al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues
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The attitudes of youth towards non religious thinking: Sikap belia terhadap pemikiran tidak beragama
No full textThis paper discusses the attitudes of youth towards non-religious thinking. This study is a pilot study involving 43 youths at one university, in Malaysia. This study aims to review the youth’s background of unbelief thinking and to analyze their attitudes towards it. The design of this study quantitative research by using questionnaires that had been built by a group of researchers and its content was approved by a panel of experts. Reliability of the instrument based on the Cronbach Alpha, which reached the high level of α = 0.81. The results show the appreciation of youth is on a good level with the majority of youth concerned about Islam and interest to join in religious programs. The findings also showed that the attitude of the youth towards irreligious thought in the low mean score (mean = 1.28, sd = 0.31). However, there are only a few items that showed a negative attitude towards the idea of irreligious thought. The findings clearly show that low levels of youth attitudes toward non-religious thinking is not influenced by their backgrounds but in the aspect of age
The roles of Islamic NGO in dealing with Feminism agenda in Malaysia: Peranan NGO Islam dalam menangani agenda Feminisme di Malaysia
No full textThe study aims to survey the roles of Wanita Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Women of the Muslim Association of Malaysia), an Islamic NGO whose efforts are directly involved in the repudiation of the feminist agenda in Malaysia. The feminism movement is among the agendas of the enemies of Islam and aims to mutilate Muslim women’s personalities and identities. It comes in the form of an intellectual invasion, a call for freedom, gender equality, and humanity. Such slogans successfully created deception and delusion in the eyes of Muslim women, like an oasis in the desert, until they were viewed as genuine and evident. The study used an action research approach by employing the Kemmis and McTaggart Action Research Model. It was conducted based on four action steps: reflecting, planning, taking action, and observing. The study outcomes showed that the repudiation was shown through the Save the Ummah Campaign (SUC), the Reject Comango Campaign, the Women: Your Honour is Because of Islam Campaign, the Women Gathering, Women Fiqh, and through seminars and conventions conducted from time to time. The repudiation efforts were also highlighted by writing books and counter-statements towards feminist groups via ISMA Women’s website, Facebook page, ISMAweb media, and other liberal media such as MalaysiaKini, Malaysia Insider, and so on. These efforts were made to provide awareness among the Muslim community in Malaysia so that they are more sensitive to coming together to defend the identity and personality of Muslim women from being influenced by the agenda of feminist groups
Makki and Madani sciences and its importance for Islamic preacher: Ilmu Makki dan Madani dan kepentingannya bagi pendakwah
No full textIslam is a proselytizing religion. Every one of its adherents was instructed to deliver his message. However, the mistake in methods used in presenting Islam will make mad’u not interested and sometimes will construct firewalls between mad'u and Islam. Therefore, the science of Makki and Madani, a branch of science in 'ulum al-Qur'an, is one of the great knowledges to be mastered by the Preachers in understanding da’wah’s methods. The methodology used in this study is qualitative. The study found a difference between the preaching methods of Makki and Madani that should be understood and digested by the preacher to ensure the success of dakwah and then cause a good impact on their mad’u
Relationship between learning and behavioural evaluation between religious officers to deal with ODHA in Malaysia : Hubungan antara penilaian pembelajaran dengan tingkah laku pegawai agama dalam usaha dakwah kepada ODHA di Malaysia
No full textThis article examines the relationship between learning and behavioural evaluation among religious officers in Malaysia after attending the Manual on HIV/AIDS in Islam Training Programmes organized by the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (JAKIM). The training programs were implemented to deliver the most accurate and the latest information on HIV / AIDS and train religious officers in Malaysia to address the issues among Muslims. The training programs apply theoretical and practical activities where participants can carry out outreach activities with People Living with HIV / AIDS (ODHA). Quantitative methods through questionnaires were used to obtain data. A total of 350 religious officers who had attended the training programs were selected as respondents by simple random sampling technique. Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to determine the learning and behavioural evaluation relationship. The Pearson correlation analysis results found a significant relationship between learning evaluation in terms of the information obtained from programs’ contents and behavior evaluation with r = 0.489 and sig = 0.000 (p <0.05) at the medium positive range. While the relationship between learning evaluation in terms of the information obtained from outreach activities with behavioural evaluation showed a strong positive correlation with the strength values obtained were r = 0.539 and sig = 0.000 (p <0.05). This analysis indicates that the information acquired through the training program Manual Islam and HIV / AIDS has successfully changed the behavior of religious officers’ awareness in terms of the role of dakwah to ODHA
Status of Islamic and non Islamic states: views on contemporary Muslim scholars: Status negara Islam dan negara kafir: pandangan ulama kontemporari
