A Review of Islamic Aqeedah Compliance Index (IACI) from Malaysian Perspectives

Aqeedah is one of Islamic knowledge foundations (apart from shariah and akhlaq) that covers all aspects of human life, which was rooted from revealed al-Quran and al-Sunnah. It covers the knowledge on human relation to Allah SWT; obeying His commands and leaving all prohibited deeds. This paper intends to reveal the implementation of Malaysia Shariah Index (MSI), Islamic aqeedah concept as well as the Islamic aqeedah compliance index requirement, as a second filter in modern scientific research ethics, which is based on Maqasid Shariah (MS). Generally, IACI development proposal suits the Malaysian government policy regarding MSI and it is suitable to be applied in various field of studies.