This research is an analytical and an evaluative study of Arabic Language teaching as a second language in Arab universities (University of Mohammed Al-Kharnis in Rabat, University of Jordan in Amman and Umm Al-Qura University in Mecca). This research is motivated by the need to create an Arabic Language as A Second Language programme for the Islamic University College of Malaysia with effective teaching and learning processes. Among the questions that have long preoccupied our minds and the minds of pedagogy and education specialists is "What is the best way and the most effective manner to build learners' skills in listening,speaking, reading and writing?". Thus, the purpose of this research is to study how Arabic is being taught in these universities and to propose a comprehensive methodology of teaching the four skills for Arabic at the Islamic University College of Malaysia. This study is a combination of library, field, analytical and developmental methodologies in research. The library research provides an understanding of teaching methodologies in general and the cuniculum employed at these Universities. The field research gathers data on the administration and supervision of programmes, the qualification of lecturers and teachers, their methodology in teaching, the curriculum, the goals of the curriculum, the teaching aids, and the learners. It includes observation and the distribution of questionnaires. An analysis of all these data reveals the following findings: First, students acquire more knowledge and competence if the lecturer is linguistically qualified and eloquent but does not do much of the talking. Second, the Eact that the lecturer or the teacher endears him or herself to the students has a very essential role to play in the success of any educational process. Third, the use of teaching aids is of paramount importance for effective learning. Thus, the use of language laboratory and technologically advanced tools such as an electronic chair which corrects the grammatical errors of the learners is desirable. Fourth, there is a need for evaluating andadjusting the curriculum in order to suite the Islamic University college of Malaysia. We have found that the curriculum is at the begging stage; therefore, there is an urgent need for alternative methods in teaching that are informed by civilizational and scientific developments. we recommend the use of the curriculum and teaching methodologies suggested in "Teaching Arabic as a Second Language", a book published by Umm al-Qura University. This will ease the process of teaching Arabic language as a second language and also learners will be able to acquire the language in a short period of time with less effort.

Perkembangan bidang sains dan teknologi pada masa kini telah memberikan sumbangan yang penting terhadap kemajuan dalam kaedah pembuktian di Mahkamah Sivil mahupun Mahkamah Syariah. Hal ini berikutan penggunaan pembuktian saintifik di mahkamah untuk membuktikan dan mensabitkan sesuatu kes, begitu juga untuk membebaskan orang yang tidak bersalah. Penerimaan bukti saintifik telah diamalkan di Mahkamah Sivil seawal tahun 1950-an dan digunapakai secara meluas sehingga ke hari ini. Sungguhpun demikian, senario berbeza berlaku di Mahkamah Syariah di mana pembuktian saintifik amat jarang dilakukan. Pada hakikatnya, undang-undang Keterangan Mahkamah Syariah mempunyai peruntukan-peruntukan yang hampir sama dengan Akta Keterangan 1950 berkaitan pembuktian saintifik. Oleh yang demikian, makalah ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji peruntukan dalam undang-undang Keterangan Mahkamah Syariah berkaitan bukti saintifik dan penerimaannya di Mahkamah Syariah. Kajian kualitatif ini menggunakan kaedah penyelidikan dokumentari dalam mengumpul data primer dan sekunder. Data telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan kaedah analisis kandungan dengan pendekatan penalaran induktif. Hasil kajian menunjukkan pembuktian saintifik boleh dilakukan oleh ahli forensik. Hukum Syarak menerima dan mengamalkan pembuktian saintifik sebagai salah satu kaedah pembuktian dan penafian sesuatu dakwaan. Selain itu, undang-undang keterangan mahkamah syariah juga membuka laluan dan ruang untuk menerima pakai kaedah pembuktian saintifik melalui peruntukan berkaitan keterangan dokumen awam dan pendapat pakar. Terdapat juga prosedur-prosedur perundangan yang telah disediakan berkaitan pembuktian saintifik. Kesimpulannya, Hukum Syarak tidak menolak konsep sains forensik malahan telah menerimanya ribuan tahun sebelum ia diperkenalkan semula melalui nama, terma, dan konsep yang lebih saintifik dan moden. Aplikasi dan sumbangan kajian ini tertumpu kepada kajian undang-undang keterangan serta membuat penjelasan berkaitan pendapat pakar yang kurang dikupas dalam kajian-kajian terdahulu. Kajian ini turut memberikan kefahaman yang tuntas terhadap konsep sains forensik dalam konteks undang-undang keterangan Mahkamah Syariah. Kajian ini juga secara tidak langsung telah membuktikan kebenaran konsep shumūliyyah dalam ajaran Islam yang merangkumi pelbagai bidang ilmu.

