1,049 research outputs found
Hikayatnima / Muhammad Zahid Azzuhri Mustapha
No full textIn the world of event planning, "HikayatNima" stands out as a bright tribute to Malaysian history within the creative portfolio of "ACG Festiverse." While the ACG Festiverse thrives on Anime, Comic, and Gaming cultures, HikayatNima stands out as a cultural cosplay event that weaves together Malay, Chinese, Indian, and other Malaysian cultures. ACG Festiverse, founded in 2022 , plays an important role in commemorating Malaysia's Anime, Comic and Gaming scene. Frankie Ng Teck Seng, the creator behind these immersive experiences, inspired the creation of HikayatNima as a means of capturing cultural nuances. HikayatNima emerges from the complex tapestry of ACG Festiverse's event portfolio as a vibrant celebration of Malaysian cultural history, deviating from the Anime, Comic, and Gaming focus to highlight the rich amalgamation of Malay, Chinese, Indian, and other local customs. Despite the popularity of ACG Festiverse, the absence of Malay cultural aspects revealed a fundamental gap in expressing Malaysia's unique character. To address this, considerable efforts were made, including the creation of a dedicated website, collaborations with cultural custodians, custom marketing, a distinctive logo, and a fascinating video commercial.
Conversion of African Americans to Islam : a sociological analysis of the Nation of Islam and associated groups
No full text'Conversion of African Americans to Islam: A Sociological Analysis of the Nation of
Islam Associated groups' is an empirical study of the religious experience of people
who had/have distinctive features in terms of race, ethnicity and historical experience.
The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate how African Americans' (AAs) conversion
experience in general, and the Nation of Islam associated groups' conversion in
particular, differ from the studies of recruitment and conversion in the sociology of
religion and New Religion Movements (NRMs). More specifically, their recruitment
and conversion experiences to Islam diverge from those who converted to mainstream
Islam. The study investigates how AAs' historical experience, soci-economic
difficulties and the racism they encountered shaped and influenced their religious
understanding.
Research methods involved participant observations, a survey questionnaire, interviews,
conversations, personal communications and correspondence. To collect ethnographic
data eleven months field research was conducted mainly in the Chicago area and on two
short visits to Detroit, and three years continued communications with Muslim officials
and academics in the area. During the field research and afterwards through personal
communication 181 survey questionnaire responses were received, and 23 Muslim
officials, academics and ordinary Muslims were interviewed through semi-structured,
unstructured interviews, conversation and correspondence.
The thesis begins with a brief history of Islam and Muslims in general and the African
American Muslims (AAMs) in particular. More emphasis is given on the historical
development of the Nation of Islam (NOl). Then in Chapter III, discussions of schisms
in the history of the NOT are examined from sociological perspectives of social and
religious movements. In Chapter IV I aimed to formulate my own perspective to
analyse and study the conversion experiences of AAMs to Islam. I used a multivariate
approach, considering selectively widely held conversion and recruitment theories in the
sociology of the religion. I consider in Chapter V the predisposing conditions for AAMs
that influence their decision-making to join in the NOT, for example, political and
nationalistic sentiments and socio-economic deprivations. In Chapter VI I have applied
different terms to describe their religious experiences, such as conversion, alteration and
reversion. I have analysed further their encounters with the NOT, the methods of
recruitment they used and their major motives for joining the NOT and converting to
Tslam. In the concluding chapters (Chapter VII VTTT) I describe the different responses
of AAMS to Islam following the death of Elijah Muhammad. It is found out that the
Islamic appeal has polarised. While Farakhan's NOT appeared to continue the tradition
and style of the old NOI with the emphasis on nationalistic and socio-economic factors,
Tmam W. D. Mohammed's community turned more to the religious and spiritual aspects
of Tslam. These different approaches led to a polarisation of the appeal of Tslam to
AAMS.
