scholarly journals Islamic Estate Planning in Malaysia: The Dilemma (The Dilemma Perancangan Harta Islam di Malaysia: Satu Dilema)

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-268
Author(s):  
Azi Haslin Abdul Rahman ◽  
Rusni Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Document Analysis ◽  
Estate Planning ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Industry Development ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government ◽  
Planning Institutions

Islamic estate planning is very important in the life of any Muslims. Indeed, those Muslims who pass away and do not have proper planning on their estate indirectly breaching the bequest guidance as stated in the Qur’an which are the main source of reference for a Muslim life. Regrettably, the noble spirit of Islam is not well accepted, and many are not concerned with arranging their estate thus triggering enormous family debates and increase the unclaimed property after the deceased’s death. The present-day affairs of Islamic estate planning in Malaysia is still not encouraging despite the efforts by relevant institutions and industry players to expand the industry. The initiative was undertaken by the government to form a national institution known as Amanah Raya Berhad and followed by participation of private Islamic estate planning companies to provide estates planning related services. However, thus far only 700,000 individuals have declared wasiyyah as compared to the majority of Muslims among the 30 million Malaysians. The outstanding differences among subscribers of the services and who do not subscribe, open up to a real dilemma within the area of Islamic estate planning. This is the subject that motivates the researcher to study the issues in Islamic estate planning in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to examine the dilemma faced by the industry practitioners. This research is qualitative in nature relying on the existing literatures from internet website, document analysis and library literature. The scope of this study is relevant and pertinent to the overall Islamic estate planning industry development thus, intended to put forward recommendations for enhancement of Islamic estate planning in Malaysia including the possibility of establishing Shari’ah advisory framework for the Islamic estate planning institutions. Keywords: Islamic estate planning, Dilemma, Issues, Inheritance, Malaysia. Abstrak Perancangan harta Islam adalah sangat penting dalam kehidupan orang Islam. Bagi orang Islam yang meninggal dunia dan tidak merancang sebaiknya harta peninggalan mereka, dalam erti kata lain individu terbabit telah melanggar garis panduan yang telah ditetapkan di dalam Qur’an yang merupakan panduan utama bagi kehidupan seseorang yang beragama Islam. Prinsip utama panduan kehidupan sehingga peringkat kematian yang bersifat menyeluruh yang ditekankan oleh agama Islam nyata gagal diterima sepenuhnya oleh umat Islam yang akhirnya menyebabkan sebahagian dari mereka tidak merancang pengagihan harta setelah kematian. Situasi ini menyebabkan wujudnya perdebatan antara ahli keluarga atau waris yang berhak dan ini menjadi faktor kepada harta tidak dituntut setelah kematian seseorang individu. Perkembangan semasa pengurusan harta pusaka di Malaysia masih tidak menggalakkan walaupun pelbagai usaha telah dilaksanakan oleh pihak berwajib dan pemain industri. Inisiatif awal telah dibuat oleh pihak Kerajaan Malaysia dengan menubuhkan institusi dikenali sebagai Amanah Raya Berhad serta seterusnya kemunculan pelbagai pemain industri swasta dalam menyediakan khidmat pengurusan harta pusaka serta yang berkaitan. Namun demikian, sehingga kini, sejumlah 700,000 individu sahaja telah melaksanakan deklarasi wasiat berbanding bilangan umat Islam di Malaysia yang mencecah 30 juta orang. Perbezaan yang amat ketara ini berhubung individu beragama Islam yang mempunyai wasiat dan yang tidak berwasiat membuka kepada persoalan apakah dilema yang dihadapi dalam pengurusan harta Islam di Malaysia. Objektif kajian adalah untuk mengenalpasti dilema yang dilalui para pengamal industri. Kajian ini bersifat kualitatif dan bersumberkan literatur sedia ada yang dirujuk menerusi laman internet, analisis dokumen dan carian di perpustakaan. Skop kajian ini adalah sangat relevan dan bertepatan dengan keperluan dan perkembangan industri pengurusan harta pusaka. Kajian ini juga bertujuan untuk menyediakan cadangan bersesuaian bagi kemajuan pengurusan harta pusaka berdasarkan kaedah Islam dengan kemungkinan mewujudkan kerangka khidmat nasihat berlandaskan Shari’ah bagi institusi pengurusan harta pusaka Islam. Kata kunci: Perancangan harta pusaka, dilema, isu, harta warisan, Malaysia.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PELAKSANAAN KURIKULUM 2013 KELAS VI DI SDK FRATER XAVERIUS 2 PALEMBANG

