Sikap Pembelajaran terhadap Pencapaian Kursus Fardhu Ain dalam Kalangan Mualaf Cina di Jabatan Agama Islam Daerah Kajang

Shaharuddin, Syarul Azman; Muhamat@Kawangit, Razaleigh

doi:10.17576/islamiyyat-2014-3602-10

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“…Moreover, the study found that the converts were not clearly and systematically informed of the legal implications of conversion to Islam by the Islamic religious authorities in Malaysia. The previous studies that were conducted on Islamic authorities' management of Muslim converts mainly discussed the teaching of converts, dealing with converts' welfare, dakwah activism, and administration tasks (Abu Bakar & Ismail, 2018;Ibrahim et al, 2019;Shaharuddin & Muhamat-Kawangit, 2014;Samuri & Quraishi, 2014). It appears that the religious authorities do not give Muslim converts enough information before or after they convert to Islam.…”

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Legal Literacy for Muslim Converts in Malaysia

Samuri¹,

Khan²

2021

JSSH

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Many Muslim converts in Malaysia are not well-informed of their rights and the legal implications of conversion to Islam. Implementing legal pluralism, particularly the different sets of personal laws that apply to Muslims and non-Muslims, sends the converts, their non-Muslim families, and the religious authorities into bitter legal battles whenever an individual converts to Islam. Furthermore, as religious institutions currently offer no legal literacy program, some Muslim converts are unclear regarding the course of action they should take whenever legal issues are involved, especially from the aspects of identity change; civil marriage dissolution; matrimonial properties distribution; child custody and guardianship; determination of child’s and the deceased’s religion; and inheritance and derivative pension distribution. Therefore, this research explores Muslim converts’ perspectives on the need for and development of legal literacy regarding rights and legal implications of conversion to Islam. This study employed in-depth semi-structured interviews with 9 participants who were all Muslim converts. Each interview was transcribed verbatim, and the data were analysed with NVIVO software based on a thematic approach. The research found that all participants unanimously agreed to empower Muslim converts with legal literacy, considering many are not well-informed of the legal implications of conversion to Islam, despite it directly affecting their personal lives, family dynamic, and the multicultural society in Malaysia.

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confidence: 99%