ABUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY SELECTED YORUBA MUSLIM PREACHERS ANDITS IMPLICATION FOR MUSLIMUMMAHIN LAGOS STATE
Thereisnogainsayingthatinthepresentdays,manypeoplespendmuchtimeonsocialmedia.This,nodoubt,revealsthatweareintheperiodofsocialmediarevolution.Thus,manypeoplereallystucktoitwhichsimplymeansgreatopportunitiesforMuslimpreacherstoexploitinDa'wahmethodology.However,manyYorubaMuslimpreachershavenotonl...
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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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Religions' educator
Year: 2021, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-66 |
| Further subjects: | B
Yoruba MuslimPreachers
B Abuse B Social media B Da‘wahMethodology |
| Summary: | Thereisnogainsayingthatinthepresentdays,manypeoplespendmuchtimeonsocialmedia.This,nodoubt,revealsthatweareintheperiodofsocialmediarevolution.Thus,manypeoplereallystucktoitwhichsimplymeansgreatopportunitiesforMuslimpreacherstoexploitinDa'wahmethodology.However,manyYorubaMuslimpreachershavenotonlyturnedtheopportunitiestobecomethreattothegoodrepresentationofIslam,itisalsodestroyingandoffendingthesensibilityofotherMuslimsaroundtheworld,therebycreatingbadimageforIslamtonon-Muslimswhoarealsousersofsocialmedia.AcentralreasonforthisproblemistheinabilitytoapplyDivineDa'wahmethodologyhandlingandanalysingthelargeamountsofunstructuredtextualdatathatoftencharacterizesocialmedia.EventhoughsocialmediaplatformsarebettereasyaccessDa'wah,theyhavebeengrosslyabusedbytheYorubaMuslimpreachersinmanywaysandtheeffectsareenormouslyaffectingthepropagationofIslammostespeciallyamongYorubacommunities.Inthispaper,thevariousabusesofsocialmediabyselectedYorubaMuslimScholarsareexamined.ThequestionsofwhataretheeffectsandconsequencesofthemisuseofsocialmediabytheYorubaMuslimscholarsareanswered,usingqualitativemethodwitharchivaldocuments,combinedwithviewsofscholarsandobservationsmostlyonsocialmedia.ThepaperconcludesthatYorubaMuslimpreachersshouldalwaysabidebyDivineDa‘wahMethodologyasstipulatedintheQur’anandpracticedbyProphetMuhammad, in order to curtail the abusive usage of social media in Da‘wah system. |
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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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