Disaster management and faith-based organizations: An Islamic perspective

Regardless their complexity which overwhelms the capacity of the affecting community to cope with, disasters are increasingly recognizing the necessity of an ultimate response drawing on an extensive variety of skills and manpower. Disaster management requires collaboration between various serving...

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Main Authors:	Bouafia, Bouafia, Zahari, Rustam Khairi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	OMICS International 2017
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT51 Human settlements. Communities
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/56500/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/56500/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/56500/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/56500/1/disaster-management-and-faithbased-organizations-an-islamic-perspective-2151-6200-1000245.pdf

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spelling	iium-565002017-04-27T07:55:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56500/ Disaster management and faith-based organizations: An Islamic perspective Bouafia, Bouafia Zahari, Rustam Khairi H Social Sciences (General) HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT51 Human settlements. Communities Regardless their complexity which overwhelms the capacity of the affecting community to cope with, disasters are increasingly recognizing the necessity of an ultimate response drawing on an extensive variety of skills and manpower. Disaster management requires collaboration between various serving agencies including government, private sector, local communities and faith-based organizations due to the limited available resources. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the participation of faith- based organization in reducing the impacts during disaster situations. The paper therefore, focuses on the Islamic teachings in disaster management through a comprehensive review of the available literature. The paper includes an overview of disaster management, act of God, and view of Islam on disaster management, and faith-based organizations and their contribution in disaster management. It has been found that Islamic based organizations usually have advantage and great potential in terms of cultural acceptance to offer immediate assistance in disaster events and to involve in long-time recovery operations when outside agencies return back home. OMICS International 2017-01-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56500/1/disaster-management-and-faithbased-organizations-an-islamic-perspective-2151-6200-1000245.pdf Bouafia, Bouafia and Zahari, Rustam Khairi (2017) Disaster management and faith-based organizations: An Islamic perspective. Arts and Social Sciences Journal, 8 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 2151-6200 https://www.omicsonline.com/open-access/disaster-management-and-faithbased-organizations-an-islamic-perspective-2151-6200-1000245.pdf 10.4172/2151-6200.1000245
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topic	H Social Sciences (General) HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT51 Human settlements. Communities
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description	Regardless their complexity which overwhelms the capacity of the affecting community to cope with, disasters are increasingly recognizing the necessity of an ultimate response drawing on an extensive variety of skills and manpower. Disaster management requires collaboration between various serving agencies including government, private sector, local communities and faith-based organizations due to the limited available resources. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the participation of faith- based organization in reducing the impacts during disaster situations. The paper therefore, focuses on the Islamic teachings in disaster management through a comprehensive review of the available literature. The paper includes an overview of disaster management, act of God, and view of Islam on disaster management, and faith-based organizations and their contribution in disaster management. It has been found that Islamic based organizations usually have advantage and great potential in terms of cultural acceptance to offer immediate assistance in disaster events and to involve in long-time recovery operations when outside agencies return back home.
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author	Bouafia, Bouafia Zahari, Rustam Khairi
author_facet	Bouafia, Bouafia Zahari, Rustam Khairi
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title	Disaster management and faith-based organizations: An Islamic perspective
title_short	Disaster management and faith-based organizations: An Islamic perspective
title_full	Disaster management and faith-based organizations: An Islamic perspective
title_fullStr	Disaster management and faith-based organizations: An Islamic perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Disaster management and faith-based organizations: An Islamic perspective
title_sort	disaster management and faith-based organizations: an islamic perspective
publisher	OMICS International
publishDate	2017
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