This thesis contributes to knowledge in four key areas; the sociology of religion and
religious movements, the sociology of social and nationalistic movements, religious and
Islamic studies
Ghargham Hajiya Kaltume Bulama Gana (The biography of Hajiya Kaltume Bulama Gana)
No full textThe entire document is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Hauwa Usman (Local Project Manager), Alhaji Abubakar Maikudi Aishat (General Field Facilitator). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center), and Eleni Castrol (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). These collections on Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Required Citation: Kurfi, M. H., Hauwa U., Ngom, F., and Castro, E. (2020). African Ajami Library: Gender in Nigerian Ajami Manuscripts. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/41953. For Inquiries: Please Contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Provenance / Custodial history: This manuscript is owned and authored by Professor Aliyu Muhammad of the Department of Arts, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in Kaduna state, Nigeria. The owner documented and wrote about the life and works of Hajiya Kaltume Bulama Gana. Written in the Mashriqi script, the document is complete and is typed.This document deals with the biography of Hajiya Kaltume Bulama Gana, a Northern Nigerian Muslim woman who is educated in and practicing Islamic arts as a profession. She established a non-profit organization that educates children, including young women and girls affected by the Boko Haram insurgency so that they can become self-reliant and acquire new vocational skills. Written in 2019, this Kanuri Ajami text contains two parts: The first part deals with the life and works of Hajiya Kaltume Bulama Gana, and the second is an interview transcript with her. In the interview, she discusses her non-profit organization, her Herwa Heart of Art Initiative. This part provides details on how she established the organization and her successes and challenges. In the last part of the interview, she discusses how philanthropists and the general public can support her organization in order to use the arts to assist the orphans and children displaced and traumatized by Boko Haram in Borno state and beyond.The contents of this collection were developed with support of the Title VI National Resource Center grant # P015A180164 from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government
Al-istishfa fi madḥi al-Mustapha S.A.W. (Seeking intercession in praises for Al-Mustapha – The Exalted One – P.B.U.H.)
No full textThe entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may
be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Malam
Umar Hajji Mustapha (Local Project Manager) and Abdullahi Mohammed (General Field Facilitator).
Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Director African Studies Center), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). This collection of Yoruba Anjemi materials are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Kurfi, Mustapha Hashim, Ngom, Fallou, and Castro, Eleni (2019). African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Yoruba Anjemi Materials of Southwestern Nigeria. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/38122. For Inquiries: Please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Provenance and Condition: This manuscript is owned by the Markaz Ihyahil Islam Abayawo, Ilorin – Nigeria, an institution which propagates, teaches, and popularizes Yoruba Anjemi knowledge. This Al-istishfa’ Yoruba Anjemi manuscript has 17 pages, and is numbered using Arabic numerals. This manuscript is in good condition and has the name of the translator, al-Ḥājj Ibrahim bn al-Ḥājj Abubakar Yusuf al-Rufa’i) with the date of publishing (12 Rabi’ al-Awwal, 1431 A.H.).This manuscript is a small book, in poetry form, praising Prophet Muhammad. It is called Al-istishfa fi madḥi al-Mustapha S.A.W., and shortened Al-istishfa’ — Meaning Seeking for Intercession or In Search for Intercession. It is a book of poetry full of praises for the noble Prophet, and mentions the unrivaled attributes of Prophet Muhammad, describes his roles, especially as the endorsed intercessor on the Judgement Day. The Yoruba Anjemi version of the Al-istishfa’ was translated from its original Arabic version written by Shaykh al-Islām al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm Ñiass (also known as brāhīm Iniyās, and Shaykh al-Islām al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh at-Tijānī al-Kawlakhī (Ñiass)) – a major leader of the Tijānī Sufi order of Islam in West Africa. Al-istishfa’ manuscript was published in a small bound book, using the Mashriqi writing style.The contents of this collection were developed with support of the Title VI National Resource Center grant # P015A180164 from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government
Fundamental Of Entrepreneurship (ENT 300) My Cakoi Planet (Mcp) / Muhammad Azlan Shah Ahmad
No full textOur company name is My Cakoi Planet. Our business has been decided in the form of partnership. Each of us has contributes certain amount of capital as agreed in our agreement. Our main business activity is about sale and service food. We will open our restaurant at No. 5367, Ground Floor, Dcsa Ilmu Commercial Centre Lrg Desa llmu 22m/1 94300 Kota Samarahan Sarawak by 1sl January 2016.
