Exploration of the role of mosques in community development: Malaysian experience

Community based organizations including faith-based organization are increasingly assuming greater roles in addressing social issues at local level all over the world. Mosques are institutions of critical social importance because they are at the same time a place for spiritual devotion and a center...

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Main Authors:	Bahari, Che Amnah, Shihabuddin, ASM
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	WorldConferences.net (Koperasi KOKUIS Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor) 2016
Subjects:	BP190.5 Islamization of Knowledge BPH Islamic Economics
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spelling	iium-779552020-02-17T01:46:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77955/ Exploration of the role of mosques in community development: Malaysian experience Bahari, Che Amnah Shihabuddin, ASM BP190.5 Islamization of Knowledge BPH Islamic Economics Community based organizations including faith-based organization are increasingly assuming greater roles in addressing social issues at local level all over the world. Mosques are institutions of critical social importance because they are at the same time a place for spiritual devotion and a center for community development. Malaysia is a leading Muslim country and its mosques are expected to exhibit the performance of comprehensive roles which mosques in other parts of the world can take as a model. In line with this expectation, the proposed study aims at exploring the roles of mosques at Malaysian locality in community engagement and development. The focus of the survey is to find out if the respondents attribute their consciousness of pressing social issues and their participation in community development activities to the lectures and speeches they listen to in the mosques. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the information obtained from these sources will be performed to identify and categorize the role of the selected mosques. The overall outcome of the proposed study is expected to increase our understanding of the current community development role of Malaysian mosques and offer insight for policy initiatives towards broadening and deepening this role where necessary WorldConferences.net (Koperasi KOKUIS Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor) 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77955/1/1%20EXPLORATION_OF_THE_ROLE_OF_MOSQUES_IN_COMMUNITY_DEVELOPMENT_MALAYSIAN_EXPERIENCE2.pdf Bahari, Che Amnah and Shihabuddin, ASM (2016) Exploration of the role of mosques in community development: Malaysian experience. e-journal of Arabic Studies and Islamic Civilization, 3 (1). pp. 23-31. E-ISSN 2289-6759 https://worldconferences.net/journals/icasic/vol_3_n1/EXPLORATION_OF_THE_ROLE_OF_MOSQUES_IN_COMMUNITY_DEVELOPMENT_MALAYSIAN_EXPERIENCE2.pdf
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description	Community based organizations including faith-based organization are increasingly assuming greater roles in addressing social issues at local level all over the world. Mosques are institutions of critical social importance because they are at the same time a place for spiritual devotion and a center for community development. Malaysia is a leading Muslim country and its mosques are expected to exhibit the performance of comprehensive roles which mosques in other parts of the world can take as a model. In line with this expectation, the proposed study aims at exploring the roles of mosques at Malaysian locality in community engagement and development. The focus of the survey is to find out if the respondents attribute their consciousness of pressing social issues and their participation in community development activities to the lectures and speeches they listen to in the mosques. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the information obtained from these sources will be performed to identify and categorize the role of the selected mosques. The overall outcome of the proposed study is expected to increase our understanding of the current community development role of Malaysian mosques and offer insight for policy initiatives towards broadening and deepening this role where necessary
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author	Bahari, Che Amnah Shihabuddin, ASM
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title	Exploration of the role of mosques in community development: Malaysian experience
title_short	Exploration of the role of mosques in community development: Malaysian experience
title_full	Exploration of the role of mosques in community development: Malaysian experience
title_fullStr	Exploration of the role of mosques in community development: Malaysian experience
title_full_unstemmed	Exploration of the role of mosques in community development: Malaysian experience
title_sort	exploration of the role of mosques in community development: malaysian experience
publisher	WorldConferences.net (Koperasi KOKUIS Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor)
publishDate	2016
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