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ria Triayomi ◽  
Avelina Meita Larassandi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Limited Time ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Material Compatibility ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government

The aims of this study are to describe the analysis result from the implementation of 2013 Curriculum in VI class at SDK Frater Xaverius 2 Palembang, also to describe the constraints and solutions that have been made by the teachers. Analysis of the implementation of the 2013 Curriculum was carried out by comparing the Lesson Plans (RPP) with the Teaching Journal. Researcher assess that material compatibility between planning and implementation was needed. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The subjects in this study are four parallel teachers of class VI and using purposive sampling in determined the subject to analyzed the documentation. Data collection techniques were through interviews with research subjects and document analysis of one teacher from class VI. Data analysis were done by collecting data, reducing data, presenting data, and drawing conclusions. Based on research that has been done, it can be concluded that there are 38.66% similarities and 61.33% differences in class VI material between planning and implementation of the first semester. This is complemented by the results of interviews stating that there is an Iris Curriculum to adjust to the lesson grid provided by the Government. Obstacles faced by teachers are including too much material content, limited time, in-depth material, and the application of character values. The solutions that have been made were providing additional material, utilizing facilities and infrastructure, class outing, also using creative and fun models and methods.

Planification: Potential and role in XXI century market economy

2016 ◽  
pp. 63-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Buzgalin ◽  
A. Kolganov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Real Socialism ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Planning Institutions

The authors, basing on a critical analysis of the experience of planning during the 20th century in a number of countries of Europe and Asia, and also on the lessons from the economics of "real socialism", set out to substantiate their conclusions on the advisability of "reloading" this institution. The aim is to create planning mechanisms, suited to the new economy, that incorporate forecasting, projections, direct and indirect selective regulation and so forth into integral programs of economic development and that set a vector of development for particular limited spheres of what remains on the whole a market economy. New planning institutions presuppose a supersession of the forms of bureaucratic centralism and a reliance on network forms of organization of the subject and process of planning.

Construction of an Achievement Test in General Science for Class IX Based on NCERT Syllabus

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sailendra Bhuyan ◽  
Punita Borpuzari Deori
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
General Science ◽  
School Students ◽  
The People ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government ◽  
Time Changes ◽  
Teaching Learning

Achievement test is of very important assessment tool to evaluate the student’s current level of knowledge and skill acquired from classroom instruction. This test is designed to evaluate the student’s level of achievement in a particular subject for a particular class prescribed under the board or the university. In other words, to assess how much the pupils have achieved the educational objectives in teaching learning process at the end of the course and if achieved then to what extent, it has been achieved. Achievement tests are proved to be very helpful in various ways to the people who are involved in the field of education such as the teachers, the administrators, the planners, to the parents as well as for the students. The teacher very carefully develops and conduct achievement test in the class which enable the teacher to get an overall idea of the progress or the level of achievement of his students in the subject area. The teacher can determine the pupil’s strength and weakness in the subject area. So, based on this the teacher can take necessary remedial instructional strategies for the betterment of the pupil’s progress. In the same time, it also provides feedback for the teaching efficiency of the teacher.As with the time changes there have been many educational reforms taken place and in between syllabus had also been changed under different Boards of Studies. In order to maintain uniform standard of education the Government has formulated a policy to implement NCERT syllabus common to all School Boards throughout the country and accordingly the State Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) follow NCERT syllabus and to evaluate students’ achievement in terms of the policy formulated by the Board. Till now, no any standardized achievement test has been conducted for the secondary school students of Assam. Therefore, the investigators felt to construct and standardize an achievement test in the subject General Science which will definitely help in educational research.

scholarly journals Parents’ Perceptions of Early Interventions and Related Services for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Saudi Arabia

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faihan Alotaibi ◽  
Nabil Almalki
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Early Interventions ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
The Government

