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Behind the issue of Natrah, 1950: The straits times reader's reaction to the Natrah tragedy

Why did The Straits Times make an effort to give wide coverage about the Natrah tragedy in 1950? Why did this newspaper deploy a strategy to publish letters from readers about Natrah within the specific period of time? What benefit is gained by this newspaper publishing comments and opinions from re...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Mohd Firdaus, Mohd Noor, Arba'iyah, Sharif, Mohd Shahrul Azha Mohd, Hussain, Norasmahani, Abd Wahab, Norazilawati
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Published: Dept of Islamic History and Civilization, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2021
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spelling my.um.eprints.348662022-05-26T08:23:48Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/34866/ Behind the issue of Natrah, 1950: The straits times reader's reaction to the Natrah tragedy Abdullah, Mohd Firdaus Mohd Noor, Arba'iyah Sharif, Mohd Shahrul Azha Mohd Hussain, Norasmahani Abd Wahab, Norazilawati BL Religion Why did The Straits Times make an effort to give wide coverage about the Natrah tragedy in 1950? Why did this newspaper deploy a strategy to publish letters from readers about Natrah within the specific period of time? What benefit is gained by this newspaper publishing comments and opinions from readers about Natrah? The answer lies in the fact that they were trying to maintain a support from the readers through the report of the Natrah report within the specific period of time. It is known this newspaper managed to spur its own polemic when the publication triggered the Natrah riots and causing casualties among the Muslims. Behind the publication, nevertheless, how reader's reaction about Natrah? So, in the light of this issue, this article attempts to present how the report about Natrah of The Straits Times managed to influence the thinking and interest of the readers, particulary within the specific period of time. The strength of this article lays on its historical approach applied to interpret the intention and action in the History subject of the Natrah tragedy. This study contributes new findings and novel in its approach which situated from the reaction and thinking of the newspaper's readers about Natrah. Dept of Islamic History and Civilization, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed Abdullah, Mohd Firdaus and Mohd Noor, Arba'iyah and Sharif, Mohd Shahrul Azha Mohd and Hussain, Norasmahani and Abd Wahab, Norazilawati (2021) Behind the issue of Natrah, 1950: The straits times reader's reaction to the Natrah tragedy. Journal of Al-Tamaddun, 16 (1). pp. 47-64. ISSN 1823-7517, DOI https://doi.org/10.22452/JAT.vol16no1.4 <https://doi.org/10.22452/JAT.vol16no1.4>. 10.22452/JAT.vol16no1.4
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topic BL Religion
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Abdullah, Mohd Firdaus
Mohd Noor, Arba'iyah
Sharif, Mohd Shahrul Azha Mohd
Hussain, Norasmahani
Abd Wahab, Norazilawati
Behind the issue of Natrah, 1950: The straits times reader's reaction to the Natrah tragedy
description Why did The Straits Times make an effort to give wide coverage about the Natrah tragedy in 1950? Why did this newspaper deploy a strategy to publish letters from readers about Natrah within the specific period of time? What benefit is gained by this newspaper publishing comments and opinions from readers about Natrah? The answer lies in the fact that they were trying to maintain a support from the readers through the report of the Natrah report within the specific period of time. It is known this newspaper managed to spur its own polemic when the publication triggered the Natrah riots and causing casualties among the Muslims. Behind the publication, nevertheless, how reader's reaction about Natrah? So, in the light of this issue, this article attempts to present how the report about Natrah of The Straits Times managed to influence the thinking and interest of the readers, particulary within the specific period of time. The strength of this article lays on its historical approach applied to interpret the intention and action in the History subject of the Natrah tragedy. This study contributes new findings and novel in its approach which situated from the reaction and thinking of the newspaper's readers about Natrah.
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author Abdullah, Mohd Firdaus
Mohd Noor, Arba'iyah
Sharif, Mohd Shahrul Azha Mohd
Hussain, Norasmahani
Abd Wahab, Norazilawati
author_facet Abdullah, Mohd Firdaus
Mohd Noor, Arba'iyah
Sharif, Mohd Shahrul Azha Mohd
Hussain, Norasmahani
Abd Wahab, Norazilawati
author_sort Abdullah, Mohd Firdaus
title Behind the issue of Natrah, 1950: The straits times reader's reaction to the Natrah tragedy
title_short Behind the issue of Natrah, 1950: The straits times reader's reaction to the Natrah tragedy
title_full Behind the issue of Natrah, 1950: The straits times reader's reaction to the Natrah tragedy
title_fullStr Behind the issue of Natrah, 1950: The straits times reader's reaction to the Natrah tragedy
title_full_unstemmed Behind the issue of Natrah, 1950: The straits times reader's reaction to the Natrah tragedy
title_sort behind the issue of natrah, 1950: the straits times reader's reaction to the natrah tragedy
publisher Dept of Islamic History and Civilization, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/34866/
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