This technical report contains cases, namely "Ancaman Pencerobohan Sistem Berkomputer"; "Dilemmas In Corporate Communication Division"; "Pertindihan Perintah Mahkamah Syariah"; "Panggilan Pulau Besar"; "Pencegahan SARS" and "Justice Delayed: Aida Melly Case". The case "Ancaman Pencerobohan Sistem Berkomputer" presented an issue relating to the ethics in computerise operation environment. "Dilemmas In Corporate Communication Division" looked at the factors in handling public complaints. While "Pertindihan Perintah Mahkamah Syariah" looked at the workings of syariah legal system. The case "Panggilan Pulau Besar" discussed about deviant teachings while the case "Pencegahan SARS" presented crisis management fkom Islamic perspective. The cases have valuable learning points and together with teaching guides, they could be usefbl for teaching-learning purposes. However, it must be noted that the cases are written as case research exercises and they are not meant to evaluate good or bad management practices. Any use of the cases and reference to them must be accompanied with written permission of the author(s) concerned.

This case refers to the incident in Broga, Semenyih. The controversial begins when Selangor Authority decided to move the lncinerator Project from Puchong to Broga, Semenyih. But, this project is being opposed by the society who lives in Broga. The society, as to profoundly oppose, has formed a committee, named Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, which is responsible to study in details of the draft Terms of Reference (TOR). And therefore, they have come out with several factors proving that there was a lack of transparency in the way the whole process of EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) study when it being conducted. Perunding Utama is the one who handles the EIA study. However, the government feels that the society is lack of information that the incinerator is a high technology logistic system, which prevents pollution and soil from the area. Both parties, then, negotiate in order to find solution while Broga's society is still hoping that the government will move the project to other place in Selangor. However, this case has been forwarded to SUHAKAM. The society has asked for second appraisal on the proposed project. How do they solve this conflict? Can they negotiate?

The emphasis on sector specific investment strategies has led to the emergence of industry specific calendar anomalies. This research attempted to find out whether the January, Monday, and Holiday effects exist in eight selected industry sectors in the Bursa Malaysia. Daily sectors' indices were gathered starting from January 1995 up to December 2004. A non parametric, Kruskal Wallis test support the existence of the January effect in the Malaysian stock market when all the null hypotheses are accepted. Thus, it shows that all sectors have a significant January effect. However, the result of Kruskal-Wallis evidenced that the existence of the Monday effect only existed in three sectors, namely the construction, finance and technology sectors. There were no pre and post holiday effect found in all holidays in the sectors under this study. Our results emphasize that understanding on calendar effect might enable the investors to get into the right timing of investing a new fund or trading in the specific industry sectors.

Ilmu sains forensik merupakan salah satu cabang daripada teknologi kini yang jarang diberi perhatian dalam perbincangan melibatkan hukum Islam. Pelbagai persoalan timbul mengenai penggunaan sains forensik dari kaca mata Islam. Justeru, buku ini merupakan kompilasi soal jawab yang disusun daripada Kolum Soal Jawab Fiqah Forensik, majalah al-Ustaz. Buku ini juga mengupas mengenai forensik makanan, harta pusaka dan jenayah seperti mencuri, zina, liwat, arak, judi, dadah, sihir dan sebagainya. Hukum penggunaan sains forensik dalam Islam juga dijelaskan. Buku ini sangat bermanfaat untuk dimiliki kerana huraian kepada setiap persoalan yang dikemukakan adalah lengkap dan mudah difahami.

Disaster And its Threat To Food: Analysis Of Crisis This study aims to assess and evaluate the disaster response system of food in Malaysia, the capacity to respond to disasters, and to promote the strategy for the dissemination of disaster management. The effectiveness of an emergency response in Malaysia will depend on the national food safety system in place and public health preparedness planning for emergency situations and preparedness plans that are developed and implemented long before any event occurs. For disaster which is classified as non-disastrous, the relevant agencies can handle using minimum resources and facilities at local level. In case of disaster caused by fire or hazardous materialsp (hazmat), Fire and Rescue Department Malaysia will act as a main agency to handle it. District Police Chief or State Police Chief which is relevant, still hold the responsibility as commander of disaster operation on scene to coordinate the involvement of the other agencies. Among the non-disastrous incidents are the vehicle accidentqthe small fire or a mishap in a lake or river. Therefore going by this directive, Emergency Rensponse Team (ERT) has a role to contribute and play in both disastrous and non disastrous disaster in assisting the government machinery.

