The Challenge of Da’wa in Multicultural Communities in Central Kalimantan

Normuslim, Normuslim and Azis, Abdul and Zainab, Siti (2018) The Challenge of Da’wa in Multicultural Communities in Central Kalimantan. In: PROSIDING The 5th International Seminar On Social, Humanities, and Malay Islamic Civilization, 9-10 Oktober 2018, Palembang.

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Abstract

This paper examines the challenges of da‘wa in multicultural communities in
three regencies of Central Kalimantan. These three regencies are usually dubbed ad watersheds because they are the initial pathways for the spread of Islam in Central Kalimantan which at present, the majorities of population are muslims. The main problem of this study is how the challenge of da‘wa in multicultural societies and the study is aimed at mapping da‘wa with various challenge faced in community. This paper based on research field result on basis interview, FGD, and documentation. This study finds : Broadly speaking, da'wa challenges on multicultural communiries consist of internal and external factors. From internal factors derived from da'i; mad'u ; the approach and method of da'wa and the media.From external factors namely the existence of Christianization activities .Another fact was that although the majority Muslim community, in certain areas politically / governmentally was controlled by non-Muslims. This had animpact on policies and budgets that were not considered significant enough for the development of good da'wa.

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