ISLĀM, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE FALLACY OF RELIGIOUSPROSELYTIZATION IN YORUBALAND
Socialmediahasnotonlyrevolutionizedmediumofcommunicationgloballybuthasalsochangedthemodeofinteraction,contentsofthemessage,andthetargetaudience.Thenewmediahasfacilitateddisseminationofinformationrelevanttoallspheresoflife.Apparently,severalsocio-politicalandreligiousleadersandorganizationshavecontin...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2021
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| Dans: |
Religions' educator
Année: 2021, Volume: 20, Numéro: 1, Pages: 232-241 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Islām
B Religious Proselytization B Réseaux sociaux |
| Résumé: | Socialmediahasnotonlyrevolutionizedmediumofcommunicationgloballybuthasalsochangedthemodeofinteraction,contentsofthemessage,andthetargetaudience.Thenewmediahasfacilitateddisseminationofinformationrelevanttoallspheresoflife.Apparently,severalsocio-politicalandreligiousleadersandorganizationshavecontinuedtoutilizesocialmediaplatformstointeractandconnectwiththeirfollowerstherebyplayingprominentroleintheirsocio-politicalandreligiouslives.Islāmicpreachers(Du‘āt)haveembracedtheuseoftheseplatformstoengagetheiraudiencewithaviewtoconveyingfundamentalprinciplesofIslāmandinvitingnon-MuslimstothefoldofIslām.Thus,IslāmemphasizesthatDu‘ātapplylogic,wisdom,patience,andpersuasion,possessadequateknowledgeofreligionandreligioustexts,andadoptfairpreaching.However,contemporaryDu‘ātfacegreatchallengeofimbibingthesevirtuesandrefrainingfromemployingabusivewords,unguardedstatement,assaultorthreatintheirDa‘wahexertions.ThispaperexamineshowIslāmicpreachersinYorubalandhaveutilizedsocialmediatopromotereligiousproselytization.ItevaluatesthesymbioticrelationshipbetweensocialmediaandDa‘wahactivities.ItfurtherassessestheuseandmisuseofsocialmediabyDu‘ātandimplicationsofsocialmediaabuseforthefutureofDa‘wahinYorubaland.Recommendationsaremadeinthelightofresearchfindings. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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