<p class="apa">The present study sought to examine parents’ perceptions of early interventions and related services for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Saudi Arabia. In this study a survey was distributed to a sample of 80 parents with children who have ASD. Parents also were asked open-ended questions to enable them to provide suggestions. The findings indicate that parents have varying perceptions of early interventions and related services. However, they seem to agree that these services are important in assisting their children. Accordingly, parents have suggested that the government needs to increase these services by providing more centers for children with ASD in Saudi Arabia, providing more specialists to deal with children with ASD, promoting inclusion in regular schools and providing more information on early intervention.</p>

The 2016 Police and Crime Commissioner elections

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Source Material ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the 2016 elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and to compare them with those that took place in 2012. It seeks to evaluate the background of the candidates who stood for office in 2016, the policies that they put forward, the results of the contests and the implications of the 2016 experience for future PCC elections. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based around several key themes – the profile of candidates who stood for election, preparations conducted prior to the contests taking place, the election campaign and issues raised during the contests, the results and the profile of elected candidates. The paper is based upon documentary research, making particular use of primary source material. Findings The research establishes that affiliation to a political party became the main route for successful candidates in 2016 and that local issues related to low-level criminality will dominate the future policing agenda. It establishes that although turnout was higher than in 2012, it remains low and that further consideration needs to be devoted to initiatives to address this for future PCC election contests. Research limitations/implications The research focusses on the 2016 elections and identifies a number of key issues that emerged during the campaign affecting the conduct of the contests which have a bearing on future PCC elections. It treats these elections as a bespoke topic and does not seek to place them within the broader context of the development of the office of PCC. Practical implications The research suggests that in order to boost voter participation in future PCC election contests, PCCs need to consider further means to advertise the importance of the role they perform and that the government should play a larger financial role in funding publicity for these elections and consider changing the method of election. Social implications The rationale for introducing PCCs was to empower the public in each police force area. However, issues that include the enhanced importance of political affiliation as a criteria for election in 2016 and the social unrepresentative nature of those who stood for election and those who secured election to this office in these contests coupled with shortcomings related to public awareness of both the role of PCCs and the timing of election contests threaten to undermine this objective. Originality/value The extensive use of primary source material ensures that the subject matter is original and its interpretation is informed by an academic perspective.

scholarly journals The Farmer's Law

1910 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Ashburner
Keyword(s):  
Ninth Century ◽  
Difference Of Opinion ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Legislative Activity ◽  
The Government

The origin of the little code for the government of Byzantine agriculturists, which is known in the manuscripts as the Farmer's Law (νόμος γϵωργικός), has occasioned some difference of opinion among the learned men who have dealt with it. The greatest authority on Byzantine law, Zachariä von Lingenthal, changed his mind on the subject. He began by thinking it the work of a private hand—the compiler of the Appendix Eclogae—and assigning it to the eighth or ninth century (Historiae Juris Graeco-Romami Delineatio, p. 32). It was put together, in his opinion, partly from the legislation of Justinian and partly from local custom. According to his last view (Geschichte des Griechisch-römischen Rechts, 3rd ed. pp. 249 sqq.) it is a product of the legislative activity of the emperors Leo and Constantine and was enacted about the year 740 A.D.

Explorer without a country: the question of Vilhjalmur Stefansson's citizenship

Polar Record ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-241
Author(s):  
Janice Cavell ◽  
Jeff Noakes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dual Citizenship ◽  
American Citizen ◽  
American Citizenship ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government

ABSTRACTConfusion has long existed on the subject of Vilhjalmur Stefansson's citizenship. A Canadian (that is, a British subject) by birth, Stefansson was brought up and educated in the United States. When his father became an American citizen in 1887, according to the laws of the time Stefansson too became an American. Dual citizenship was not then permitted by either the British or the American laws. Therefore, Stefansson was no longer a British subject. After he took command of the government sponsored Canadian Arctic Expedition in 1913, Stefansson was careful to give the impression that his status had never changed. Although Stefansson swore an oath of allegiance to King George V in May 1913, he did not take the other steps that would have been required to restore him to being Canadian. But, by an American act passed in 1907, this oath meant the loss of Stefansson's American citizenship. In the 1930s American officials informed Stefansson that he must apply for naturalisation in order to regain it. From 1913 until he received his American citizenship papers in 1937, Stefansson was a man without a country.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-158
Author(s):  
Carl C. Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Whooping Cough ◽  
American People ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Federal Assistance ◽  
Children Under 5

