Religious tolerance in Malaysia: problems and challenges

Every religion is normally perceived from their own religion to tend toward exclusiveness by claiming that their religion is the only true religion, offering the true revelation and the true way of salvation. This exclusiveness started with desire to know the religious status or truth position amon...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Nur Farhana Abdul Rahman, Khadijah Mohd Khambali @ Hambali
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6413/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6413/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6413/1/7_Nurfarhana_Abdul_Rahman_IJIT_Vol_3_June_2013.pdf

id	ukm-6413
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ukm-64132016-12-14T06:41:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6413/ Religious tolerance in Malaysia: problems and challenges Nur Farhana Abdul Rahman, Khadijah Mohd Khambali @ Hambali, Every religion is normally perceived from their own religion to tend toward exclusiveness by claiming that their religion is the only true religion, offering the true revelation and the true way of salvation. This exclusiveness started with desire to know the religious status or truth position among other religions. The question on which religion is the ideal religion and ultimately the truest one has always been raised and debated among people of religions. This polemic can be a seed of many conflicts and disagreements between religions in many parts of the world,including Malaysia as a multi-religious country. This is a preliminary study which attempts to explore issues and challenges pertaining to religious tolerance as practiced in Malaysia. This research is a qualitative research which data are gathered from various sources including books, journals, magazines, newspapers,articles and internet sources related to the topic as well as in depth interview with qualified persons. The data will then be analysed using document analysis method. The result shows that religious tolerance in this country is seen working under various and distinctive understanding. The main challenges to practising religious tolerance in Malaysia emerged from none guidance module to practising religious tolerance especially which stated the limitation and the rule in religious tolerance applicable in Malaysia context and lack of understanding of religious tolerance needed within adherents of religion which cause prejudices against the adherents of religions. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6413/1/7_Nurfarhana_Abdul_Rahman_IJIT_Vol_3_June_2013.pdf Nur Farhana Abdul Rahman, and Khadijah Mohd Khambali @ Hambali, (2013) Religious tolerance in Malaysia: problems and challenges. International Journal of Islamic Thought ( IJIT ), 3 . pp. 81-91. ISSN 2232-1314 http://www.ukm.my/ijit/
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building	UKM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	Every religion is normally perceived from their own religion to tend toward exclusiveness by claiming that their religion is the only true religion, offering the true revelation and the true way of salvation. This exclusiveness started with desire to know the religious status or truth position among other religions. The question on which religion is the ideal religion and ultimately the truest one has always been raised and debated among people of religions. This polemic can be a seed of many conflicts and disagreements between religions in many parts of the world,including Malaysia as a multi-religious country. This is a preliminary study which attempts to explore issues and challenges pertaining to religious tolerance as practiced in Malaysia. This research is a qualitative research which data are gathered from various sources including books, journals, magazines, newspapers,articles and internet sources related to the topic as well as in depth interview with qualified persons. The data will then be analysed using document analysis method. The result shows that religious tolerance in this country is seen working under various and distinctive understanding. The main challenges to practising religious tolerance in Malaysia emerged from none guidance module to practising religious tolerance especially which stated the limitation and the rule in religious tolerance applicable in Malaysia context and lack of understanding of religious tolerance needed within adherents of religion which cause prejudices against the adherents of religions.
format	Article
author	Nur Farhana Abdul Rahman, Khadijah Mohd Khambali @ Hambali,
spellingShingle	Nur Farhana Abdul Rahman, Khadijah Mohd Khambali @ Hambali, Religious tolerance in Malaysia: problems and challenges
author_facet	Nur Farhana Abdul Rahman, Khadijah Mohd Khambali @ Hambali,
author_sort	Nur Farhana Abdul Rahman,
title	Religious tolerance in Malaysia: problems and challenges
title_short	Religious tolerance in Malaysia: problems and challenges
title_full	Religious tolerance in Malaysia: problems and challenges
title_fullStr	Religious tolerance in Malaysia: problems and challenges
title_full_unstemmed	Religious tolerance in Malaysia: problems and challenges
title_sort	religious tolerance in malaysia: problems and challenges
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6413/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6413/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6413/1/7_Nurfarhana_Abdul_Rahman_IJIT_Vol_3_June_2013.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T19:46:50Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T19:46:50Z
_version_	1777405956447010816

Religious tolerance in Malaysia: problems and challenges

Similar Items