On 1 January 2016, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly promoted peace among the countries in the world through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Global Peace Index (GPI) 2018 however shows that such a goal is likely to be affected by the unresolved chaos the world has been experiencing for the past decade, which has brought about a gradual decline of peacefulness. This discussion involves the application of current legislation and how effective the legislation is in contributing to the peace agenda. In countries that practice Shari'ah law, previous studies have shown that rejuvenation of the law could play an important role in this matter. Therefore, this study proposes the idea of catalysing global peace through the strengthening of forensic science application in Shari`ah law. The qualitative study applies the inductive and deductive approach in obtaining general and specific conclusions from primary and secondary sources. The findings from this study show that forensic science application is relevant to Shari`ah law based on precedent shariah cases. This specifically involves Islamic evidence law, civil law, criminal law and criminal procedure code which fulfils some of the suggestions in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the Positive Peace pillars issued by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). It is hoped that the proposed suggestions will catalyse global peace, improve the GPI in the upcoming years and make the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a reality.

The Malaysian legal education evolves in the recent years due to the interest of the stakeholders in the legal industry. Among the vibrant development in the Malaysian legal education is the assimilation of Shariah education in legal education. Up to date, only International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM) offer Shariah education and legal education with an objective of enabling the graduates to practice in both fields in Malaysia. This is an added value for the graduates which contributes positively to the Malaysian need of graduates having both qualities of Shariah and Law. The challenge in providing such education is unique. Not only must the institution ensure adequate and appropriate curriculum structure, it must also provide capable educators in both fields and fulfill other requirements. This paper adopts qualitative study involving interviews of experts, collection and analyses of data from the universities, Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA) and Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia. It also involves doctrinal analysis of the corpus of knowledge on Shariah and law education. The outcome of the paper shows the need of legal and Shariah education in Malaysia and describes the running of the programmes offered by this nature.

The issue of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) mix-up has raised some concerns in the society. IVF mix-up may occur in cases of IVF treatment that resulted the baby had different DNA from the biological father. Malaysian Evidence Act 1950 presumed that the husband of the biological mother to be the father of the child. Since DNA test can now be relied in determining the paternity of an individual, one may view that the presumption of law may no longer be relevant. The scope of this paper is to examine the right of the born child and of the biological mother to refuse for the child's upbringing since it was claimed that there had been negligence along the medical process. This paper also will try to examine the issue of mixed-up of lineage from Shariah view point. It is best to ensure that disputed parties and the courts have a meeting of mind in trying to find the best solutions possible based on reasonableness as the interest of the child is the most paramount.