No full textThe separation between Muslim and non-Muslim countries became fundamental to Muslim scholars’ views on various Shariah laws. On the other hand, some Muslims exploit this issue to support their local political views. The contemporary scholars look over this issue, especially to review the compatibility of two-fold countries' implementation in this age after it has been discussed by traditional scholars in terms of definition and features aspects. Today's views from well-known contemporary scholars have been highlighted and analyzed to determine their standing in this issue. As a result, the analysis shows that these scholars have different views on this issue, and the distinction is according to reality and current necessity
Facing the modern world challenges: a review of Islamic scholars strategies: Mendepani cabaran dunia moden: menyorot strategi ulama
No full textThis article discusses a few strategies that need attention to be implemented by the Islamic Scholar in the effort to approach the Ummah. Challenges faced in the modern era today require excellence strategies in the deed to be closer to the ummah. The Da’wah sermon intended for the target group could influence their acceptance. Before that, Islamic Scholars need to apply the strategic approach by considering elements that dominate a person and their behavior towards taming the Ummah's emotions and feelings to accept the Da’wah conveyed. The method of this article is content analysis. The study reveals four main focuses of Islamic scholars in framing the strategy to approach Ummah: dominating the thinking needs element, spiritual, soul, and physical. Those strategies are the reasons that persuade towards behaviors and the Ummah
Extremism of Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) as an Islamic movement in the Philippines: Fahaman pelampau Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) sebagai sebuah gerakan Islam di Filipina
No full textThe movement of Islamic activities in the Philippines has always dealt with various obstacles due to the misleading ideologies of some Muslim leaders, which commonly engage in murder, kidnapping, terrorism, and so on. In that case, this paper aims to discuss extremism or the radicalism of Islamic movements in the Philippines. The research literature will discuss the extreme ideology of the Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM), which gives a negative understanding among non-Muslims of Islam as a terrorist religion. The research will include some discussion among Muslim scholars about the ideas of extremism or radicalism in Islamic movements worldwide
دور السياق في تحقيق الترجمة الصحيحة: The importance of context in the authentic translation
No full textWhile the interpretation of the Quran emphasizes the importance of understanding the causes, issues, and incidents about revelation and knowing its time and place, translation studies are concerned with the roles of context in ensuring a precise translation. Context is regarded as one of the crucial parts in translating metaphorical connotations as it captures the meaning that transcends its literal translation. This study highlights the importance of context in achieving an exact translation, especially in translating the Quranic metaphorical connotations into the Malay language based on the semantic equivalence between the source and target text to the closest possible to the meaning of the original Arabic text. This is achieved by analyzing the descriptive, analytical, and comparative methods of selected copies of translations by Mahmoud Younis, Abdullah Basmeih, and Zaini Dahalan. The findings show that these translators pay special attention to the importance of context in the translation of the Quranic metaphorical connotations. Evidence also shows some flaws in the delivery of the intended meaning in the target language when these translations rely solely on the texts’ literal translation, consequently causing a diversion from the intended meaning of the Quranic message. Therefore, this study suggests that it is not reliable for an analysis of the Quran nor for the reader of the target language to depend on one absolute translation only but to refer to and compare different copies of the translation to reach the precise connotation
Comparison of the Messiah concept according to Islamic and Christians perspective: Perbandingan konsep Messiah menurut perspektif Islam dan Kristian
No full textMessiah is a term derived from Hebrew (Mah-she-akh) and widely employed in the scope of religiosity and beliefs. Messiah is referred to as al-Masih in the Arabic ethos of Islam. As for the Christian tradition, they substitute the term into Christ. Messiah is an utterly meaningful discourse in Islam, Christianity, and Jews in all three major religions. These three religions have their own elucidations and distinctive notions of the Messiah. Islam believes that the Messiah is none other than the Prophet Isa (pbuh) based on the evidence from the Holy Quran and prophetic tradition (sunnah). Based on the information in the Bible, Christians believe that the Messiah is Jesus or Christ. The disputes arising between Islam and Christianity were primarily based on faith and the Muslim idea that today’s Christianity is not the original teaching of Prophet Isa (pbuh). It has been altered and modified by his disciples. This research will analyze the concept of Messiah in two significant religions; Islam and Christianity. This research will comprehensively compare the concepts of Messiah in Islam and Christianity from the definition, background history, purpose of revelation, resurrection, and distinctive ideas about Messiah in each religion. This research will employ a qualitative method such as library research and the analysis of the foregoing writing. This research preliminarily clinched the fact that both religions share the same notion of Messiah literally, but apply it to very different conceptions and principles