Due to the worrying relapse rates recovering addicts fall prey into regardless after receiving treatment and discharged from rehabilitation custody, an integrated psych spiritual module or specifically named Guided Repentance Module had been developed by researchers to curb this grappling relapse issue. Outlined in the this Islamic psych spiritual module are Islamic Sufism principles combined with interpersonal and intrapersonal elements, and is intervened by means of psycho-educational method delivery. Hence, this paper is undertaken to examine the effectiveness of a Guided Repentance Module intervened towards addicts, from a qualitative analysis of psych spiritual and drug-related locus of control, which act as the weightages in the module. This study employed an interview method with 38 participants from a selected rehabilitation center in Malaysia. The data collected is analyzed by using content analysis and several themes have been extracted from the participants’ feedback. From the findings, with respect to drug-related locus of control aspect, there are three themes which are i) emotions control, ii) understanding the importance of support system and iii) relapse prevention strategies. Whereas, for psych spiritual aspects, five themes have been derived. They are categorized as, i) the enhancement of faith in God existence, His Power, His Greatness and dependence to God in recovery, ii) having positive reflection in God’s fate, iii) the control of desire, iv) emulation of Rasulullah PBUH’s characters and v) the heightened understanding about Heaven and Hell. Thus, it was concluded that Guided Repentance Module is proven as effective as their sense of locus of control is enhanced for them to be fully responsible on their behaviors and psych spiritual dimension is complemented accordingly as internal strengths for them to maintain abstinence in recovery.

Purpose of the study: This article attempts to explain the procedures to a self-developed scale on how to identify one’s protective factors and risk factors integral to his or her likelihood of abstinence journey. Methodology: The 99 items in 5 domains constructed in this scale were incorporated from the insights of library search and one-to-one and group interviews executed with recovering drug addicts in a rehabilitation institution. To establish the scale to be scientifically reliable, the scale was tested its reliability and validity before it was administered for the real population. The validity of this scale was conducted through face validity with few potential populations to confirm its feasibility while the content validity was done by 2 experts from psychology and drug addiction counselling respectively. Meanwhile, the reliability test of this scale was undergone through a pilot study upon 132 respondents and some tests in Statistical Package of Social Science Version 21.0 (SPSS) were used to measure the internal consistency of the scale. Main findings: The consistency of the overall items of this scale was confirmed to be highly reliable with the value of Cronbach’s Alpha, 0.951. The result of the split- half score for the first cluster of the scale recorded as 0.94 whereas the second cluster was 0.95. The internal consistency also could be glimpsed from its ‘if items deleted’ analysis where the scores are ranged in a small gap of values between 0.929 to 0.934 signifying the scale was well-constructed in term of its language clarity and balanced distribution of items between dimensions and constructs. Applications of this study: This Abstinence’s Likelihood Scale in Drug Addiction (ALSDA-ACREDA) instrument is developed by researchers in which the purpose is to measure the likelihood level of drug addicts towards abstinence. Originality/novelty: The establishment of Self-developed instrument for Abstinence’s Likelihood Scale in Drug Addiction (ALSDA-ACREDA)

This study identifies the clients’ perception regarding to the inhalant use, consumption period, types of inhalant, inhalant as gateway substance and whether inhalant is not a choice or still being used. This study has adopted quantitative and qualitative approach. Samples of study were clients from selected rehabilitation centers including CCRC Dengkil, CCRC Jelebu, CCVC Sepang, C&C Tampin, CCRC Serendah, CCRC Kg. Selamat, C&C Bukit Mertajam, CCRC Muar, CCRC Papar dan CCRC Sarawak. The centers selected constituted to 10% of rehabilitation centers available in Malaysia. Total of respondents for quantitative were n=263 and for face-to-face interview, 10 participant were selected to triangulate the data from questionnaire. The samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The data from questionnaire was analyzed by using descriptive statistic to generate the data acquired. The transcribed interviews were analyzed and governed by using content analysis technique. Result showed that, inhalant use among clients in rehabilitation center is still progressively occurred. Most of them use inhalant for less than 5 months and the most popular and favored type of inhalant is glue or specifically called as “gam cap senapang”. A new innovated of inhalant is produced in which the combination of substances are made to fulfil the sense of pleasure. This study shows the classic theory of ‘gateway’ is agreeable. Keyword:Perception, Teacher, Inhalant, ACREDA, Drug