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of annotations in nlultimedia on-screen texts using two presentational modes in enhancing learners comprehension level as well as vocabulary level. The subjects involved are 44 first year Biotechnology students of USIM. The methodology employed is experimental comparison of the performance of two groups of subjects under two different conditions: one using multimedia on-screen text with the annotations of 'text+animation' and the other using multimedia onscreen text with the annotations of 'voice+animation'. The instruments used in this study are the multimedia texts on "transgenesis method' which focuses on the processes involved in the "Protoplast Fusion' as well as the "Agro bacterium mediated transfusion' and a Comprehension Test that assessed the subjects understanding of the reading texts assigned. The neth hod of data analysis used is of descriptive statistics which uses the frequency count of the average (mean) value scores as well as the highest (max) and lowest score (min) in identifying the effectiveness of the multimedia annotations in facilitating the students comprehension level using the two presentational modes. Generally, the overall scores indicate that there is no significance difference in the use of annotations via the two presentational mode - 'text+animation7 and 'voice+animation' as the difference that exist in the scores are small. However, the findings do indicate that the subjects are found to emphasise on the use of their visual sense of modality in facilitating their reading tasks. Subsequently, this has resulted the students that are exposed to the presentational mode of 'text+animation' to do fairly better than the latter group 'voice+animation'. Finally, it is important to highlight here that the annotations (animations) found in the multimedia on-screen text, do to a certain extent, facilitate the students in understanding a science based text due to its ability to build referential connections between the two mental representations in short term memory hence, resulting in better performance in the tasks assigned

The global business environment is really demanding the investors to be prepared with the emerging and dynamic markets. Measuring company's performance is important for management, shareholders, government, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders that have importance or linkage with the wealth distribution directly or indirectly. To evaluate company's performance, we need tools that can be used to measure the performance and one of most popular tools is the financial ratio analysis. This paper will explore the use of alpha Jensen technique to classify the shariah compliance companies in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia into two categories i.e. performing and non performing. Then the result would be used with the companies 20 financial ratios to identify the model that could discriminate the performing and non performing companies using multiple discriminant analysis. The study found that only shareholders fund / share ratio is significantly contributing to the discriminant function.

Hadith11 Mawdu' (False Hadith) are created hadith that were claimed to have been delivered by the Prophet (p.b.u.h). They include his supposed speeches, deeds, declarations and everything that is related to him. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) reminded on the danger of the false hadith. Jt is prohibited as described in his hadith, which means: "Whoever lie to me intentionally should be prepared for his place in hell." The problem of hadith mawdu' is it is well spread and this research would concentrate on the existing hadith Mawdu in Klang Valley. Therefore, this research will focus on several occasions which the hadith Mawdu can be traced from various sources such as Friday prayer sermons, books, weekly magazines and religious lecture cassettes. The knowledge of the society about this kind of false hadith is also one of the researchers' main objective. The data is collected through interviews as well as questionnaires. The findings show that the level of understanding anlong the society regarding the hadith mnrvdzi ' is still very poor. Fro111 the surveys, we were able to trace about 60 hadith mawdu' in Klang Valley which mainly derive from religious books. 'the researchers also have interviewed prominent scholars and expertises in ulum al-hadith to get their views regarding the hadith mawdu. The development and advancement of Islam in Malaysia is also discussed at the beginning of this research.

The Sciences of Hadis Studies has emerged from the beginning of the teaching of Islam and is spreading out until today: the information and communications technology (ICT) era. It is found that from the history and its chronology, the preservation of the sacred teaching of Islam has been the main factor of the spreading of the Prophetic Hadis Studies. It is noted that when the studies has first been offered to the Public Institutions of Higher Education (IPTA) since 46 years ago, no particular research has been done to analyze its effectiveness towards facing this challenging era. The aims of this paper are first: to do comparative research on four chosen old and new Public Institutions of Higher Education (IPTA) which offer Sciences of Hadis studies. Perhaps various experience and new concepts could be suggested in such studies and its methodology. Secondly, to identify the strength and weakness of the educational system implemented at the, Public Institutions of Higher Education (IPTA). It is hoped that such identification could contribute new ideas in order to improve the way of teaching of such studies in the future. Competition in job opportunities nowadays has become one of the educational agenda being discussed. Furthermore, the Sciences of Hadis Studies is also included as to identify its capability of offering job opportunities. As a result, issues such as time limitation, restriction of duration of studies and less Hadis courses being offered have emerged. Moreover, inner self-weakness found in a graduate could also contribute to the failure of Prophetic Hadis Studies teaching style. It is hoped that by merging the ICT with the Sciences of Hadis Studies teaching, it could help upgrading the quality of such studies today and in the future.

