The relationship between Shari’ah Supervisory Board and Zakat disclosure among Islamic banks in Malaysia

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the relationship between Shari’ah Supervisory Board (SSB) and Zakat disclosure in the financial statement of Islamic banks in Malaysia. It is based on the hypothesis that SSB relates positively to Zakat disclosure.The design of the paper is based on stakeholder theory and agency theory.Both of the theories discussed the need on the part of Islamic banks as the agent to stakeholders to provide sufficient information about the operation of the banks.The information which is communicated through the financial statements will assist the stakeholders in their decision making processes. Discussion in this paper attempts to shed lights on the importance of SSB in enhancing disclosure on Zakat.For SSB to be able to do that, we review literature on the education background of members (Islamic and non-Islamic) and size (number of members) of SSB. This paper is a conceptual paper with the aim of contributing towards a better understanding of the local reporting framework for Zakat and the paper also attempts to clarify that the Zakat structure in Malaysia is unique therefore foreign standard may not be appropriate for local adoption

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Asiaticoside inhibits TNF-alpha-induced endothelial hyperpermeability of human aortic endothelial cells

The increase in endothelial permeability often promotes edema formation in various pathological conditions. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), a pro-atherogenic cytokine, impairs endothelial barrier function and causes endothelial dysfunction in early stage of atherosclerosis. Asiaticoside, one of the triterpenoids derived from Centella asiatica, is known to possess antiinflammatory activity. In order to examine the role of asiaticoside in preserving the endothelial barrier, we assessed its effects on endothelial hyperpermeability and disruption of actin filaments evoked by TNF-α in human aortic endothelial cells (HAEC). TNF-α caused an increase in endothelial permeability to fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran. Asiaticoside pretreatment significantly suppressed TNF-α-induced increased permeability. Asiaticoside also prevented TNF-α-induced actin redistribution by suppressing stress fiber formation. However, the increased F to G actin ratio stimulated by TNF-α was not changed by asiaticoside. Cytochalasin D, an actin depolymerizing agent, was used to correlate the anti-hyperpermeability effect of asiaticoside with actin cytoskeleton. Surprisingly, asiaticoside failed to prevent cytochalasin D-induced increased permeability. These results suggest that asiaticoside protects against the disruption of endothelial barrier and actin rearrangement triggered by TNF-α without a significant change in total actin pool. However, asiaticoside seems to work by other mechanisms to maintain the integrity of endothelial barrier rather than stabilizing the F-actin organization

Al-Qur'an Yang Menakjubkan Bacaan Terpilih dalam Tafsir Klasik hinggah MOdern dari seorang Ilmuan Katolik

Buku Al-Qur'an yang Menakjubkan ini menghimpun aneka pembahasan seputar I'jaz seperti yang terekam dalam pembahasan para mufasir dari priode paling dini dalam penafsiran al-Qur'anxiv. 428 hlm, Cet.

Al-Qur'an yang Menakjubkan

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