All four of us have agreed to participate in all business management that will establish soon, that is Muhammad Azlan Shah bin Ahmad as General Manager and Administration Manager, Delef anak Buta as Marketing Manager, Danial bin Mustapha as Operational Manager, and Bahtiar bin Dahlan as Financial Manager. In order to makes our business run and progress smoothly every shareholders play their part in making this business successful. Every team members are responsible to do their work according to their expertise which will enable their task to works better. It is important for every member does their work in progress and systematically to lead the company in gaining more profit, retain and attract more customers. After gone through many stages of research and analysis, we find out that Samarahan area has a great potential to be explore. It is strategic places for us to set up our business there because that particular area will be an opportunity for us since the populations are high. My Cakoi Planet is a company that will provide food to the customer and mostly our target customer is youth in area of Samarahan. We are providing the best food of “cakoi” to the customer
Improving parallel self-organizing map using heterogeneous uniform memory access / Muhammad Firdaus Mustapha
No full textSelf-organizing Map (SOM) is a very popular algorithm that has been used as clustering algorithm and data exploration. SOM consists of complex calculations where the calculation of complexity depending on the circumstances. Many researchers have managed to improve online SOM processing speed using Heterogeneous Computing (HC). HC is a combination of Central Processing Unit (CPU) and Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) that work closely together. Standard HC can be represented by CPU and GPU accessing separate memory blocks. In spite of excellent performance using standard HC, there is a situation that causes computer hardware underutilized when executing online SOM variant. In details, the situation occurs when number of cores is larger than the number of neurons on map. Moreover, the complexities of SOM steps also increase the usage of high memory capacity which leads to high rate memory transfer. This situation is caused by the standard HC implements "deep copies" in storing processing objects which lead to communication latency. Recently, combination CPU and GPU that integrated together on a single chip are rapidly attractive the design paradigm for recent platform because of their remarkable parallel processing abilities. This kind of microprocessor is based on Heterogeneous Unified Memory Access (HUMA) model. This model allows both CPU and GPU to access and store into the same memory location which avoids redundant copies of objects by "deep copies" method. Therefore, the main goal of this research is to reduce computation time of SOM training through implementing on HUMA platform and improve GPU cores utilization. This research has three main objectives to be achieved. Firstly, this research attempts to study the processing natures of original SOM algorithm on standard HC platform. Secondly is to model an enhanced parallel SOM on HUMA-GPU platform and adapting multiple stimuli approach in order to improve the processing speed. Lastly is to evaluate the enhanced parallel SOM in terms of performance accuracy, efficiency, and scalability. This research attempts to improve the processing of SOM algorithm through three stages. The research works start with conducting a preliminary study on sequential SOM algorithm. The research continues to design a parallel SOM architecture based on literature study and implements on two types of architecture; standard HC and HUMA model. Finally, this research designs and implements an enhanced parallel SOM architecture through combining two parallel methods which are network and data partitioning. The combination of the two methods are realized via adapting multiple stimuli approach. This research employs datasets that are acquired from UCI repository. As a result, the enhanced parallel SOM that executed on HUMA platform is able to score up to 1.27 of speed up overall for large map size compared to standard parallel SOM. The proposed work also scores better for smaller map size with scored up to 1.03 of speed up overall compared to standard SOM on the identical platform. Accordingly, the proposed work is able to offer a better solution for small to medium sized of data analysis software. Overall, the solution is enhanced through utilizing recent hardware technology and improved method
Feasibility of using bolted shear connector with cold-formed steel in composite construction
No full textIn conventional composite construction for hot-rolled steel (HRS) section, the composite
action is usually achieved by using headed studs shear connectors. But, for cold-formed
steel (CFS) section, the use of headed studs is not feasible as the section is very thin and
difficult to be weld. Therefore, an innovative way of shear connection mechanism of using
