Academicians, practitioners, and other faith-based stakeholders have recognised Ar-Rahnu or Islamic pawn broking as one of micro financing tool to the Muslims. The increasing need for ArRahnu services is influenced by the awareness of the Muslims on the availability of such service and the benefit of using it. In line with this development is academician is growing interest in Ar-Rahnu research, thus create opportunities for interested scholars to assess the development of research in this discipline. This paper purported to review published studies in this discipline since the inception of Ar-Rahnu concept to the current year to identify key trends or issues in ArRahnu research and propose future research agenda. This review, which is the first of its kind, is hoped to be valuable to the present and future Ar-Rahnu scholars interested in the evolution of literature and identifying opportunities for future research.
As part of requirement to complete the continuous assessment for subjects in universities, students are assigned with a problem-based learning in the form of a research assignments to be completed within a certain period of time. These assignments are usually in the form of final year projects or write-up based on certain requirements set by their lecturers. For Accounting undergraduates in MARA University of Technology, Malacca campus who took Advanced Auditing as their core subject, they are normally assigned to prepare a write up based on the content analysis of the Annual report of companies or a site visit to companies. However, during Covid-19 pandemic, classes are conducted via online, thus, students have restricted access to companies. Therefore, as part of an action research, a team of audit lecturers have decided to assign students with online research project as their assignment. Students were divided into groups of four to five people and instructed to conduct research on areas related to current audit issues. This study was performed to elicit feedback on those accounting students who were assigned to conduct the research project for their Auditing subject. A total of 222 students from the Faculty of Accountancy in UiTM Malacca participated in this online survey. The findings provide feedback from the student point of view, which is part of the stakeholders to the university. Majority of the students agreed that the research project has enriched their knowledge and exposed them to the new skill of performing simple research. Such feedback is crucial to improve the quality of future assignments besides ensuring them gaining new knowledge throughout the assignment exercise.
The emergence of Islamic education, especially tahfiz schools in Malaysia, is an alternative to the national-based education system that envisions creating a better Muslim generation to fulfill the role of viceregency on earth. However, the concern is that the mushrooming of these religious schools, especially tahfiz schools, may compromise the quality of education and may hinder the objective of providing future leaders. As such, this study examined leadership elements as part of the shariah governance framework of tahfiz schools in Malaysia to help in understanding the emphasis on such elements by tahfiz regulators and operators. The respondents from the state Islamic religious council (SIRC) and tahfiz schools in Selangor, Johor, Melaka, and Perak were interviewed, and the data were analyzed using Atlas.ti by focusing on the quotations made by both parties. The results showed that the leadership element is being emphasized by the regulator and operator of tahfiz schools in Malaysia, where the sub-element of roles and responsibilities was among the highest numbers quoted by the regulator and implementation was the highest quotation by the tahfiz operator. This indicates that good leadership elements are being emphasized and practiced by both regulators and operators of tahfiz schools in Malaysia.
This study is intended to gauge the elements of performance measurement framework for private tahfiz schools (PTS) in Malaysia and to determine the expectation gap between regulators and tahfiz operators on the performance measurement. Series of interviews were conducted with the representatives from the State Islamic Religious Council (SIRCs) and tahfiz school operators. The thematic analysis using Atlas.ti revealed that there are four (4) main elements of PTS performance measurement identified namely, school infrastructure, students' achievement, students' evaluation, and clustering. These elements are essential principles to be used in evaluating PTS capability in providing tahfiz education. Future research could focus on quantifying the quality indicators of PTS performance measurement.
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