Kajian penyelidikan Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) ini adalah satu kajian yang berbentuk ‘ex post facto’ dan bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti unsure-unsur agama yang terdapat dalam program latihan PLKN, beserta pendekatan dan perlaksanaannya dalam program. Kajian juga dijalankan untuk mendapatkan pandangan-pandangan daripada pelatih dan jurulatih berkenaan hal ini. Kajian ini berbentuk deskriptif ini melibatkan 344 responden yang terdiri daripada para pelatih dan jurulatih program latihan PLKN seri ketiga di sekitar Lembah Klang (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Melaya, Univbersiti Putra Malaysia, dan Universiti Teknologi MARA). Hasil kajian ini pula diperolehi melalui kajian soal selidik berstruktur dan tidak berstruktur yang telah diedarkan di kem-kem latihan PLKN dan analisis menggunakan perisian Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) dengan menggunakan kaedah deskreptif (kekerapan dan peratusan). Dapatan kajian mendapatibahawa penerapan dan pendekatan agama yang telah diterapkan dalam program PLKN masih belum menyeluruh dan mencukupi berdasarkan situasi masyarakat Malaysia yang multi-religious, multi-recial dan multi-culture. Mejoriti responden telah bersetuju dengan peranan agama dalam modul yang berupaya menjadi catalyst kepada pembinaan nilai-nilai positif dalam diri peserta terhadap keluarga, masyarakat dan Negara. Selain itu, kajian juga mendapati bahawa terdapat keperluan untuk memperincikan pendekatan dan pelaksanaan aspek agama dalam progam untuk pembinaan satu nucleus yang konstruktif kepada pembinaan Negara Malaysia yang bertamadun dan harmoni.

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Quranic memorization and Qiraat are considered important parts in the fields of Quranic studies. Their importance could be seen in their roles in preserving and ensuring the continuity and authenticity of the Quranic verses from mistakes and errors. As such, many programs are introduced in this field of study at the level of diploma by certified institutions specializing in that field. In the academic planning of 2003, the Faculty of Quranic and Sunnah Studies, Islamic University College of Malaysia, planned to offer a bachelor's degree in the field of Tahfiz and Qiraat studies. Therefore, it is the aim of this research to get the opinions of all the parties related to this program such as the students, teachers in the field of Tahfiz and Qiraat, future employers as well as members of society. Issues such as the necessity and suitability of the program, the capability of students in following the curriculum, and its prospects in academic advancement as well as future employment are the main points to be dealt with in this research. The methodologies adopted in this research include the methods of field research such as the use of questionnaires distributed to and interviews with selected respondents in parts of peninsular Malaysia. The findings indicate that the present level of Tahfiz and Qiraat studies at the diploma level is sufficient to cater to the needs of society. In general, the need for it to be offered at the bachelor's degree level is outweighed by the inadequacy of employment opportunities for its graduates in the job market and thus, must heavily rely on the support and assistance of the government.

Penyelidikan ini mengkaji kesan faktor bahasa arab iaitu terminology, semantic dan budaya terhadap penghuraian isu makanan dalam surah Al-Maidah dan surah An’am. Disamping itu, penyelidikan ini cuba melihat tahap pengetahuan masyarakat dan kesedaran mereka terhadap isu makanan halal. Bagi tujuan pertama, metod kajian perpustakaan digunakan mengkaji beberapa ayat al-Quran yang berkaitan isu makanan dalam dua surah tersebut. Dalam merealisasikan tujuan kedua, sebanyak 300 borang soal selidik telah diedarkan kepada responden yang terdiri daripada pensyarah, pelajar, pegawai, guru dan pengusaha makanan. Pengalisan Sciences (SPSS) dengan menggunakan perisian Statistikal Packages for Social dan jadual silang (Crosstabulations). Selain daripada itu , kaedah temu bual juga dijalankan dengan Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) dan Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Sembilan (JHEAINS) bagi mencapai tujuan kedua ini. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa ketiga-tiga aspek bahasa arab iaitu terminologi, semantic dan budaya mempunyai kaitan yang amat rapat dan mesti diambil kira dalam penghuraian isu makanan dalam surah al-Maidah dan al-An’am. Dapatan kajian ini juga menunjukan bahawa sebahagian besar masyarakat semakin mengambilberat terhadap isu makanan halal dan mengikuti perkembangannya. Namun, apabila dikaitkan dengan faktor-faktor ini terehadap penghuraian al-Quran khususnya ddalam makanan

