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This paper discusses issues of halal food and its role in halal tourism with specific reference to Malaysia and Singapore which have majority and minority Muslim...
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This study aims to investigate external barriers to political freedom, approaching to Quran with the question that, what the external barriers to...
Read More »The Hullabaloo Surrounding the Origin of the Muharram Festival Amongst the Sunni Malays
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This review will analyses the dissimilarities that appear in the determination of the Halal Standard of ethanol content in dietary production in each of the four nations and try to...
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This paper aims to shed light on the way Ṣadrā interprets al-Kāfī and particularly to determine his understanding of the ʿaql (intellect) at the cosmic (as first created being) and...
Read More »Political Participation in Democratic Political Orders+PDF
Political participation is seen as the backbone of a political state and an element ensuring the efficiency and reliability of a political system....
Read More »The Effect of Non-Verbal Messages on Muslim Tourists’ Interaction Adaptation
This paper examines (1) how non-verbal messages—defined as those that are not delivered face-to-face—trigger consumers’ interaction adaptation; (2) how experience and...
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This article evaluates the extent to which Islamic law and fatwas in Malaysia can control the practice and promulgation of...
Read More »Book Review: The Shi‘as of Pakistan – An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority
In his profound research The Shi‘as of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority, Andreas Rieck has produced an important volume and has covered the historical evolution of Shi‘as in Pakistan...
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