Youth and Mosque: Exploring the Views of Youth on Mosque Activities in Gombak, Selangor
Keywords:
Youth, mosque, mosque programmes, youth activities, GombakAbstract
This article analyses the views of youth on mosque activities in Gombak, Selangor. As the future leaders and movers of a nation, youth must be well grounded with knowledge. In any Muslim society, mosque is seen as an important centre of education. In order to ensure the future leaders to be well educated religiously mosque must be ready at all times to discharge the responsibility. This study aims to understand the views of youth on programmes offered by mosques in the Gombak district, Selangor, Malaysia. It is a qualitative study that utilizes the deductive and inductive methods derived from interviews, surveys, and literature studies. Data collected from respondents will be evaluated and analysed according to its appropriation. The result of this study indicates that there are several suggestions and comments from the respondent that could be look into and implemented by the mosque as well as local and state religious authorities to improve the mosque programmes and to make it more impactful to the Muslim youth particularly in Gombak, Selangor.
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