The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of the Arabic language in terms of its terminology, semantic and culture focusing on the issue of food in Quranic surahs of al-Miiidah and al-hCiim. The research also tried to analyse the level of public understanding and their awareness towards halal food. For the first objective, library research method was used to analyse verses fiom the selected surahs regarding the food issue. For the second objective, 300 questionnaire forms were distributed to the respondents consist of iecturers, students, officers, teachers and food producers. These questionnaires were analysed using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences software (SPSS) which used the descriptive method (frequency and percentage) and crosstabulations. Apart from that, interviews were held with Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) and Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Sembilan (JHEAINS) as to achieve the result for the second objective. The findings show that the three aspects of Arabic language that are: terminology, semantic and culture have a close relationship and must be taken into account when discussing the issue of food in both surahs of al-Miiidah and al-An%. The findings of the research also indicate that majority of the community shows great concern on halal food issue and they also observe its development. However, when it is associated with linguistics. factors, it is found that our community has lack of knowledge regarding the roles of terminology, semantic and culture in the interpretation of al-Quran especially on the food issue.

The usage of Arabic dictionary in the process of learning Arabic is essential. However it is observed that students in Public Higher Lear~iing Institution in Malaysia who study Arabic are facing difficulty in using Arabic dictionary. Therefore a study entitled "The difficulty in using Arabic dictionary and its solution: a study among Public Higher Learning Institution's students (KUIM, UKM and UIAM) was conducted, to recognize the problem and offer the solution. This is both a library and field research. It is found that the problem arose from the inadequate knowledge among the students regarding Arabic dictionary, Arabic morphology (sarf) and the altitude of certain students especially those who neglected the practice of Arabic dictionary. It is recommended that the students should be provided with the knowledge and positive altitude towards the usage of Arabic dictionary.

This subject of the research is language problems faced by Islamic Studies students at two Malaysian universities, KUlM and UIAM. The research aims to identify and analyze the most common mistakes made by KUIM and UIAM Islam~c S~udies students in written Arabic. The research consists of two parts. The first part delves into the theories that explain how and why students make mistakes when writing in Arabic. The second part of the research consists of data analysis. A sample of a group of students' final year examinations is used to analyze and identify the most common mistakes in the writing of Arabic. The research indicates that the most common mistakes in written Arabic include the following: the misuse of the symbol Irab Usul and Furuk, the usage of AIi Lam Takrlf; penyelarasan kategori jantina, the use of the letter jar, and the use of pronouns, Aid after Isim Mausul. The research also revealed that the students' background contributes to the occurrence of common mistakes in examinations. The research suggests that the curriculum and syllabus for the teaching of Arabic need to be improved. Specific suggestions for improving the students' mastery of Arabic are also provided in this research.

The issues of unit trust performance has gained considerable attention due to its strategic implication for investment position. A number of studies have been conducted on performance evaluation of unit trust but without comparison between Islamic and conventional unit trusts. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the overall performance of Islamic and conventional unit trust funds in Malaysia. This study provides some insights on the risk, return, diversification, market timing and selection ability of selected unit trusts in Malaysia for the period of 2002 to 2006. It is found that conventional funds outperform the market and on the contrary, Islamic funds underperform the market. In terms of risk, both conventional and Islamic funds are less risky than the market. This indicates that both unit trust funds are safer investments compared to the market funds. Based on the results of R-square the overall diversification was low. This shows that managers are conservatives in selecting securities to be included in the investment portfolio. From results of the selection abilities and timing performance, the overall fund managers have positive timing and selection abilities irrespective of the fund objective. However, further analysis shows that managers have negatives timing abilities during 2004-2006, which implied that managers failed to shift their portfolio beta in the same direction to the market portfolio. It is clear that the managers are lacking of stock maintaining skills. The poor market timing capabilities of fund mangers is not peculiar to Malaysia's fund mangers as the literature similar results in developed market.

This study focuses on identifying and analyzing various issues and aspects relating to the principles and methods of Quranic Braille and its implementation in Malaysia. It aims to develop a suitable curriculum of study, which can be used in teaching and learning a new course offered by the Faculty of Quranic and Sunnah Studies entitled "Aplikasi Braille dalam Pengajian Quran dan Sunnah" starting from semester 11, 2007/2008 academic session. Apart from library research, this study adopts various field study methods such as interviews, observation, and opinion survey through the use of survey questionnaires as its main instruments for data collection. This is due to the difficulty in obtaining written materials on Quranic Braille, and most of the information is gathered directly from the experts who are involved with it for a long period of time. The findings indicate that in order for a comprehensive treatment of the subject matter, the proposed study curriculum must reflect all the available methods of Quranic Braille transcription in Malaysia in terms of their usage, strengths, limitations, and so forth. At the same time, contemporary study of Quranic Braille must also benefit from the latest technology, especially through the use of a certain apparatus and computer softwares which are available in the market.