Ethics and dark side of researching terrorism

This article highlights ethical issues and challenges in researching terrorism

Refugees, pandemic and counterterrorism

This article highlights issues related to refugees, pandemic and counterterroris

Dark web of terrorism

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Introduction to Islamic finance

Introduction to Islamic Finance is a quick and easy guide to Islamic banking and finance, covering both theory and practical aspects in a concise style suitable for bankers, practitioners, university students and any reader new to the topic

Sumbangan, cabaran dan potensi kewangan Islam dalam perdagangan antarabangsa=The contributions, challenges and potential of Islamic finance in relation to international trade

Makalah ini bertujuan melihat perkembangan, sumbangan, cabaran dan potensi sistem kewangan Islam moden dalam konteks perdagangan antarabangsa. Kaedah kualitatif digunakan bagi menganalisis kajian terdahulu dan bahan terbitan, termasuklah polisi kementerian, universiti dan fakulti. Kajian mendapati sistem kewangan Islam moden berkembang pesat secara konsisten pada peringkat nasional dan global, malah mempunyai daya saing yang tinggi dan menawarkan pelbagai nilai tambah. Walau bagaimanapun, Islamofobia dan bias terhadap Islam yang semakin menular tanpa kawalan, sedang dan akan terus menjejaskan perkembangan sistem kewangan Islam global. Dapatan kajian dapat mengenal pasti sumbangan dan cabaran yang dihadapi oleh sistem kewangan Islam moden. The analysis finds that the Islamic financial system is developing at a consistent and rapid rate at national and global level, demonstrating its competitiveness and added value. However, Islamophobia and bias towards Islam is spreading rapidly without control and this will negatively affect the global Islamic financial system. This paper highlights the contributions and challenges currently faced by the system

Cryptocurrency and terrorism financing

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Armies in the time of pandemic

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ISIS in Malaysia: understanding their logics

The threat of terrorism to Malaysia is growing. On June 2016, Malaysia suffered its very first confirmed ISIS-related casualty in a grenade attack on Movida Pub that resulted in the injury of eight people and by 2016, around 300 suspects were arrested and investigated due to allegation of involvement in terrorist activities. From the 261 detainees, 34 (33 Malaysian, and one Indonesian) were charged under SOSMA and sent to Sungai Buloh prison for the remand period while waiting for their sentence. This paper is partly based on a year of interview and observation on the ideological inclination of the detainees. The observation reveals that the belief in the necessity to resurrect a global Islamic State with a Caliph to unite Muslims from all over the world under a single banner has been one of the major motivations for Muslim youths to join ISIS. The paper then proceeds with the uncovering and countering the logic of the Malaysian ISIS-related detainees that the resurrection of a global Islamic State caliphate is the only way to protect the interest of the Muslim community

Implementation of land title registration system in Malaysia: lessons for Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of few common law jurisdictions that still adopt deeds registration system, rather than the system of registration of title. The (Cap 128) was enacted in 1844 and is the oldest piece of legislation still in use in Hong Kong. The system is costly and time consuming as lawyers have to review title deeds for every property transaction to verify that the title is good. In contrast, the system of registration of title, like the Torrens system adopted in Australia, will enable lawyers to establish conclusive evidence of ownership and interests in the property by conducting a search at the land title register. In fact, Malaysia has implemented such a system back in the 19th century and the current registration of title legislation, the , was adopted as early as in 1965. In the past few decades, the registration of title system has become an international trend in land administration. Both United Nations and the World Bank recommended the adoption of such system. Hong Kong is desirous of following such international trend and in 2004, its government adopted the (LTO), paving the way for the transition of a deed registration system to a registration of title system in the near future. While Malaysia and Hong Kong have their own distinctive political, economic and social characteristics, there are common legacies shared by both jurisdictions. For example, both places were former British colonies, with Malaysia becoming independent in 1957 and Hong Kong reuniting with China in 1997. They both use common law inherited from Britain. The two governments also look to each other for inspiration in other reform initiatives like anti-corruption and financial development. In this article, the authors first presented an overview of the registration of title system under the Malaysian land law. They then examined the implementation experience of registration of title system in Malaysia and evaluated the lessons Hong Kong could learn in its future implementation of the registration of title system

Money laundering: Analysis on the placement methods

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2015 estimated the size of money laundering to be at 2-5% of the world Global Domestic Production (GDP) with around USD800 billion to USD2 trillion being laundered. The global criminal activities are on the rise and the contribution of money laundering to exacerbate the problems associated with the upsurge in the criminal activities is unquantifiable. The negative effect of this on global economic development has grown to a staggering proportion. This is partly because the crisis experienced due to increase in criminal activities is borne out of the fact that the life blood of almost all the crimes are embedded in the financial system. Ironically, detecting money laundering becomes extremely difficult once it has been allowed to crystallized at layering level and finds its ways to the legitimate fund through integration mechanism. To combat money laundering, the parties must understand how money-laundering activities operate. The need to institute greater vigilance to prevent money laundering therefore becomes imperative. This has become the primary focus of most of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance measures and anti-crime initiatives at local and international levels. This paper therefore focus on the need to nib this dreaded crime at a point where it is almost likely to be detected. By using Malaysia as a focal point, the need to institute greater vigilance at placement level to salvage and ensure financial integrity in the banking sector as a necessary antidote to this problem is therefore the thrust or contention of this paper