1.0 Definition of Sukuk in general The word ‘sukuk’ is taken from the Arabic name to represent the financial certificate or an Islamic bond. It comes in Arabic form which is “sak” in singular and “sukuk” in plural. Sukuk is the Islamic bond or security that provides return to investor without breaking the Islamic law, which prevent in charging or paying interest. Sukuk in Islamic finance provides an opportunity to obtain the expected return with the lowest risk as the majority of investment opportunities
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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management Clusters and supply chain management: the Amish experience Tom DeWitt Larry C. Giunipero Horace L. Melton Article information: To cite this document: Tom DeWitt Larry C. Giunipero Horace L. Melton, (2006),"Clusters and supply chain management: the Amish experience", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 36 Iss 4 pp. 289 - 308 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09600030610672055
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General info The history of music in Iceland has no parallel in other European countries, or, probably, anywhere else in the world. In Iceland the music of the "Middle Ages" predominated well into the nineteenth century. Due to Iceland's isolation, centuries of musical development on the European continent had gone by unnoticed. Even ordinary four-part choral singing was first heard in the fifth decade of the 19th century. Instrumental music, in the usual sense of that term, was non-existent. When
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Payment Arrangement3 & Multilateral Arrangement) and the other is by private gold currency electronic payment companies such E-Dinar and E-Gold. These trading systems are available for the importers and exporters in order to use the Dinar as trading settlement currency. The Malaysian government, in
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are often strained. Welfare reform in the United States may pressure single mothers to be employed even though child care is expensive and they may barely make minimum wage (Miller, 2007). If a child experiences poverty during their preschool or early school years, then they are less likely to graduate from high school (Duncan, Ludwig, & Magnuson, 2007). Poverty is everywhere. It is in every race and every country (Payne, 2005). There are other factors connected to poverty. A child living
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Horn of Africa in the 1970s to Central America in the 1980s, showed no signs of lessening. Reagan was intent on stopping that trend—a trend, he believed, that President Carter had done little to reverse. Therefore, he adopted the vocabulary of the early Cold War, advocating policies equally aggressive and bold in range (Foreign Affairs). Reagan presented his vision at his State of the Union Address on February 6, 1985. "We must not break faith," he declared, "with those who are risking their
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Reduction Forum Trust TCPL Total Consumption Poverty Line UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNESASD United Nations Economic and Social Affairs Statistic Department UN-Habitat United Nations Human Settlement Programme USA United States of America Zimstat Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency 3 Abstract The study focused on identifying, measuring and assessing the nature and extent of impacts of urban absolute poverty on young women in Epworth.
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exceeded immigration so that net immigration was persistently negative. Since then net immigration has progressively increased. The best available measure of long-term trends indicates an increase in the annual net immigration from −24 thousand in the early 1970s to 89 thousand in the late 1990s —a total increase of 113 thousand. Recent trends are even more dramatic. From the trough in 1991–1993 to the peak of 1998–2000, net immigration surged by more than 100 thousand per annum. Responsible editor:
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PART I: CHAPTER OUTLINE I. What is Culture? A. Culture and Human Intelligence B. Culture, Nation, and Society II. The Components of Culture A. Symbols B. Language 1. Language and Cultural Transmission 2. Is Language Uniquely Human? 3. Does Language Shape Reality? C. Values and Beliefs 1. Key Values of U.S. Culture 2. Values: Inconsistency and Conflict 3. Values in Action: The Games People Play A. Norms 1. Mores
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HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN EDUCATION AMONG THE IGBOMINA PEOPLE OF KWARA STATE By DR J. T. DOSUNMU Abstract This study examines the introduction of Western Education into Igbomina area of Kwara State of Nigeria by the Christian Missions. The administration and management of the various schools introduced by the missions were jointly administered by the colonial administrators and the missions. After the initial resistance to education, the exposure of the people to 'southern' influence soon
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