This study aims to determine the factors that influence the intention of investment namely the encouragement from within individuals, social motive, and emotional factor partially and simultaneously on the intention of students’ investment in Islamic capital markets. This research method is quantitative. The population in this study is students of Islamic Economics and Business Faculty in IAIN Fattahul Muluk Papua which consisted of Islamic economics and Islamic banking study programs from 2016 to 2019. The sample in this study is 76 students. The sampling technique uses simple random sampling. Data collection in this study uses the questionnaire method. Data analysis techniques used in this study is multiple linear regression using SPSS 16.0 application. The results of this study indicate that: (1) Encouragement from within the individual has a significant effect on the intention of investment, with a significance value of 0,000. (2) Social motive significantly influence the intention of investment, with a significance value of 0,000. (3) Emotional factor do not significantly influence the intention of investment, with a significance value of 0.168. (4) Encouragement from within individuals, social motive, and emotional factor simultaneously influence the intention of investment of Islamic Economics and Business Faculty students in IAIN Fattahul Muluk Papua.

This study aims to analyze the influence of cultural and social factors on the purchasing decision of Samsung brand smartphones on IAIN Fattahul Muluk Papua Students. This type of research uses quantitative research. The population in this study were students of IAIN Fattahul Muluk Papua. The number of samples obtained was 280 students, consisting of 68 students of the Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business, 64 students of the Faculty of Syariah, and 148 students of the Faculty of Tarbiyah. Data were collected using a questionnaire, while data analysis techniques used is Multiple Linear Regression. This research shows that cultural factors have a positive and significant influence on the purchasing decisions of Samsung brand smartphones, while social factors have a positive but insignificant effect on the purchasing decisions of Samsung brand smartphones. Furthermore, the influence of cultural factors and social factors simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions Samsung smartphone brand.

Society Empowerment is one of the benchmarks to measure the society’s independence. Thus, in line with the objectives of National Zakat Board (Baznas), which are getting rid of poverty and initiating independence attitude for mustahiq (people who are eligible to receive alms), human empowerment through the donation distribution executed by Baznas of Papua Province is getting widely implemented. This action is expected to create mustahiqs who are dependable and helpful for their surroundings and have the potentials to be muzakki (zakat/alms payers). This study aims to find out the effectiveness level of human empowerment through the Papua Province Baznas donation distribution. The methodology of this study is qualitative method. The data obtained are primary and secondary data. The data collection techniques are interview, observation, and documentation by involving associated people or parties. The results of the study show that, first, Baznas of Papua Province performed some efforts by distributing the donation comprising the fields of economy, education, health, Islamic preach, and social/humanity. Secondly, the effectiveness of human empowerment through the Papua Province Baznas donation distribution indicates that (1) the number of poor people in Abepante is decreasing, (2) the efforts of improving people’s income in Abepante is increasing, (3) People’s concern in Abepante is growing, (4) groups’ independence level is improving, and (5) People’s social capacity and equal distribution in Abepante are rising.