Masyarakat mempunyai peranan penting yang berupaya menjadi agen perubahan dalam sesebuah negara. Potensi aktivisme sosial dilihat sebagai aktiviti dan tindakan proaktif masyarakat yang mampu memberi kesan terhadap perubahan sosial, ekonomi, dan politik. Walau bagaimanapun, aktivisme sosial merupakan bidang dominan di barat dan sering dikupas diluar lensa agama. Melalui kaedah sorotan kajian dan konseptual, artikel ini membincangkan penglibatan masyarakat dalam aktivisme sosial menerusi perspektif modal insan. Dapatan dari perbincangan mendapati bahawa kurangnya hubungkait aktivisme sosial dalam aspek modal insan yang berteraskan perspektif Islam. Aktivisme sosial tidak terhasil hanya disebabkan oleh pilihan peribadi masyarakat semata-mata, tetapi perlu diterapkan dengan modal insan yang berteraskan aktivisme dakwah, ilmu pengetahuan, kerohanian dan akhlak.

If nothing is accomplished to stop it, the virality of fake news on social media will continue to grow and become more damaging, particularly among young people. Recognizing false information and verifying sources has become increasingly important as people rely on the Internet and social media for their news. The primary objective of this study is to assess the level of understanding of fake news media literacy among university students. Forty-three Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia students enrolled in the New Media Communication program were polled for this research. This study uses descriptive statistics to analyze the data collected via Google Forms—the results of examining the data generated immediately through a Google form. Young people read the news online but still have limited media literacy when assessing the truth of information. Research suggests that false statement is commonly discovered because young people do not carefully examine online news. Researchers conduct in-depth interviews and studies with this demographic to better understand how young people process information and evaluate its veracity. This research adds to the expanding body of knowledge on student use of social media in Malaysia, especially on how students get their news in light of the results of this pilot study, the main research project will consist of in-depth interviews with students to understand more about their perspectives on how to identify and differentiate between real and fake news.

Malaysia is highly recognized as a developing country and thus progressive in calling the third sector (NGO) to participate in policy making and policy implementation. The idea of good governance practices has become increasingly important not only for the public sector but not for the NGO sector. Good governance aspect is significantly important in discussing the NGO development over leakage factor, abuse of power, corruption, accountability and others in which will be the objective of this paper’s discussion. Therefore, the introduction of five codes of governance for Malaysian NGO is the latest step implemented by the government to assess the performance of NGO to relate to its efficiency and effectiveness. At the same time, Indonesia and Jordan also offer great lessons. By utilizing descriptive and comparative methods, and making a great deal of comparison to Indonesia and Jordan, this article found that Malaysian NGOs’ involvement in governance practice has recently received great attention. Keywords: Malaysia, Indonesia, Jordan, NGO, Governance

A leadership style that meets the interests thus ensures the sustainable development of humanity would be a key factor in the current disruptive world. Leadership in Islam prioritizes human values and that becomes a founding principle as stated in the Qur’an and the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Using a descriptive method from previous studies, this study found that three issues would make the country a failed state. Prior to that, a leadership that values humanity is identified as a new approach that deserves attention as it was shown successfully through the leadership of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Such approaches were proven in the following events: 1) to make peace between communities; 2) recognizing the right to life and prohibiting murder; 3) no coercion in religion and social problems; and 4) da’wah activities which are inviting to goodness and forbidding evils. This study concludes that humane leadership that incorporates with fundamental principles of Islam while upholding the universal values of humanity should lead a new narrative in the current disruptive world.

Leadership is a key function and process to unlock the effectiveness and enhancement of any organization's development, including Religious-NGOs (RNGOs). This can be attained via three main characteristics, which are charismatic, transformational and servant leadership. Previous research has proved that these characteristics are relevant for NGOs, but little was found for RNGOs. RNGO is a form of NGO that is well-known for its active role in contributing to a harmonious and religious society. This paper focused on the concept of leadership in RNGOs and an introductory to the identity of Malaysian Islamic RNGOs that are diverse by ethnic identities. This study was qualitative in nature and depended heavily on existing literature and official reports. The study found that all three selected Islamic RNGOs that represent the Malay Muslims, Chinese Muslims and Indian Muslims adopt and practice charismatic, transformational and servant leadership in executing their organizations’ objectives, which could possibly be a yardstick to effective RNGO leadership development in the future.

