The Role of Mosque Committee in Empowering Mosque’s Educational Programmes: Case Study of Mosques in Gombak District, Malaysia (Peranan Ahli Jawatankuasa Masjid dalam Penambahbaikan Program Pendidikan Masjid: Kajian Kes bagi Masjid-Masjid di Daerah Gombak)

Authors

  • Muhammad Ayman al-Akiti Asst. Prof. Dr., Dept. of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Che Mahzan Bin Ahamad Assoc. Prof. Dr., Dept. of Communication, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Che’ Razi Bin Jusoh Asst. Prof. Dr., Dept. of General Studies, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Ismail bin Mamat Asst. Prof. Dr., Dept. of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Aliza Bin Elias @ Mayah Asst. Prof. Dr., Dept. of Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Mohd Helmi Bin Mohd Sobri Asst. Prof. Dr., Dept. of History & Civilization, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Lihanna Binti Borhan Assoc. Prof. Dr., Dept. of Psychology, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Mohd Noh Bin Abdul Jalil Asst. Prof. Dr., Dept. of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Sofiah Binti Samsudin Asst. Prof. Dr., Dept. of Qur’an and Sunnah Studies, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Majdan Bin Alias Asst. Prof. Dr., Dept. of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Shukran bin Abd Rahman Prof. Dr., Dept. of Psychology, KIRKHS, IIUM.
  • Kamaruzzaman Bin Abdul Manan Asst. Prof. Dr., Dept. of Communication and Media, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Perak.
  • Khamsiah Bin Mohd Ismail Asst. Prof. Dr., ismailkhamsiah@gmail.com
  • Mohamad Haeqal Bin Ishak PhD Student, Dept. of Islamic Thought and Civilization, ISTAC-IIUM.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/jia.v18i3.1058

Abstract

This article analyses the roles of the mosque committee in enhancing the mosque’s educational programmes in Gombak, Selangor. Gombak as an administrative district that is located inside the hectic and modernized area of Klang Valley is prone to foreign ideologies and socio-cultural issues. This study aims to broaden the understanding of how the mosque committee in Gombak could empower the mosque’s educational programmes in addressing these issues. This study also aims to discover creative improvision that the committee could make in making the mosque’s educational programmes attractive to the surrounding community. This study focuses on the role of the mosque committee in improving their mosque’s educational programmes with a specific case study on selected mosques in the Gombak district. It is a qualitative study that utilizes the deductive and inductive methods derived from surveys collected from Focus-group Discussion (FGD) and literature studies. Recordings from the FGD survey and recent literature studies related to this topic are examined and analysed according to its appropriation. The result indicates the importance of the mosque committee and their significant roles in enhancing the mosque’s educational programmes such as adjusting the curriculum to cater the diversity of people and continuously improvising the lesson through feedback taken from the surrounding community.

Keywords: Mosque Educational Programme, Mosque Committee, Islamic Education, Gombak District, Majlis Agama Islam Selangor.

Abstrak

Artikel ini mengkaji peranan yang boleh dimainkan oleh ahli jawatankuasa masjid dalam usaha penambahbaikan program pendidikan masjid di sekitar kominiti Gombak, Selangor. Gombak merupakan sebuah daerah pentadbiran terletak di dalam kawasan Lembah Kelang yang sibuk dan moden terdedah kepada ideologi asing dan permasalahan sosio-budaya. Kajian ini bermatlamat untuk memperluaskan kefahaman berkaitan tentang bagaimana ahli jawatankuasa masjid boleh menambahbaik program pendidikan masjid untuk menanggapi permasalaha-masalah tersebut. Kajian ini juga bertujuan untuk menemukan kaedah penambahbaikan kreatif yang boleh dilakukan oleh ahli jawatankuasa masjid untuk menjadikan program pendidikan masjid menarik bagi masyarakat sekitar. Kajian ini juga memfokuskan kepada peranan ahli jawatankuasa masjid dalam menambahbaik fungsi program pendidikan masjid dengan kajian kes keatas masjid terpilih di daerah Gombak. Ini adalah kajian kualitatif yang menggunapakai kaedah deduktif dan induktif yang berasal dari hasil dapatan tinjauan Diskusi Kelompok Terfokus (FGD) dan juga kajian literatur. Rakaman dari tinjauan FGD dan kajian literatur terkini yang berkaitan dengan topik ini akan dikaji dan dianalisa mengikut kesesuaiannya. Hasil menunjukkan kepentingan ahli jawatankuasa masjid dan peranan besar mereka dalam menambahbaik program pendidikan masjid contohnya dalam menyesuaikan kurikulum untuk menyantuni kepelbagaian masyarakat dan penambahbaikan berterusan pengajian melalui maklum balas yang diperolehi dari masyarakat setempat.

Kata Kunci: Program Pendidikan Masjid, Ahli Jawatankuasa Masjid, Pengajian Islam, Daerah Gombak, Majlis Agama Islam Selangor.

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2021-12-31

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al-Akiti, M. A., Bin Ahamad, C. M. ., Bin Jusoh, C. R. ., bin Mamat, I. ., Bin Elias @ Mayah, A. ., Bin Mohd Sobri, M. H. ., Binti Borhan, L. ., Bin Abdul Jalil, M. N. ., Binti Samsudin, S. ., Bin Alias, M. ., bin Abd Rahman, S. ., Bin Abdul Manan, K. ., Bin Mohd Ismail, K. ., & Bin Ishak, M. H. . (2021). The Role of Mosque Committee in Empowering Mosque’s Educational Programmes: Case Study of Mosques in Gombak District, Malaysia (Peranan Ahli Jawatankuasa Masjid dalam Penambahbaikan Program Pendidikan Masjid: Kajian Kes bagi Masjid-Masjid di Daerah Gombak). Journal of Islam in Asia (E-ISSN 2289-8077), 18(3), 165–187. https://doi.org/10.31436/jia.v18i3.1058

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