THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN THE DAKWAH

MOVEMENT IN 1970s - 1980s

Aida Zukrina 1426232
Nurshairah Ismail 1426520
Ubaidah Suhaimi 1425875
Naufal Anwa 1411731
 BACKGROUND STUDY
ISLAMIC RESURGENCE IN MALAYSIA
Islam (2005) - Islamic organisation and Islamic political party came to
the forefront of the resurgence movement. The political parties,
individual ulama, populist imam as well as the state itself became
engaged in the process by promoting their own Islamization agenda

ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN MALAYSIA

ABIM - was established in Founded in 1968

PAS- established in
1971 and lead by young before changing its
1956, later became a
intellectual leaders name to Darul Arqam
major political party
in 1971.
 ROLE OF MEDIA IN
DAKWAH MOVEMENT

Dakwah movement utilized traditional media during

islamic resurgence in Malaysia

The dakwah
movements mostly
used books, newspaper
to spread their
ideologies
 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
RQ 1 RQ 2

What are the types How do the people

of channels that at that time react
they received from towards the
the dakwah information on
movement during dakwah movement?
that time (1970s - (1970s-1980s)
1980s)?
 Literature review
Demand for reading materials on Islam
and cassette tapes of Islamic talks,
nasyeeds (Islamic songs) and recitation Radio and television have served to
of the Quran have risen so dramatically RQ 1
transmit the message of Islam (Milne
that retail outlets specialising in such
Islamic items have proliferated & K.Mauzy, 1986)
(Hussein, 1988)

RQ 2
 Methodology

Real-time interviews with open-

ended answers

- Six participants aged - Participants from

from 48-65 years old different states in
Malaysia

- Questions are focused on their

experience regarding Islamic
movement(s) that happened during
the 70s and 80s
 Methodology
R1 1954 65 years old Retired officer of Born in Kuala
technology Lumpur
education division

R2 1969 48 years old Businessman Born in Malacca

R3 1964 53 years old Housewife Born in Singapore

R4 1958 59 years old Retired police officer Born in Penang

R5 1967 50 years old Administrator Born in Penang

R6 1952 65 years old Former secretary of Born in Perlis

ABIM
Data analysis
 The dakwah movement
spread ideas through these
channels (rq 1)
 Books
When I first got into IIUM (AIKOL) that was the first time I
joined usrah and read mathurat. In the usrah we referred to
a book titled Kenapa saya masuk Islam written by Fatiya
Khan. And most of the naqibs and naqibahs were members of
ABIM and ARQAM. I also started to know about Syed Qutb
when I was in high school (1984) and read the Syed Qutbs
book after my SPM (1986).
R2

Masa umi sekolah aljunied, kita baca mathurat and

matan arbain (hadis 40). Ustaz yang mengajar tu
semua keluaran Al azhar masa tu. (R5 was 17 years
old)

R3
 Time tu tahun 1971, di Seremban, abah dapat tahu tentang Al-
Arqam ni melalui terbitan buku Arqam iaitu Aurad
Muhammadiyah dan berita tv 1. Mereka ni tak berapa campur
dengan orang kalau tak join movement mereka, dia tak nak share
info dgn kita. Dia bergerak dalam kumpulan dia dan terlalu
mengikut perintah ketua dia, Ashaari Muhammad.

R1

ABIM were the first yang memperkenalkan usrah pada ketika itu. The
first media yang digunakan adalah akhbar bulanan yang bernama
Risalah. Dalam media dakwah, ABIM memang ke depan. Start printing
books, dari awal lagi ABIM start terbitkan buku dan pernah
menerbitkan buku yang dibanned di Indonesia yang bertajuk Jakarta
Charted. ABIM ada mewujudkan Dewan Pustaka Islam and translate lot
of books from Arabic to BM. Arabic to English. R6
 Ceramah
Tahun 1971, abah tahu tentang ABIM melalui surat khabar Utusan
Melayu, Mereka ni okay sebab banyak tolong dalam membela nasib
belia Islam dan tolong orang masuk Islam. Mereka berdakwah
melalui ceramah, mengadakan perjumpaan dengan belia dan
mengeluarkan risalah dan majalah. (R1 was 17 years old)

R1

I remember in 1979 (standard 3), Anwar Ibrahim whom at that time was the
President of ABIM came to my hometown in Jasin, Melaka to deliver his
speech. From what I remember, the mosque was full with people. All of them
wanted to meet Anwar. During 1980s Arqam were trying promote their
muslim friendly product.

R2
 Tahun 1981, Masa itu umi pernah pergi markas arqam kat
johor. Kawan ajak umi. Tak fikir apa pun, sebab dorang buat
usrah, camping belajar agama. Lepas ikut berapa kelas umi
tak ikut lagi sebab tak kena dengan cara umi. (Everyone
wears black).

R3
 The most active Islamic movement in my area during the 70s
was Pergerakan Dakwah Islamiah. Pengikut parti tersebut
kebanyakannya tabligh, so they send them out to a number of
kampungs in my area to preach about Islam, ceramah about 3-
4 times a year that consists of dakwah and forums.

