
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Between the adversarial and the inquisitorial trial by Kamarudin, Abdul Rani

“…It is then possible to ascertain whether justice is substantially seen to be done to both the opposing parties under both legal traditions. …”
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E-procurement success factors measurement in Indonesia: a trust-based formation model by Nanang, Herlino, Misman, Ahmad Fatzilah, Zulkifli, Zahidah

“…In terms of implementation, there have been many advances and successes, this can be seen from the many studies relating to the progress of the system. …”
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Electoral guerrilla theatre in the 2015 UK general election: critique, legitimacy and incorporation in the news coverage of celebrity election campaigns by Collins, Jeremy

“…Each of these celebrity candidates displayed elements of theatricality in their campaign techniques, and the paper argues that while the campaigns could be seen as a form of electoral guerrilla theatre, the news coverage of the period leading up to the election suggests that neither campaign provided the kind of critical satirical edge that such a term might suggest. …”
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Challenges and constraints in designing a localisation module for a multilingual cohort by Baños-Piñero, Rocío, Toto, Piero

“…Although this heterogeneity can be difficult to manage and will have an impact on the resources needed, it can also be seen as an opportunity to increase students’ awareness of cultural differences, which is key to working in localization.…”
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Cultural journeys in higher education: student voices and narratives by Bamford, Jan, Pollard, Lucie

“…The cultural diversity of university student populations can be seen to reflect the changing demographics of an increasingly international mobile workforce. …”

Introductory thoughts about peace, politics and religion by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Recent years have seen a growing literature on the interactions between peace, politics and religion, including their diverse and often complex relationships. …”
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Re-cycle/up-cycle: a conversation by Rossi, Gian, Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Drawing on the changing connotation of recycling in an environmentally concerned world, parallels may be seen in the conceptual and aesthetic adaption of existent ideas, and the physical re-use of items of performance. …”
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