REGARDLESS of how we, as individual physicians, may feel about the role of the federal government in the individual practice of medicine, the time has long since passed when we can afford the luxury of ignoring it. In past years the influence of the government on medicine has been mostly in general areas and perhaps least of all in that of pediatrics; but under the present administration there has been a decided change. For this reason it seems necessary to me to call to the attention of all Fellows of the Academy the particular items in President Kennedy's message of February 26, 1962, which relate specifically to the practice of Pediatrics. These may be considered to be three in number: The first of these dealt with the subject of immunization. On this topic President Kennedy said: I am asking the American people to join in a nationwide vaccination program to stamp out these four diseases (whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, and poliomyelitis) encouraging all communities to immunize both children and adults, keep them immunized and plan for the routine immunization of children yet to be born. To assist the states and local communities in this effort over the next 3 years, I am proposing legislation authorizing a program of federal assistance. This program would cover the full cost of vaccines for all children under 5 years of age. It would also assist in meeting the cost of organizing the vaccination drives begun during this period, and the cost of extra personnel needed for certain special tasks.

Telework amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: effects on work style reform in Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Hosoda
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Environmental Barriers ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Style ◽  
The Government ◽  
Japanese Companies ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose This study aims to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected telework initiatives in Japanese companies and investigate the factors that affect telework based on the technology, organization and environment (TOE) model, through the analysis of published documents. Design/methodology/approach Document analysis was adopted. Documents were collected from English news articles in the Nikkei Asian Review and Nikkei Asia which cover Japan's economy, industries and markets. The results of surveys by the Persol Research Institute and Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry were also provided to discuss factors promoting and hindering telework. Content analysis was adopted to analyse the documents. Findings COVID-19 had an unavoidable impact on the implementation of telework that the government had previously failed to instigate. Japanese listed companies tend to implement telework, whereas small- and medium-sized companies are struggling. The ratio of telework has been low even after the declaration of the state of emergency because there exist organizational, technological and environmental barriers to telework in Japan. Originality/value This study contributes to discussions on work style reform by focusing on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on telework. This research also gives new insight into operationalization of telework in organizations not only in Japan but also in other countries known for low rates of telework and inflexible work styles such as Korea.

Investigating the level and determinants of hibah knowledge: a study among Muslims in Kedah, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Syaedah Kamis ◽  
Norazlina Abd. Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Estate Planning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
The Government

Purpose This paper aims to explore the level of hibah knowledge among Muslims in Kedah and investigate its determinants, consisting of education level, education stream, religiosity, social influence and social media. Design/methodology/approach This study is quantitative in nature. Questionnaires were distributed to collect data from Muslims in Alor Setar, Kedah. In total, 195 questionnaires were collected and data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. Findings The study finds that Muslims in Alor Setar, Kedah have good knowledge of hibah. Further, education stream, religiosity, social influence and social media were identified as significant factors that influence their knowledge of hibah. Research limitations/implications The first limitation is its narrow focus in surveying Muslims only in Alor Setar, Kedah. The second limitation is the limited number of determinants used in investigating hibah knowledge among Muslims and the techniques used in analyzing the data. Despite these limitations, the study’s findings provide invaluable insights into the factors influencing hibah knowledge among Muslims in Alor Setar, Kedah. Practical implications This study provides insights regarding the significant personal factors and environmental factors to increase Muslims’ knowledge of hibah. The link between the Islamic education stream and hibah knowledge provides a clear indication that Islamic education can curb the economic problems caused by the substantial amounts of frozen and unclaimed assets in Malaysia. A significant relationship between the environmental factors (social influence and social media) and hibah knowledge also implies that the government and private agencies related to Islamic estate planning and management may use these significant determinants as part of the marketing strategy to increase the usage of hibah as an alternative tool for estate planning. Originality/value This study contributes to a better understanding of Muslims’ knowledge about hibah. The government and related agencies in Islamic estate planning and management can now gain better insights into Muslims’ level of knowledge about hibah and the factors influencing their knowledge of hibah as an effective tool for Islamic estate planning and management. Hence, more effective strategies can be recommended to enhance the knowledge of Muslims on hibah. The findings of this study should be of value to the government in its effort to address the increasing number of frozen estates in Malaysia.

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