In 1976 I was still in primary school, and once year the

coalition of PAS/UMNO would organize a rally in my
school (SK Permatang Tok Jaya) to spread knowledge R4
about Islam and their political party (Barisan Nasional),
and usually students would have their parents during
the rally.

R5
 Newspaper
Tahun 1971, abah tahu tentang ABIM melalui surat khabar Utusan
Melayu, Mereka ni okay sebab banyak tolong dalam membela nasib
belia Islam dan tolong orang masuk Islam. Mereka berdakwah
melalui ceramah, mengadakan perjumpaan dengan belia dan
mengeluarkan Risalah dan majalah. (R1 was 17 years old)

ABIM were the first yang memperkenalkan usrah pada ketika itu. The first R1
media yang digunakan adalah akhbar bulanan yang bernama Risalah.
Dalam media dakwah, ABIM memang ke depan. Start printing books, dari
awal lagi ABIM start terbitkan buku dan pernah menerbitkan buku yang
dibanned di Indonesia yang bertajuk Jakarta Charted. ABIM ada
mewujudkan Dewan Pustaka Islam and translate lot of books from Arabic to
BM. Arabic to English.
R6
Islamic magazines that were famous during the 70s was
Harakah (pembentuk agama), Al-Islam & Hawa. Majalah
Hawa focused more on women in Islam. These magazines
were common among Malay-Muslims in Malaysia.

R5
 Magazine
Tahun 1971, abah tahu tentang ABIM melalui surat khabar Utusan
Melayu, Mereka ni okay sebab banyak tolong dalam membela nasib
belia Islam dan tolong orang masuk Islam. Mereka berdakwah
melalui ceramah, mengadakan perjumpaan dengan belia dan
mengeluarkan risalah dan majalah. ( R1 was 17 years old)

Islamic magazines that were famous during the 70s was Harakah R1
(pembentuk agama), Al-Islam & Hawa. Majalah Hawa focused more
on women in Islam. These magazines were common among Malay-
Muslims in Malaysia.

R5
 Television channel
Time tu tahun 1971, abah dapat tahu tentang Al-Arqam ni melalui terbitan
buku Arqam iaitu Aurad Muhammadiyah dan berita tv 1 RTM. Mereka ni
tak berapa campur dengan orang kalau tak join movement mereka, dia
tak nak share info dgn kita. Dia bergerak dalam kumpulan dia dan terlalu
mengikut perintah ketua dia, Ashaari Muhammad.

One of ABIM members made his appearance in R1

television, Ustaz Nikmat Yusuf, dapat peluang berucap
dalam majlis Tilawatul Quran peringkat Kebangsaan
terpilih menyampaikan ceramah selama setengah jam.

R6
 MEDIA DURING ISLAMIC RESURGENCE IN MALAYSIA

Radios like RTM & Radio Malaya would have Islamic talks and
nasyid every morning, especially when people are getting ready to
go to work/school. Newspapers like Utusan Malaysia (written in
jawi back then) would have a column on Islam that would have
excerpts of dakwahs from different ustaz.

R4

Islamic magazines that were famous during the 70s was

Harakah (pembentuk agama), Al-Islam & Hawa. Majalah
Hawa focused more on women in Islam. These magazines
were common among Malay-Muslims in Malaysia.
R5
 Reaction to Dakwah movement (RQ 2)
There was one day, I listened to young Anwar Ibrahims speech
about Islam when I was 19 (1971, Anwar was the member of the
organisation). To me this is one important organisation that lead
the resurgence of this country. If you read any literature about
Islamic Resurgence, semua orang mengakui bahawa it was ABIM
who started the resurgence.

R6
Abah baca risalah ABIM tu sebab boleh katakan ABIM ni
bawa ideology yang bagus untuk spread tentang Islam
ni. The risalah is good in context because it helps the
belia to know more about the dakwah movement.

R1
 Since ABIM consist of young intellectual people, papa sedar
bahawa intellectuality itu penting untuk mencapai
matlamat, dalam konteks ABIM ; menggerakkan dakwah
dalam Malaysia.

R2
Dakwah was very crucial - especially for the younger generation as
they needed the Islamic knowlege from credible scholars from
institutions like Al-Azhar. During the time ABIM was active, PAS
and UMNO joined forces in spreading knowledge. I was involved in a
lot of the gatherings as our parents would bring the whole family
along.

R4
 Dakwah was well received in our area because activities like
rallies or ceramah were considered as strengthening the
bond of the community. Radio and newspapers played a huge
role in spreading the dakwah and I myself have learned and
passed down the stories or Hadith to my children. I would
hardly miss the ceramahs held in my area as we went as a
family and the neighboring families too would go as well.

R5
 CONCLUSION
People during 1970s-1980s received information
of dakwah from various channels which are
books, ceramah, newspaper, magazine,
television channel and radio.

It can be seen clearly that the responses

towards dakwah movement leaning more on
positive rather than negative responses
because it helps to enlighten the view of Islam