This paper provides insights into Islamic Humanitarianism in Malaysia with the aim of analyzing the impact of Global Peace Mission Malaysia (GPM) as Islamic Humanitarian actor in providing diverse forms of aid. By using qualitative approaches of journal articles and official reports from media and websites, this paper therefore is aimed to address the first theme of this conference. It begins with definitions of Islamic Humanitarian concept with focus on the three types of humanitarian approaches in the form charity which comprises of zakat, sadaqah and waqf. Then, if offers a brief overview in regards of Malaysia and Islamic humanitarianism and how it has been progressing since the time of first’s Prime Minister until the Pakatan Harapan forms a new government of Malaysia recently. Finally, the paper turns to focus on the role of GPM partnering in new initiative work, leading international commission, and leading in impactful and sustainable projects, providing humanitarian aid training to volunteer and advising government. The four criterions (4 criterions) described the visibility of GPM in providing humanitarian assistance for the needy countries that has made GPM a leading Islamic Humanitarian NGO from Malaysia was is further discussed and defined. This paper concluded that the notion of Islam and the Ummah spirit are the driving force of the cause and funds and leadership are the continuous challenges in humanitarianism.

Usaha pengukuhan pendidikan Islam kepada mualaf giat dilaksanakan oleh pelbagai pihak yang bertanggungjawab dalam hal kebajikan mualaf samaada di peringkat agensi kerajaan atau Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO). Berdasarkan kajian terdahulu, antara aspek yang perlu ditambahbaik dalam proses pengukuhan kefahaman agama Islam adalah pengukuhan dan penghayatan akidah. Oleh itu, modul ini dibangunkan untuk membantu pembimbing mualaf menerapkan kefahaman akidah yang sebenar dengan menyerapkan elemen penyucian jiwa(Tazkiyyah al-nafs). Modul ini bukan sahaja sesuai dijadikan panduan oleh para pembimbing mualaf, malah boleh dimanfaatkan oleh para pendakwah dan pengajar di dalam kelas-kelas pengajian agama Islam.

Negeri Sembilan merupakan pusat pelancongan berpotensi tinggi yang kaya dengan kepelbagaian produk pelancongan. Sumbangannya dalam pendapatan Negeri Sembilan tidak dapat disangkal lagi. Namun, di sebalik perkembangan industri pelancongan di Negeri Sembilan, usaha perlu juga diberikan kepada pemuliharaan dan perancangan pembangunan pelancongan yang lestari. Penekanan pembangunan lestari dari konteks perancangan adalah wajar diberi penekanan yang khusus. Justeru, kertas kajian ini bertujuan untuk mencadangkan integrasi prinsip Maqasid Al-Shariah dalam pembuatan keputusan institusi pelancongan di Negeri Sembilan sebagai usaha membentuk perancangan pembangunan pelancongan lestari yang lebih menyeluruh. Kertas kerja ini juga akan memberi gambaran tentang relevannya konsep ini dalam pembuatan keputusan organisasi di dalam industri pelancongan. Diharap, berdasarkan kertas kerja ini, akan lebih banyak kajian tentang pembangunan pelancongan lestari dan aplikasi prinsip Maqasid Al-Shariah dalam pengurusan organisasi terutama di Negeri Sembilan.

Artikel ini membincangkan peranan institusi agama Islam dalam membantu masyarakat awam yang terjejas akibat penularan wabak Covid-19 di Malaysia. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah penyelidikan kualitatif ke atas beberapa jenis institusi agama Islam - agensi kerajaan dan bukan kerajaan - dan dianalisis menggunakan kaedah perbandingan. Kajian menunjukkan bahawa terdapat perbezaan dalam perlaksanaan bantuan yang diberikan seperti; kumpulan penerima, jenis agihan bantuan yang diberikan dan sumber yang diguna pakai. Namun, dalam masa yang sama kajian mendapati satu elemen kesamaan dikongsi oleh setiap institusi agama Islam, iaitu memelihara nyawa masyarakat awam dalam memastikan kelangsungan hidup yang aman dan terjamin. Dengan itu, dapat disimpulkan peranan institusi agama Islam dalam menangani pandemik Covid-19 memenuhi prinsip maqāsid syarīʿah dan memaknai konsep rahmatan lil-ʿālamīn.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the characteristics of servant leadership (SL) from Western and Islamic perspectives, and analyse those characteristics in Malaysian Daʿwah NGOs. Currently many Da’wah NGOs in Malaysia are said not to prioritize leadership characteristics in leading and serving the as well as the public interest. Characteristics are important to any organization, and they influence the way a leader leads its organization and staff by exercising specific leadership behaviour in response to a situation. Unlike other leadership styles that are organization-centric, this paper serves to explain the people or follower-centric characteristics of servant leadership through the combination of motivational approaches (MA) and voluntary actions (VA) in Malaysian Daʿwah NGOs – ABIM and IKRAM. The data from this qualitative research are collected from five main resources including media coverage, official reports, official websites, NGOs programs and public opinion. The data are analysed thematically based on the similarities and differences characteristics of SL between Western and Islamic perspectives. The findings revealed that servant leadership from Western and Islamic perspectives share some similar dimensions of characteristics in practice; however, Western SL characteristic does not draw attention to the religious perspective as underlined in Islam.