Inactive mosques : The crisis of contemporary Muslim communities
According to the present conventional concept, mosque is only a place for the Muslims to offer prayer but in reality it should serve as a complex socio-cultural institution within the Muslim communities around the world. Though the contemporary evidences would go against this statement, it has to be...
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| author | Asif, Nayeem Utaberta, Nangkula Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid Ismail, Nor Atiah Ismail, Sumarni |
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| description | According to the present conventional concept, mosque is only a place for the Muslims to offer prayer but in reality it should serve as a complex socio-cultural institution within the Muslim communities around the world. Though the contemporary evidences would go against this statement, it has to be noted that the original idea of mosque illustrates that it should be an institution that actively contributes to the development of the Muslim communities within the society. The aim of this paper is to explore the theological and historical evidences on mosque as an institution for community development. Then a brief overview will be presented on the contemporary issues i.e. the reason of the mosques being inactive nowadays and finally how to overcome this situation and revive the role of mosque in order to make it active again to contribute in the community development. |
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| spelling | iium-740422021-06-23T15:50:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74042/ Inactive mosques : The crisis of contemporary Muslim communities Asif, Nayeem Utaberta, Nangkula Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid Ismail, Nor Atiah Ismail, Sumarni NA2000 Study and teaching. Research According to the present conventional concept, mosque is only a place for the Muslims to offer prayer but in reality it should serve as a complex socio-cultural institution within the Muslim communities around the world. Though the contemporary evidences would go against this statement, it has to be noted that the original idea of mosque illustrates that it should be an institution that actively contributes to the development of the Muslim communities within the society. The aim of this paper is to explore the theological and historical evidences on mosque as an institution for community development. Then a brief overview will be presented on the contemporary issues i.e. the reason of the mosques being inactive nowadays and finally how to overcome this situation and revive the role of mosque in order to make it active again to contribute in the community development. AENSI Publications 2015-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74042/7/74042%20Inactive%20Mosques.pdf Asif, Nayeem and Utaberta, Nangkula and Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid and Ismail, Nor Atiah and Ismail, Sumarni (2015) Inactive mosques : The crisis of contemporary Muslim communities. Advances in Environmental Biology, 9 (5). pp. 367-370. ISSN 1995-0756 E-ISSN 1998-1066 http://www.aensiweb.com/AEB/ |
| spellingShingle | NA2000 Study and teaching. Research Asif, Nayeem Utaberta, Nangkula Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid Ismail, Nor Atiah Ismail, Sumarni Inactive mosques : The crisis of contemporary Muslim communities |
| title | Inactive mosques : The crisis of contemporary Muslim communities |
| title_full | Inactive mosques : The crisis of contemporary Muslim communities |
| title_fullStr | Inactive mosques : The crisis of contemporary Muslim communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inactive mosques : The crisis of contemporary Muslim communities |
| title_short | Inactive mosques : The crisis of contemporary Muslim communities |
| title_sort | inactive mosques : the crisis of contemporary muslim communities |
| topic | NA2000 Study and teaching. Research |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/74042/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74042/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74042/7/74042%20Inactive%20Mosques.pdf |