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Religious Leader: Model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in Malaysia [Pemimpin Agama: Model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di Malaysia]

Religious leader is a vital part in ensuring well implementation of inter-faith dialogue be it external (inter-dialogue) or internal (intra-dialogue) particularly those aiming to resolve conflicts. However, the role of religious leader as agent of conflict resolution within the Malaysian context doe...

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Main Authors: Karim K.M., Saili S.A., Khambali K.M.
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Published: Kolej University Islam Sultan Azlan Shah 2023
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-229392023-05-29T14:13:33Z Religious Leader: Model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in Malaysia [Pemimpin Agama: Model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di Malaysia] Karim K.M. Saili S.A. Khambali K.M. 56301354700 56300793100 55413545000 Religious leader is a vital part in ensuring well implementation of inter-faith dialogue be it external (inter-dialogue) or internal (intra-dialogue) particularly those aiming to resolve conflicts. However, the role of religious leader as agent of conflict resolution within the Malaysian context does not exist, and interfaith dialogue supposedly serves as discussion platform also share the same fate. An immediate impact was the unending inter-religious issues and some prolonged cases even from the 80's. Following research of dialogue model initiated at international level, it was found that religious leader has profound significant and particularly relevant to serve as agent of dialogue towards conflicts resolution. Through those research, the authors developed a model focussing on religious leaders as agent of interfaith dialogue implementation in Malaysia. The authors identified expected qualities and features of religious leaders from four basis: (a) normative rationale, (b) resources rationale, (c) governance rationale, and (d) integrative rationale. Data gathered uses purposive sampling from questionnaire distributed to 73 respondents consisting of two groups, religious leaders of Islam and Christianity. The authors' employs fixed comparative method and matrix analysis in analysing research data, while its composition is descriptive in nature. Regarding the qualities and characteristics expected from religious leaders to become agent of inter-faith dialogue in Malaysia (accompanied with the four basis stated earlier) the main findings were, (1) knowledgeable: understanding and applying the concept of inter-faith dialogue, (2) well-experienced: active participation in interfaith dialogue activities, 93) good personalityreligious: good religiosity, (4) good relationship building: ability to cultivate good relation with Malaysia's plural society. Final 2023-05-29T06:13:33Z 2023-05-29T06:13:33Z 2016 Article 10.7187/gjat10620160601 2-s2.0-84990888236 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84990888236&doi=10.7187%2fgjat10620160601&partnerID=40&md5=72817088dc552dd4c63aef21a14d6d87 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/22939 6 1 87 100 All Open Access, Gold, Green Kolej University Islam Sultan Azlan Shah Scopus
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description Religious leader is a vital part in ensuring well implementation of inter-faith dialogue be it external (inter-dialogue) or internal (intra-dialogue) particularly those aiming to resolve conflicts. However, the role of religious leader as agent of conflict resolution within the Malaysian context does not exist, and interfaith dialogue supposedly serves as discussion platform also share the same fate. An immediate impact was the unending inter-religious issues and some prolonged cases even from the 80's. Following research of dialogue model initiated at international level, it was found that religious leader has profound significant and particularly relevant to serve as agent of dialogue towards conflicts resolution. Through those research, the authors developed a model focussing on religious leaders as agent of interfaith dialogue implementation in Malaysia. The authors identified expected qualities and features of religious leaders from four basis: (a) normative rationale, (b) resources rationale, (c) governance rationale, and (d) integrative rationale. Data gathered uses purposive sampling from questionnaire distributed to 73 respondents consisting of two groups, religious leaders of Islam and Christianity. The authors' employs fixed comparative method and matrix analysis in analysing research data, while its composition is descriptive in nature. Regarding the qualities and characteristics expected from religious leaders to become agent of inter-faith dialogue in Malaysia (accompanied with the four basis stated earlier) the main findings were, (1) knowledgeable: understanding and applying the concept of inter-faith dialogue, (2) well-experienced: active participation in interfaith dialogue activities, 93) good personalityreligious: good religiosity, (4) good relationship building: ability to cultivate good relation with Malaysia's plural society.
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Karim K.M.
Saili S.A.
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author Karim K.M.
Saili S.A.
Khambali K.M.
spellingShingle Karim K.M.
Saili S.A.
Khambali K.M.
Religious Leader: Model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in Malaysia [Pemimpin Agama: Model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di Malaysia]
author_sort Karim K.M.
title Religious Leader: Model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in Malaysia [Pemimpin Agama: Model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di Malaysia]
title_short Religious Leader: Model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in Malaysia [Pemimpin Agama: Model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di Malaysia]
title_full Religious Leader: Model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in Malaysia [Pemimpin Agama: Model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di Malaysia]
title_fullStr Religious Leader: Model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in Malaysia [Pemimpin Agama: Model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di Malaysia]
title_full_unstemmed Religious Leader: Model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in Malaysia [Pemimpin Agama: Model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di Malaysia]
title_sort religious leader: model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in malaysia [pemimpin agama: model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di malaysia]
publisher Kolej University Islam Sultan Azlan Shah
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