Assessing Islamic information quality on the internet: a case of information about Hadith

The convenience of the Internet in providing access to a vast amount of information about Islam is no longer deniable even among students and faculties in Islamic Studies. The Internet has been regularly used by this category of people to find information about Islam. On the other hand, the issue...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza, Hazmi, Norzelatun Rodhiah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology 2005
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/30901/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30901/1/Assesing_Islamic_information.pdf

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spelling	iium-309012019-02-14T03:21:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30901/ Assessing Islamic information quality on the internet: a case of information about Hadith Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza Hazmi, Norzelatun Rodhiah T Technology (General) The convenience of the Internet in providing access to a vast amount of information about Islam is no longer deniable even among students and faculties in Islamic Studies. The Internet has been regularly used by this category of people to find information about Islam. On the other hand, the issue pertaining to the quality of the information made available on the Internet is very transparent. In Islam, it is indeed very important that any fatwa and any scholarly works on Islam should be based on original and reliable sources of information. The question is if the Internet is continued to be one of the major source of information and reference for Islamic Scholars, how do they assess its quality? How do they justify its use? In what manner do they utilize the information? Using a case study approach with qualitative data gathering technique, this study was conducted to understand the use, perceptions, and opinions of several postgraduate students and faculty members in a faculty of Islamic Studies at one of the public university in Malaysia, pertaining to information about Hadith on the Internet. The findings indicated that almost all participants have referred to the Internet to get information about Hadith. The analysis of the interviews has revealed the purpose of use, method of assessment used and the underlying issues involved as perceived by the participants. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30901/1/Assesing_Islamic_information.pdf Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza and Hazmi, Norzelatun Rodhiah (2005) Assessing Islamic information quality on the internet: a case of information about Hadith. Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, 10 (2). pp. 51-66. ISSN 1394-6234
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description	The convenience of the Internet in providing access to a vast amount of information about Islam is no longer deniable even among students and faculties in Islamic Studies. The Internet has been regularly used by this category of people to find information about Islam. On the other hand, the issue pertaining to the quality of the information made available on the Internet is very transparent. In Islam, it is indeed very important that any fatwa and any scholarly works on Islam should be based on original and reliable sources of information. The question is if the Internet is continued to be one of the major source of information and reference for Islamic Scholars, how do they assess its quality? How do they justify its use? In what manner do they utilize the information? Using a case study approach with qualitative data gathering technique, this study was conducted to understand the use, perceptions, and opinions of several postgraduate students and faculty members in a faculty of Islamic Studies at one of the public university in Malaysia, pertaining to information about Hadith on the Internet. The findings indicated that almost all participants have referred to the Internet to get information about Hadith. The analysis of the interviews has revealed the purpose of use, method of assessment used and the underlying issues involved as perceived by the participants.
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title	Assessing Islamic information quality on the internet: a case of information about Hadith
title_short	Assessing Islamic information quality on the internet: a case of information about Hadith
title_full	Assessing Islamic information quality on the internet: a case of information about Hadith
title_fullStr	Assessing Islamic information quality on the internet: a case of information about Hadith
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