The motives behind the deception and propaganda used by the elite & political leaders: a Qur’anic – mass communication perspective

Propaganda has been one of the main issues and hot topics in Human Sciences that is of great concern in our contemporary world. The Elite and the Political leaders through the ages used all sorts of deceptions, manipulation and disinformation not only to propagate their agendas but also for easy...

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Main Authors: Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali, Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas
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Language:English
Published: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 2018
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spelling iium-626832018-03-26T00:47:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62683/ The motives behind the deception and propaganda used by the elite & political leaders: a Qur’anic – mass communication perspective Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas BP1 Islam BP130 Works about the Qurʼān BP173.7 Islam and politics Propaganda has been one of the main issues and hot topics in Human Sciences that is of great concern in our contemporary world. The Elite and the Political leaders through the ages used all sorts of deceptions, manipulation and disinformation not only to propagate their agendas but also for easy control of the masses. Undoubtedly, there are many reasons for that. But what are the main motives behind such dirty tricks and tactics? This study is an attempt to answer the abovementioned question and to shed light on the role the elite and the political leaders play in deceiving the public. It is extremely important for the Muslims of all generations to be familiar with all sorts of deceptions and propaganda adopted by the elite and the overbearing political leaders so as to avoid being trapped and being misled by them. The scope of the study will be the Qur‟anic perspective pertaining to the motives behind deception and propaganda used by the elite & the political leaders in deceiving the masses. To address the problem under study, three research methods shall be adopted; namely: descriptive, analytical, historical and, to some extent, comparative methods. This new attempt of its kind is considered to be an integrated Qur‟anic-Mass Communication study. Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 2018-02-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62683/1/SAS%20article%20%281%29.pdf Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali and Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas (2018) The motives behind the deception and propaganda used by the elite & political leaders: a Qur’anic – mass communication perspective. Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 6 (2). pp. 447-453. ISSN 2347-9493 E-ISSN 2347-5374 http://saspjournals.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SJAHSS-62-447-453-c.pdf
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BP130 Works about the Qurʼān
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Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali
Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas
The motives behind the deception and propaganda used by the elite & political leaders: a Qur’anic – mass communication perspective
description Propaganda has been one of the main issues and hot topics in Human Sciences that is of great concern in our contemporary world. The Elite and the Political leaders through the ages used all sorts of deceptions, manipulation and disinformation not only to propagate their agendas but also for easy control of the masses. Undoubtedly, there are many reasons for that. But what are the main motives behind such dirty tricks and tactics? This study is an attempt to answer the abovementioned question and to shed light on the role the elite and the political leaders play in deceiving the public. It is extremely important for the Muslims of all generations to be familiar with all sorts of deceptions and propaganda adopted by the elite and the overbearing political leaders so as to avoid being trapped and being misled by them. The scope of the study will be the Qur‟anic perspective pertaining to the motives behind deception and propaganda used by the elite & the political leaders in deceiving the masses. To address the problem under study, three research methods shall be adopted; namely: descriptive, analytical, historical and, to some extent, comparative methods. This new attempt of its kind is considered to be an integrated Qur‟anic-Mass Communication study.
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author Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali
Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas
author_facet Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali
Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas
author_sort Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali
title The motives behind the deception and propaganda used by the elite & political leaders: a Qur’anic – mass communication perspective
title_short The motives behind the deception and propaganda used by the elite & political leaders: a Qur’anic – mass communication perspective
title_full The motives behind the deception and propaganda used by the elite & political leaders: a Qur’anic – mass communication perspective
title_fullStr The motives behind the deception and propaganda used by the elite & political leaders: a Qur’anic – mass communication perspective
title_full_unstemmed The motives behind the deception and propaganda used by the elite & political leaders: a Qur’anic – mass communication perspective
title_sort motives behind the deception and propaganda used by the elite & political leaders: a qur’anic – mass communication perspective
publisher Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
publishDate 2018
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