bolt and nut is suggested in this study. This paper presents the feasibility of using bolt as
shear connector by presenting experimental test results so as to explore more on their
capability to be used as shear connectors. The study investigated the structural capability
of the proposed bolted shear connector when used in concrete known as Selfcompacting
concrete (SCC) integrated with CFS to provide the required composite
action. Push out test specimens with bolted shear connector of grade 8.8 at designated
intervals longitudinally spaced were fabricated, cast and tested to failure. The results
showed that the proposed shear connector was structurally capable and also an
appreciable strength resistance was achieved
Improving parallel Self-organizing Map using heterogeneous uniform memory access / Muhammad Firdaus Mustapha
No full textSelf-organizing Map (SOM) is a very popular algorithm that has been used as clustering algorithm and data exploration. SOM consists of complex calculations where the calculation of complexity depending on the circumstances. Many researchers have managed to improve online SOM processing speed using Heterogeneous Computing (HC). HC is a combination of Central Processing Unit (CPU) and Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) that work closely together. Standard HC can be represented by CPU and GPU accessing separate memory blocks. In spite of excellent performance using standard HC, there is a situation that causes computer hardware underutilized when executing online SOM variant. In details, the situation occurs when number of cores is larger than the number of neurons on map. Moreover, the complexities of SOM steps also increase the usage of high memory capacity which leads to high rate memory transfer. This situation is caused by the standard HC implements "deep copies" in storing processing objects which lead to communication latency. Recently, combination CPU and GPU that integrated together on a single chip are rapidly attractive the design paradigm for recent platform because of their remarkable parallel processing abilities. This kind of microprocessor is based on Heterogeneous Unified Memory Access (HUMA) model. This model allows both CPU and GPU to access and store into the same memory location which avoids redundant copies of objects by "deep copies" method. Therefore, the main goal of this research is to reduce computation time of SOM training through implementing on HUMA platform and improve GPU cores utilization
Muhammad Hamidullah and Islamic constitutional law
No full textThe socio-political tranquility of Hyderabad-Deccan preceding 1948 facilitated much educational and cultural advancement. This rapidly developing environment provided Hamidullah with the ideal opportunity for educational growth, having earned five degrees related to the field of law by the age of 28 in 1936. He began writing at age 18, and thereafter he dedicated his life to literary pursuits. Today, he has written over 100 books and 900 articles; he speaks over 20 languages and writes in over 10 languages. Along with one of his major areas of focus, Islamic constitutional law, he has written on a variety of other subject areas, ranging from Islamic theology to Islamic history, from Qur'anic exegesis to Orientalism.This thesis attempts to study five books in the field of Islamic constitutional law by Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah in order to provide a sample to judge and analyze his scholarship. Against the background of Hamidullah's historical and political context coupled with his high level of religiosity, the thesis will examine his utilization of the scientific approach throughout his writings. This thesis furthermore looks at the potential reasons he chose the path of study that he did, dedicating his entire life to the literary sphere and to a lesser degree the political sphere. It focuses on Hamidullah's thought and methodology as they emerged from his social and political background and as he expressed them in his literary achievements. This thesis, therefore, sets out to develop a critical analysis of Hamidullah's works, his philosophical perspective, and his contribution to contemporary scholarship.Hamidullah has contributed to Islamic scholarship by making available Islamic literature to mixed audiences since he follows the scientific approach, writes in a variety of languages, and covers a wide range of unique topics. Indeed Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah is a well-esteemed scholar of formidable status and prestige in numerous fields of Islamic history
Perbincangan Kerjasama bersama PolyGreen Chemicals Sdn Bhd
No full textLawatan dan perbincangan kerjasama telah dijalankan di PolyGreen Chemicals Sdn Bhd di Klang, Selangor pada 28 Julai 2022. Lawatan diketuai oleh pensyarah kanan, Ts Dr Siti Noor Hidayah Mustapha dan disertai bersama Ts Dr Muhammad Hafiz Mazwir
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