The crisis of error and confusion of knowledge in cumulative today is inevitable as it has given birth to the false leaders who are incapable of making correct decision in their scope of responsibilities. Secularism as the poisoning ideology had inflicted chaos to the proper metaphysical realm of God with the subordination of existents in ranks through their corpus of so-called modern knowledge that have been rendered dominantly yet arguably as mainstream intellectualism. The nature of unified and hierarchical knowledge is mistreated and broken into fragmentation because the supreme, first principle of Tawhid as the soul of Islamic thought is suspended in knowledge production of modern science. As an antidote to this issue fast forward after the Islamization of knowledge was introduced, the idea of integration of knowledge was also brought into the picture to resolve the same brand crisis. However, the initiative of integration of knowledge as one of those has been grappling to present its philosophical underpinnings as in tandem with Islamic worldview as the valid solution to the knowledge crisis concerned. Therefore, this conceptual paper is esteemed to examine the philosophical structure of integration of knowledge idea as seen from Islamic mega scheme of knowledge. The data collection method involved in this writing was purely library search with the selection of literature from the advocates of integration of knowledge and some referenced from Islamic epistemology. The facts gathered were analyzed through content analysis technique with the approach of philosophical argumentation. The main findings of this writing were two-folded: i) The presentation of ontological, epistemological, axiological and methodological examination of integration of knowledge idea and its limitations. ii) The proposed integration of knowledge framework as a one of the methodologies of Islamic source in knowledge production and preservation. We contend that the contribution of this writing would further reframe the implementation of integration of knowledge in academic research endeavor in the institution advocating this epistemological idea.

Studies on public’s awareness level about drug addiction seem to be imperative to bring forth the concerned society that have knowledge on how to deal with drug addicts and open to accept and support drug addicts’ recovery process. This research was aimed to study the methodological procedures of instrumentation of scale in which to develop an adapted instrument from Ireland Drug Related- Knowledge, Attitude and Belief Scale (KAB) into Malaysians’ context. Face validity of this instrument was undertaken through drug addiction counselling experts’ assessment on English and Malay Language (back-to-back- translation) and the content of the items structured. A total of 310 university students were involved answering the questionnaire for reliability test through random sampling technique. Reliability test was recorded high and reliable which was 0.824. This signifies that the adapted Ireland Drug Related-Awareness (Knowledge, Attitude and Beliefs) Scale is highly reliable and applicable to be used among the Malaysian adolescents population.

This paper sheds light on the shifting reality foreseen in the fourth Industrial Revolution (4th IR) era in which the blurring line between essences (physical, biological and digital) indeed complicates the truth to be pursued and this must be made apolitical and amoral. Maintaining the ultimate roles of Islamic university where the question of happiness, revivalism of Islamic intellectualism tradition and insan kamil mission become the main concerns, this paper is esteemed to refine the roles of Islamic university in its layers of practices resulted from the clear and sound Islamic epistemological understanding at optimizing the benefits and preventing the pitfalls of the 4th IR technological confluence that has been rooming into the higher learning education environment. The methodology of this qualitative study has focused on the analytical philosophy analysis (APA) research design where the critical interpretive synthesis was being conducted to generate data from randomly selected literature as the source of data. The findings are discussed in 4 key domains of roles of Islamic university which are restatement of philosophy of Islamic education, integrated curriculum design with pedagogy based on adab, strategized research activities and academic professionalism and leadership practices centring on principal virtues.

Dwelling in the sphere of diversity be it spiritual, religious and cultural settings like Malaysia, there must be a mechanism to put people together under the same roof and articulate with one voice in the course of humanity as the religion of plural society. Having the shared values such as tolerance, respect, cooperation, understanding and openness in religious and spiritual diversity are said to be the ingredients of unity in pluralism. Realizing this global aspiration demands strategies to be addressed at the grass root level, education is seen to be one of arenas that must be included to have a share in this mission. Therefore, some of recommendation of ideas are put forth in relation to uphold the proposition of unity in religious and spiritual diversity that are feasible and plausible to be implemented in Malaysian higher learning institutional level as so the Malaysian society we produce are the advocates of the world of peace, harmony, compassion, justice and dignity among human beings. In this paper, the roles of higher learning institution can be seen in four avenues, i) the practice of soulful education as the institutional philosophy, ii) demonstration of right notion of academic leadership in university ecosystem, iii) promoting interfaith dialogues in campus.