The Perception and Level of Understanding about Islam among New Converts in Perkim Langkawi
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 10
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to overlook the perception and level of understanding about Islam among new converts in PERKIM Langkawi. Researcher has focused on new converts who have registered as members in PERKIM Langkawi. Due to the reason that this study is more towards perception and knowledge level, researcher has used quantitative method (by the distribution of questionnaire forms) in order to obtain information needed from the respondents. Quantitative data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics Software. Then, descriptive statistics were used to explain the background of the respondents, level of understanding and perception among new converts in PERKIM Langkawi. The results have shown that majority of the respondents understand Islam well and has performed the religious practices and rituals of Islam. They have made Islam a way to attain Allah’s pleasures. The findings will not only contribute for a better understanding about Islam in PERKIM Langkawi but will implicate from the method used by PERKIM Langkawi in providing better understanding of Islam for the new converts. Based on the findings, few suggestions were put forward to address the issues related to new converts in PERKIM Langkawi.
Authors and Affiliations
Ahmad Rahmat Adnan, Ahmad Yunus Mohd Nor
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- EP ID EP620158
- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i10/3423
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