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The implementation of Islamic law in contemporary Malaysia : prospects and problems
(2009)
While the Federal Constitution of Malaysia readily proclaims Islam to be Malaysia's official religion, opinions have fiercely diverged among legal scholars and practitioners as to how substantive should the relevant clause ...
Islamizing formal education : integrated Islamic school and a new trend in formal education institution in Indonesia
(2009)
This study examines the Islamization of formal education at the pre-university levels with a focus on integrated Islamic schools that have proliferated in the context of increasingly Islamized Indonesian public sphere and ...
The Gaza crisis : impact on Southeast Asia
(2009)
A key dimension of the Gaza conflict which has attracted little attention is the security consequences for the stability of Southeast Asia. While regional governments have to balance domestic agenda with foreign policy, ...
Significance of Abu Dujana and Zarkasih's verdict
(2009)
The first ever Indonesian court ruling of convicts as terrorists and the branding of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) organisation as a "terrorist" one is examined in great detail in this paper. Beginning with the historical ...
Higher dimensional perfect space-time coded modulation
(2009)
We address the problem of designing coset codes for use over slow block
fading MIMO channel. We consider as inner code different codes built
over cyclic algebras (in particular for different number of antennas),
and ...
Computation of charge collection probability for any collecting junction shape
(2009)
Electron-beam-induced current (EBIC) of the
scanning electron microscope (SEM) has been widely used for
semiconductor devices and materials characterizations. The
charge collection probability within a collecting junction ...
Self-trapping of polarons with off-diagonal coupling
(2009)
A variational polaron wave function pioneered by Toyozawa is utilized to elucidate exciton-phonon correlations in a generalized Holstein Hamiltonian in the simultaneous presence of diagonal and off-diagonal exciton-phonon ...
Najib's UMNO : enter a new era
(2009)
A new leader, Najib Tun Razak, has emerged in Malaysia to take the country into the next phase of nation-building. He has spoken of reform and change within the dominant party UMNO to preserve power. What challenges await ...
The spread of the Tablighi Jama'at across Western, Central and Eastern Java and the role of Indian Muslim diaspora
(2009)
The Tablighi Jama'at is perhaps the single biggest Muslim missionary movement in the world today that nonetheless has features unique to itself; such as its aim of primarily converting fellow Muslims to what it feels is ...
Clashes at sea : when Chinese vessels harass US ships
(2009)
Recent clashes between Chinese patrol vessels and US ocean surveillance ships operating in China's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) highlight differing views on the rights and duties of countries in an EEZ. With the increasing ...