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Mosque tourism certification in waqf management: A model by ukhwah samara

This study proposes a model of a mosque tour guides certification programme to promote religious tourism and waqf management as developed by Ukhwah Samara, a non-profit organisation. The certification programme would begin with training to up-grade the knowledge of existing registered tour guides an...

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Main Authors: Mohd Afandi, Salleh, Noorhayati, Mansor, Rafidah, Nordin
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Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
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spelling my-unisza-ir.71432022-09-13T05:17:00Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/7143/ Mosque tourism certification in waqf management: A model by ukhwah samara Mohd Afandi, Salleh Noorhayati, Mansor Rafidah, Nordin H Social Sciences (General) This study proposes a model of a mosque tour guides certification programme to promote religious tourism and waqf management as developed by Ukhwah Samara, a non-profit organisation. The certification programme would begin with training to up-grade the knowledge of existing registered tour guides and include basic understanding of Islamic history and civilisation. A practical training and assessments for the certification would be conducted in participating mosques following the completion of the initial training. Ukhwah Samara together with four other bodies, namely, the respective mosques, State Islamic Religious Council, Sabah Tourist Guides Association (STGA) and World Federation of Tourist Guide Association (WFTGA), would be involved in this international certification process. In addition to generating waqf revenues for the mosques, the outcome of the proposed training model is to educate tourists in the unique social and cultural diversity of local ethnic communities. The study contributes to current literature, which is limited, on religious tourism and waqf management in Malaysia, and provides recommendations to improve the financial sustainability of mosques through religious tourism certification. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed image en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/7143/1/FH02-FUHA-17-08421.jpg Mohd Afandi, Salleh and Noorhayati, Mansor and Rafidah, Nordin (2015) Mosque tourism certification in waqf management: A model by ukhwah samara. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 23. pp. 291-304. ISSN 01287702
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Mohd Afandi, Salleh
Noorhayati, Mansor
Rafidah, Nordin
Mosque tourism certification in waqf management: A model by ukhwah samara
description This study proposes a model of a mosque tour guides certification programme to promote religious tourism and waqf management as developed by Ukhwah Samara, a non-profit organisation. The certification programme would begin with training to up-grade the knowledge of existing registered tour guides and include basic understanding of Islamic history and civilisation. A practical training and assessments for the certification would be conducted in participating mosques following the completion of the initial training. Ukhwah Samara together with four other bodies, namely, the respective mosques, State Islamic Religious Council, Sabah Tourist Guides Association (STGA) and World Federation of Tourist Guide Association (WFTGA), would be involved in this international certification process. In addition to generating waqf revenues for the mosques, the outcome of the proposed training model is to educate tourists in the unique social and cultural diversity of local ethnic communities. The study contributes to current literature, which is limited, on religious tourism and waqf management in Malaysia, and provides recommendations to improve the financial sustainability of mosques through religious tourism certification.
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author Mohd Afandi, Salleh
Noorhayati, Mansor
Rafidah, Nordin
author_facet Mohd Afandi, Salleh
Noorhayati, Mansor
Rafidah, Nordin
author_sort Mohd Afandi, Salleh
title Mosque tourism certification in waqf management: A model by ukhwah samara
title_short Mosque tourism certification in waqf management: A model by ukhwah samara
title_full Mosque tourism certification in waqf management: A model by ukhwah samara
title_fullStr Mosque tourism certification in waqf management: A model by ukhwah samara
title_full_unstemmed Mosque tourism certification in waqf management: A model by ukhwah samara
title_sort mosque tourism certification in waqf management: a model by ukhwah samara
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2015
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