Gelombang penghijrahan Minangkabau, Sumatera Barat (Rajah 1.1) sedikit sebanyak mempengaruhi dan membentuk evolusi rumah warisan di Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Evolusi merupakan perkembangan, pembangunan dan perubahan yang berlaku akibat daripada beberapa faktor tertentu seperti faktor budaya, tempat dan juga kedaerahan. Maksud evolusi dalam New Oxford Dictionary (1998) ialah perkembangan, pembentukan atau pertumbuhan secara beransuransur dan perlahan-lahan. Cara hidup di sesuatu tempat dan adat resamnya juga akan mencorakkan perubahan yang berlaku di sekelilingnya.

Pendekatan penghasilan makanan dan pertanian yang berasaskan agroekologi sedang mendapat perhatian dalam kalangan penyelidik dan penggubal dasar. Hal ini kerana pendekatan ini telah berjaya membawa perubahan positif dari segi kajian peninggalan orang Melayu, pemerkasaan persekitaran masyarakat tani skala kecil yang berasaskan keluarga serta pembangunan masyarakat luar bandar, malah juga masyarakat bandar. Pendekatan agroekologi memberi tumpuan kepada kaedah SRI (System of Rice Intensification) bagi membangunkan masyarakat tempatan yang berfikiran berdikari. Dalam pendekatan ini, mereka digalakkan menggunakan sumber asli yang sedia ada di persekitaran mereka bagi pengeluaran makanan yang bebas racun kimia.

This dialogue highlights why knowledge on conflict and conflict resolution is an essential skill for any society, and provides a broad introduction to the nature, scope and practices of conflict resolution. Knowledge on conflict resolution allows society to understand the fundamental problems that give rise to conflicts, the power dynamics and recognition of interests of all parties. It emphasises the contextual nature of descriptions of peace and conflict and the importance of a thorough analysis in determining the most effective course of intervention. Here, the notion of wise and unwise approaches in conflict resolution is explained by referring to the actions taken by parties to curb escalations of disputes, including shifting the emotional positions to the achievement of interests of both parties. Another crucial observation is the relationship between law and solutions proposed in peace and conflict studies, with examples from both interpersonal and international conflicts. The elaboration is based on the C.R SIPPABIO framework as a comprehensive approach to study conflict resolution as introduced by Emeritus Professor Dr Amr Abdalla in his scholarly works. The Islamic viewpoint on conflict resolution are discussed in an interesting way, and this dialogue further highlights how, in addition to focusing on legal interpretations, Quranic interpretations must also take into account ethical dimensions and accountability to God.DOI: https://doi.org/10.33102/mjsl.vol11no1.430

It is essential to note that the debate on corporate accountability and social responsibility is now at the fore of business discussions as the results of significantly publicised corporate human rights abuses. The aim of this book is to provide business operators, policymakers, human rights activists, academics and students with insights on underlying issues relating to business and human rights in Malaysia. This includes issues of corporate human rights violations and proposed mechanisms to address human rights infringements by business entities. The authors believe in the importance of ensuring that business entities move beyond merely profit-making entities to being a responsible organ of society that respects human rights of stakeholders within its sphere of influence. Humanising business through corporate contribution to social responsibility is key to achieving sustainable development and realising the national vision of shared prosperity. This book proposes the use of soft law as a mechanism to help business entities enhance their awareness, understanding and compliance with human rights principles within their business operations. This book believes that the incorporation of human rights standards through a strategic system may help business entities transform their business operations into a more sustainable and socially responsible manner. It is the authors’ hope that this humble book will add some value to the existing literature thereby enhancing people’s understanding of the issues highlighted.

Buku ini membincangkan beberapa aspek kejadian melalui ciptaan-Nya untuk menyaksikan kebesaran Allah SWT. Penyaksian ini memerlukan ilmu supaya manusia dapat merasai kewujudan semua ini yang datangnya daripada pencipta yang mutlak iaitu Allah SWT. Bidang ilmu yang pelbagai di alam sebaiknya boleh membawa kepada penyaksian bahawa alam ini dijadikan melalui kebesaran dan kebijaksanaan Allah SWT yang mengaturnya. Syariat Islam tidak pernah menghalang ahli sains untuk mengemukakan teori, membuat penyelidikan dan menghasilkan penemuan baharu dalam bidang sains. Sains pula merupakan salah satu bidang ilmu yang membincangkan fenomena alam fizikal sahaja melalui proses pemerhatian, eksperimen dan induksi,Buku Rahsia di Sebalik Ilmu Fizik adalah satu usaha kecil bagi membawa pembaca menyaksikan kehebatan, kekuasaan dan keilmuan Allah SWT dalam mencipta sesuatu dari sekecil-kecil hinggalah sebesar-besar kejadian dengan penulisan yang telah dipermudahkan dari kaca mata ilmu fizik. Kejadian yang dirasai dan dinikmati sepatutnya diambil peluang untuk berfikir betapa hebat dan halusnya seni ciptaan-Nya sehinggakan tiada lagi manusia yang mampu mencipta sepertinya. Pembaca juga dibekalkan dengan sedikit asas ilmu fizik yang boleh digunakan untuk memproses kejadian dan menghayati ciptaan Allah SWT sehingga akhirnya dapat menimbulkan rasa penyaksian kepada Allah SWT.Boleh dapatkan buku ini di Penerbit USIM melalui pautan berikut:http://mybookstore.usim.edu.my/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=683

