A critical appraisal of Zakir Naik’s Islamic evangelism

Though Islam is a religion against compulsion in inviting others into its fold, but it allows to a certain degree for Muslim scholars to engage in any form of peaceful, ethical and intellectual debate/discourse with people of other faith. Ever since this message was communicated through the Qur’a...

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Main Authors: Maziah Mustapha, Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14026/
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spelling ukm-140262020-01-24T09:05:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14026/ A critical appraisal of Zakir Naik’s Islamic evangelism Maziah Mustapha, Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak, Though Islam is a religion against compulsion in inviting others into its fold, but it allows to a certain degree for Muslim scholars to engage in any form of peaceful, ethical and intellectual debate/discourse with people of other faith. Ever since this message was communicated through the Qur’an, there appeared in the Muslim world many intellectuals who engaged people of other faith in discussing issues related to God and spirituality. While the Muslim world still celebrates the contribution of past renowned Muslim scholars in the area of comparative religion, this small-scale research is designed to investigate the approaches, contributions and controversies that surround Naik who is a contemporary Muslim scholar of comparative religion. Even though many recognize his intellectual competency in discussing other religions, but there are people around the globe who find his public lecture provocative, cynical and disparaging towards other religions. Through this qualitative study the researchers intend to conduct a critical appraisal on Naik’s religious propagation. Besides that, the researchers will also analyze some of the criticisms hurled at him. The critical analysis of the research will objectively discuss Naik’s method of preaching, personality, style of public lecture, etc. The textual-analysis method will be employed to interpret the pertinent data of this research that come in the form of Naik’s public lectures and written documents. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14026/1/IJIT-Vol-15-June-2019_7_71-83.pdf Maziah Mustapha, and Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak, (2019) A critical appraisal of Zakir Naik’s Islamic evangelism. International Journal of Islamic Thought ( IJIT ), 15 . pp. 71-83. ISSN 2232-1314 http://www.ukm.my/ijit/volume-15-june-2019/
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description Though Islam is a religion against compulsion in inviting others into its fold, but it allows to a certain degree for Muslim scholars to engage in any form of peaceful, ethical and intellectual debate/discourse with people of other faith. Ever since this message was communicated through the Qur’an, there appeared in the Muslim world many intellectuals who engaged people of other faith in discussing issues related to God and spirituality. While the Muslim world still celebrates the contribution of past renowned Muslim scholars in the area of comparative religion, this small-scale research is designed to investigate the approaches, contributions and controversies that surround Naik who is a contemporary Muslim scholar of comparative religion. Even though many recognize his intellectual competency in discussing other religions, but there are people around the globe who find his public lecture provocative, cynical and disparaging towards other religions. Through this qualitative study the researchers intend to conduct a critical appraisal on Naik’s religious propagation. Besides that, the researchers will also analyze some of the criticisms hurled at him. The critical analysis of the research will objectively discuss Naik’s method of preaching, personality, style of public lecture, etc. The textual-analysis method will be employed to interpret the pertinent data of this research that come in the form of Naik’s public lectures and written documents.
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author Maziah Mustapha,
Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak,
spellingShingle Maziah Mustapha,
Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak,
A critical appraisal of Zakir Naik’s Islamic evangelism
author_facet Maziah Mustapha,
Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak,
author_sort Maziah Mustapha,
title A critical appraisal of Zakir Naik’s Islamic evangelism
title_short A critical appraisal of Zakir Naik’s Islamic evangelism
title_full A critical appraisal of Zakir Naik’s Islamic evangelism
title_fullStr A critical appraisal of Zakir Naik’s Islamic evangelism
title_full_unstemmed A critical appraisal of Zakir Naik’s Islamic evangelism
title_sort critical appraisal of zakir naik’s islamic evangelism
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14026/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14026/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14026/1/IJIT-Vol-15-June-2019_7_71-83.pdf
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