Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective

Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective

Muslim scholars and organisations use the Internet through various websites to spread Islam globally. The presence of many websites providing Islamic contents online makes it necessary to examine their Islamic features and the factors that influence Muslims to use Islamic websites. This paper empiri...

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Main Authors: Aliyu, Mansur, Mahmud, Murni, Md Tap, Abu Osman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2013
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Q350 Information theory
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spelling iium-327392013-11-14T01:58:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32739/ Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective Aliyu, Mansur Mahmud, Murni Md Tap, Abu Osman Q350 Information theory Muslim scholars and organisations use the Internet through various websites to spread Islam globally. The presence of many websites providing Islamic contents online makes it necessary to examine their Islamic features and the factors that influence Muslims to use Islamic websites. This paper empirically investigates the Islamic features that influence the use of Islamic websites by Muslim users. The identified Islamic factors were grouped under five factors: beliefs, ethics, services, symbols, and values. A survey of 246 Muslim Islamic website users was conducted between November and December 2012 at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The study develops and tests a path measurement model to confirm the psychometric properties of the five identified factors. The study found that Islamic features significantly influence Muslims to use Islamic websites. The measurement model and empirical results provide valuable indicators for the direction of future research and also suggest guidelines for developing Islamic websites that will easily influence many Internet users to visit them in order to learn about Islamic teachings and practices. The findings are also of considerable importance as they contribute to the present body of knowledge on Islamic websites’ evaluation and for practice in designing and developing quality Islamic websites. IIUM Press 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32739/1/ID-Murni_Mansur_AOMT_367-1225-1-PB-1_copy.pdf Aliyu, Mansur and Mahmud, Murni and Md Tap, Abu Osman (2013) Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective. Intellectual Discourse, 21 (1). pp. 33-54. ISSN 0128-4878 http://www.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/367
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topic Q350 Information theory
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Aliyu, Mansur
Mahmud, Murni
Md Tap, Abu Osman
Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective
description Muslim scholars and organisations use the Internet through various websites to spread Islam globally. The presence of many websites providing Islamic contents online makes it necessary to examine their Islamic features and the factors that influence Muslims to use Islamic websites. This paper empirically investigates the Islamic features that influence the use of Islamic websites by Muslim users. The identified Islamic factors were grouped under five factors: beliefs, ethics, services, symbols, and values. A survey of 246 Muslim Islamic website users was conducted between November and December 2012 at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The study develops and tests a path measurement model to confirm the psychometric properties of the five identified factors. The study found that Islamic features significantly influence Muslims to use Islamic websites. The measurement model and empirical results provide valuable indicators for the direction of future research and also suggest guidelines for developing Islamic websites that will easily influence many Internet users to visit them in order to learn about Islamic teachings and practices. The findings are also of considerable importance as they contribute to the present body of knowledge on Islamic websites’ evaluation and for practice in designing and developing quality Islamic websites.
format Article
author Aliyu, Mansur
Mahmud, Murni
Md Tap, Abu Osman
author_facet Aliyu, Mansur
Mahmud, Murni
Md Tap, Abu Osman
author_sort Aliyu, Mansur
title Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective
title_short Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective
title_full Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective
title_fullStr Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective
title_full_unstemmed Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective
title_sort features influencing islamic websites use: a muslim user perspective
publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/32739/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/32739/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/32739/1/ID-Murni_Mansur_AOMT_367-1225-1-PB-1_copy.pdf
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