Nursi’s Unity Model and Its Importance in the Context of Racial Unity in Malaysia

Abstract

Universal peace and prosperity is a humanitarian issue that has found a place in the thoughts of Badiuzzaman Said Nursi. His thoughts, which are pivoted on the al-Qur'an, traverse the boundaries of race and land. This article discusses the thoughts of Nursi that are inclined towards the values that reinforce cooperation between races and strategies that can be utilized in efforts to ensure the success of national integration in Malaysia. This study employed a qualitative approach based on primary and secondary sources through the method of document analysis. This article has found that the efforts need to focus on three main values, which are wasatiyyah (moderation), dialogue and nurturing virtuous values. Besides that, this article suggests a few strategic plans such as forming the Wasatiyyah Institute, consolidating the centre for dialogue on civilization and courses on dialogue skills and nurturing virtuous values through Islamic mass media.

Combining old and new media for Islamic da’wa activity: The Case of Indonesian Nursi movement

“…To some extent, presumably, the Islamic movement, which promotes one-way communication and the centralization of messages, such as the Nursi movement, can also lead to high fanaticism, but Nursi's movement is certainly different from what is mentioned by Holmes (2005) who assesses that old media messages are always central and one way. The difference is that if Holmes calls mass media such as radio and television to tend to dominate the recipients of the message, then the movement of Nur tends to provide space for freedom for message recipients to be different and expression through the media they use (Mohamad et al, 2014).…”