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The efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading the message of peace in Malaysia: Activities and challenges

This paper investigates the efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading peace at our current time, a time of hyper-volatility exacerbated by the threats of extremism. Part one introduces briefly the pressing urgency of combating terrorism in our time, and stresses how the Malaysian context on terr...

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Main Author: Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah
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Language:English
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Published: Depart. IRKHS, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
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spelling my.iium.irep.612012022-12-19T01:32:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61201/ The efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading the message of peace in Malaysia: Activities and challenges Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah H10 Societies This paper investigates the efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading peace at our current time, a time of hyper-volatility exacerbated by the threats of extremism. Part one introduces briefly the pressing urgency of combating terrorism in our time, and stresses how the Malaysian context on terrorism should not be equated with other contexts. The second part of the paper discusses the importance of breaking the monopoly on religion that terrorist sympathisers take advantage of. The endeavours of the NGOs in dawah will be examined. Part three outlines the unique narrative on Islam that has been historically dominant in Malaysia and how this helps in forming a counter-narrative. Part four analyses how Malaysian NGOs deal with the malaise of identity crisis among Muslims. Part five looks into how NGOs in Malaysia widen the scope of Islam, thus allowing them to show via social projects a holistic vision of Islam as opposed to a reductive vision that terrorists endorse. The sixth part points to how the NGOs use creative strategies in spreading the peaceful message of Islam. Part seven highlights some challenges that Malaysian NGOs face in their pursuit of spreading a peaceful vision of Islam. The paper concludes that the success of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading peace has been due to correctly understanding the threat of extremism, and also due to finding effective alternatives to extremism, thus allowing the NGOs to create a culture of peace in Malaysian society. Depart. IRKHS, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61201/1/1079-2003-1-SM.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61201/7/61201_The%20efforts%20of%20Malaysian%20Muslim%20NGOs_scopus.pdf Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah (2017) The efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading the message of peace in Malaysia: Activities and challenges. ASIATIC, 11 (2). pp. 92-101. ISSN 1985-3106 http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/1079
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Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah
The efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading the message of peace in Malaysia: Activities and challenges
description This paper investigates the efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading peace at our current time, a time of hyper-volatility exacerbated by the threats of extremism. Part one introduces briefly the pressing urgency of combating terrorism in our time, and stresses how the Malaysian context on terrorism should not be equated with other contexts. The second part of the paper discusses the importance of breaking the monopoly on religion that terrorist sympathisers take advantage of. The endeavours of the NGOs in dawah will be examined. Part three outlines the unique narrative on Islam that has been historically dominant in Malaysia and how this helps in forming a counter-narrative. Part four analyses how Malaysian NGOs deal with the malaise of identity crisis among Muslims. Part five looks into how NGOs in Malaysia widen the scope of Islam, thus allowing them to show via social projects a holistic vision of Islam as opposed to a reductive vision that terrorists endorse. The sixth part points to how the NGOs use creative strategies in spreading the peaceful message of Islam. Part seven highlights some challenges that Malaysian NGOs face in their pursuit of spreading a peaceful vision of Islam. The paper concludes that the success of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading peace has been due to correctly understanding the threat of extremism, and also due to finding effective alternatives to extremism, thus allowing the NGOs to create a culture of peace in Malaysian society.
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title The efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading the message of peace in Malaysia: Activities and challenges
title_short The efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading the message of peace in Malaysia: Activities and challenges
title_full The efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading the message of peace in Malaysia: Activities and challenges
title_fullStr The efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading the message of peace in Malaysia: Activities and challenges
title_full_unstemmed The efforts of Malaysian Muslim NGOs in spreading the message of peace in Malaysia: Activities and challenges
title_sort efforts of malaysian muslim ngos in spreading the message of peace in malaysia: activities and challenges
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