Cultured meat is one of the most promising idea in food technology and it is expected to be in the market in the following years. One of the main obstacles is the acceptance of consumers that follow their religious teaching about food consumption, including meat. This article will discuss the religious perspectives on cultured meat, especially from the Islamic Law view. This study has implemented qualitative research and applied document analysis from the collected data of various sources. The result shows that there was high probability of cultured meat acceptance in the majority of the religions if the production complies with their religious meat dietary teaching. Further research must be done to investigate the acceptance of cultured meat among religious followers.

Inter vivos in the context of wealth and estate planning can be generally defined as a transfer that takes place between the livings. Parents are motivated to transfer for altruisme and exchange. In this context, this study aims to explore another potential motives of inter vivos, which is "affection". Data is collected through semi-structured interviews with inter vivos experts who have published articles in this area. The interview is encoded and thematic analysis is carried out to classify themes and subthemes that exist in the inter vivos transfers. This study discovers four main themes, which indicate that inter vivos transfers based on affection can be enlightened by the relationship between parents and children, responsibility for children, types of inter vivos, and effects to other heirs. Relationship between parents and children can be explained as parents transfer their wealth to the closest children, children who care for them and to family members only. Parents also are responsible to protect their children after they die and assist them who are in need. Types of inter vivos are considered as boundless inter vivos and without any material return. Inter vivos based on affection also aims not to abuse other heirs.

The permissibility of a revocable nomination of insurance policies is the recent fatwa issued by the Fatwa Committee of Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS

Tourism is an industry with significant economic impact as it contributes to the development of other economic sectors through a multiplier effect. The location of Kampung Seberang Ramai, which is relatively unknown to the public, makes it difficult to discover this area with paper maps. In addition, this area has a good potential to become a tourist attraction in Perlis. Currently, the area is being upgraded by MAIP under the Diraja Program Transformasi Kampung Seberang Ramai project to make it more attractive. The technology of GIS has many potential applications in tourism management and planning. Some of the most important aspects of GIS that could support tourism planning are managing spatial data and providing important value-added information. The objective of this study is to develop a web-based system for Kampung Seberang Ramai, Perlis. This web-based system will allow public users to access and visualize all information about Kampung Seberang Ramai, Perlis. Web-based design and development using SDLC method with waterfall model, digitization process, attribute table creation and software for this research. The software used is ArcGIS, Google Earth Pro, ArcGIS Online, and Wix Web Editor. The method of this study was used to collect the tourism information and present the tourism web-based content for tourists and analyze the user satisfaction in developing web-based content in four phases: Planning, data collection, web-based design and development, and testing phases. The result of this study is the creation of a web-based GIS of Kampung Seberang Ramai that provides history information and supports tourism development in Perlis Land. The benefits of this study will encourage Kampung Seberang Ramai to become an attractive place in the tourism sector and provide benefits to local villages in the form of profit in the socio-economic sector. Kampung Seberang Ramai should become an attractive place in the tourism sector and provide benefits to the local villages in the form of profit in the socio-economic sector.

Hibah through transfer the ownership of land is a regular practice among Muslims in Malaysia. Transfer the ownership of land can be completed in the Land Office by using Form 14A. However, there are many disagreements among the heirs towards the equality of transfer ownership as many cases concerning the validity and the withdrawal of the hibah in court. So the question arises, how the selection of beneficiaries by the grantors for their property. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify transfer of the land ownership, according to the Land Administrator perspective. This study applies a qualitative approach in which semi-structured interviews with Land Administrator was conducted. The results indicates that parents transfer his/her land to the children as to avoid property is distributed according to the law of inheritance  and help their  children due to economic constraints.

PurposeThis research aims to examine and compare differences in waṣiyyah wājibah (obligatory bequest) (WW) practices in Malaysia and Indonesia.Design/methodology/approachThis is an exploratory qualitative research, employing a thematic analysis approach. Six Muslim Wills (State) Enactments [Enakmen Wasiat Orang Islam (Negeri)] in Malaysia, Islamic Law Compilation (Kompilasi Hukum Islam) in Indonesia, two fatwas (ruling in religious matters) and one court case from each country are analysed. Data is collected from official government websites and other reliable search engines.FindingsFirst, the findings show that the WW practice in both countries is similar regarding the quantum of the beneficiaries' entitlement. However, the practice varies between both countries in terms of the types of beneficiaries and how the bequest is distributed. Second, this study shows the potential of WW as an estate planning instrument to complement the existing instruments in each country, especially when addressing family members who are not entitled to succeed by farāʾiḍ (Islamic inheritance law).Practical implicationsThe provision of relevant laws and regulations regarding WW needs to be formulated to guarantee the well-being of dependants. The differences in practice between the two countries can be a guideline to expand the WW scope and context to other Muslim countries.Originality/valueThis study is the first attempt to compare WW between two Muslim-majority countries focusing on relevant laws, court cases and regulations.

This paper aims to analyze the issues concerning the implementation of binding precedent in Malaysian cases, and propose a re-evaluation of the binding precedent doctrine. The qualitative approach was employed to indicate the issues related to the doctrine of binding precedent by analyzing relevant cases. These cases were selected to propose the re-evaluation of the binding precedent doctrine as practiced by the Malaysian dual-judicial system. The main issue to be discussed regarding the doctrine of binding precedent is interference by the Civil Court on Islamic matters and Syariah Court decisions, which lead to inconsistency in judgments, even after the amendment of Article 121(1A) of the Federal Constitution. This study proposes that the application of binding precedent should be re-evaluated to ensure that the principles of justice are upheld. Court judges should decide cases based on merit, and only use previous judgments as guidance for present and future cases.

Malaysian public universities are bracing for funding cuts and moving towards autonomous status causing them to be more innovative in generating income. Crowdfunding has been part of the solutions. Unfortunately, the emerging of university crowdfunding platforms in Malaysia is relatively slow as compared to the universities in the U.K. and U.S. This study aims to explore approaches and crowdfunding models used by the universities. This study highlights different approaches used by the universities in incorporating crowdfunding into their funding strategies, which can be differentiated into two main groups, namely setting up a university-operated crowdfunding platform and using existing third-party platforms. The investigation on the Skolafund crowdfunding shows that it could be an example of which the crowdfunding model fits Malaysian universities. The findings in this paper can help the universities to ease the burden due to the budget cut impact by utilising crowdfunding.