ISLĀM, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE FALLACY OF RELIGIOUSPROSELYTIZATION IN YORUBALAND
Socialmediahasnotonlyrevolutionizedmediumofcommunicationgloballybuthasalsochangedthemodeofinteraction,contentsofthemessage,andthetargetaudience.Thenewmediahasfacilitateddisseminationofinformationrelevanttoallspheresoflife.Apparently,severalsocio-politicalandreligiousleadersandorganizationshavecontin...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
Religions' educator
Year: 2021, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 232-241 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islām
B Religious Proselytization B Social media |
| Summary: | 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 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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