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33102/abqari.vol27no1.491Theoretically, western sociologists discussed the topic involving khamr drinking in the context of social deviance related to addiction and the causes of drinking that harm others, such as accident driving, violence, and crime. The interpretation of deviance is up to the norm of certain groups in society’s culture because the discussion of the social system is limited to the interaction between humans and humans only. However, social deviance from the Islamic viewpoint is totally different because it is discussed based on the Islamic social system that involves the element of tauḥīd (interaction between humans with God, whose name is Allah). In Islam, drinking is considered deviant not by society but by Allah as the source of Muslims’ norms. Fundamentally, the studies on khamr, from the Islamic studies, are on fiqh discussion. This article offers a sociological view of khamr drinking by having the fiqh of khamr as a framework to guide the perspective. Therefore, this research will provide other researchers with another viewpoint of deviance on khamr drinking.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33102/abqari.vol19no1.190This article analyses Imam al-Ghazali’s theory of the balance observance of ibadah (devotional acts or good deeds) among Muslims. Performing ‘ibadah, is part and parcel of the Muslims’ life. Nevertheless, the majority of Muslims—scholars and the public alike—place great emphasis only on the diligent outward performance of devotional acts, and on the observance of the outward requirements. However, Imam al-Ghazali goes beyond this normative practice, arguing that a mere outward observance of devotional acts is still insufficient, and indeed is still at risk. This article is theoretical in nature, and it involves bibliographic research, employing descriptive and analytic methods. The article founds that Imam al-Ghazali maintains devotional acts consist of outward and inward dimensions, and both need to be observed simultaneously and kept in balance. It is only through this balance observance that devotional acts will be transformed from mere physical motions of pure ritualistic observance to spiritually rich deeds, filled with real understanding, wisdom, and realisation.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33102/jcicom.vol2no1.44Today, social media are frequently associated with the propagation of defamation, which is believed to impact society negatively. Most of this fake news originates via Whatsapp, Twitter, and Telegram applications, indicating that this social media facility that facilitates the transmission of fake news continues to exist.This study aims to explore and understand the style of news writing in preventing fake news on digital media platform devoted to news literacy from the perspective of a media practitioner. The debate will focus mostly about fake news and the appropriate journalistic methodology for reporting on digital news sites. Identifying the factors that influence the evolution of the style of journalism on digital media is a further crucial endeavour. The objectives of the study were achieved through the use of semi-structured qualitative interviews. In-depth interviews were conducted with ten media professionals until the data set was saturated. According to the findings of the study, data journalism is the news writings styles that can aid in the prevention of “fake news” in digital media. In addition, research demonstrates that data journalism is characterised by data capture, graphics, and visualisation. This study seeks to contribute to the existing body of knowledge by demonstrating how the expansion of journalistic style on online news websites has made new journalistic practises relevant.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33102/jcicom.vol2no1.45These articles explore interpersonal communication in the tourism industry. As the industry faced changes post-pandemic, there is a great reason for the industry to refine people inside the industry, especially the frontliners. Since the frontliners are the first people met and greeted by the tourist, the responsibilities of these groups of industrial players are indeed higher than others. Pieces of the literature suggest that tourism service providers must have expressive communication skills to give a superior product and create a pleasant experience for tourists. Hence, tourism frontliners are expected to be able to express effective interpersonal communication skills both internal and external communication. Interpersonal communication skills in dealing with people are one of the major demands in the industry nowadays. This has created a skills gap in the hospitality industry, which must be addressed if businesses are to remain competitive. It is suggested that the staff in tourism and hospitality should be carefully recruited and should undergo continual training because their communication skills are a significant indicator of their ability to foster favorable interactions with clients. Therefore, this conceptual paper aims to suggest an Islamic approach to improve current tourism frontliners interpersonal communications through Islamic-based communications. The need for interpersonal communication skills in the tourism industry is also highlighted in this article. An integrated model of tourism interpersonal communication with Islamic-based communication was proposed at the end of the article. It is hoped that this conceptual paper will be a stepping stone for research in tourism communication from an Islamic view.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33102/jcicom.vol2no1.46Islamic tourism highlights the growing importance of what for many may be an untapped and unknown market. With one billion followers across 57 countries, Islam’s role in tourism is important to tourism and hospitality managers in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries. Consequently, government policies, strategies and programs have laid undue emphasis on the growth of ‘Halal-Hotel’; a total Islamic accommodation standard that prescribes by Islamic rules. Halal is fast gaining worldwide recognition and this is not merely because the Muslim Ummah is growing in number, but more significantly, because halal is being recognized as a new benchmark for safety and quality assurance. Unfortunately, there are ambiguities pertaining the criteria for ‘halal hotel’ in the hotel sector because the lack of consensus among stakeholders within the Muslim-friendly tourism and hospitality (MFT) sector in Malaysia. Furthermore, The translation of Arabic-Islamic terminology into Malay language may offer its advantages as well as challenges to all relevant tourism stakeholders within the Muslim-friendly tourism and hospitality (MFT) sector in Malaysia. In terminology translation, equivalents in the target language are usually preferred to be as concise as possible and able to maintain existing morphological and semantic relationship between the translated terms and other morphologically and semantically related source language terms. Moreover, researchers and hotel operators have struggled to arrive to an agreement as to what is the most appropriate term or concept that could best and comprehensively describe a hotel that operates according to the Islamic rules and regulations. Therefore, this research aims to identify the dimensionality of ‘halal hotel’ concepts and to explore the suitability of adopting the ‘halal hotel’ as the term to be use among the Muslim-friendly tourism and hospitality (MFT) sector in Malaysia. A qualitative research method is chosen to conduct this research, and the samples are from the stakeholders which consist of Islamic scholars, hotel operator and the hotel’s guest.