This paper focuses on animation programs presented on al-Hijrah television channel. Al-Hijrah is the Islamic television channel in Malaysia. This study is a programs analysis of the target audience and the topic of the animation programs to find out whether al-Hijrah uses animation as a tool for distributing the Islamic message in an attractive format to audience. The main finding is that al-Hijrah allocates animation not only for children but to the general audience too. Animation of al-Hijrah are not only religious programs, they are a combination of religious and life matters.

Sistem pendidikan pondok merupakan sebuah institusi pendidikan agama Islam yang wujud serta diiktiraf oleh masyarakat. Ia berperanan untuk menyebarluas ilmu agama serta membentuk keperibadian Muslim yang sempurna. Pendidikan Islam yang diterapkan dalam pengajian tersebut adalah salah satu saluran terpenting untuk membentuk perwatakan dan pemikiran selari dengan nilai-nilai Islam. Kurangnya pemahaman kepada didikan Islam akan mendorong seseorang kepada kelakuan yang bertentangan daripada agama Islam. Maka, tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti cabaran yang dihadapi oleh institusi pendidikan pondok selain mengkaji impak pelajar yang mengikuti sistem pendidikan pondok terhadap diri, rakan sebaya dan masyarakat. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kualitatif dan kuantitatif iaitu melalui analisis dokumen serta temu bual menerusi perbincangan meja bulat yang telah diadakan bersama pihak berkepentingan dan edaran borang soal selidik. Seramai 233 responden yang terlibat telah dipilih di beberapa buah Pondok di Semenanjung Malaysia. Dapatan menunjukkan terdapat tiga faktor utama yang menjadi cabaran kepada perkembangan pondok masa kini iaitu kurikulum, pengurusan dan pengiktirafan pengajian pondok. Hasil kajian turut mendapati, pelajar mengakui bahawa sistem pendidikan ini memberi impak positif kepada diri mereka (min 4.59). Mereka turut mengakui sistem pendidikan ini memberi manfaat kepada keluarga dan persekitaran mereka. Kesimpulannya, sistem pendidikan pondok berupaya untuk membentuk sahsiah pelajar kearah yang lebih baik dan menghasilkan pelajar yang berkualiti.

The main objective of the tahfiz curriculum is to create a generation of huffaz (the memorisers of the Quran) who remember the entire Quran to preserve its content from any distortion, addition and deviation. Every student is required to memorise and remember all 6236 verses from the Quran in a stipulated period. Previous studies found that the tahfiz students in Malaysia are facing difficulties in memorising the entire Quran in the predetermined time. Most of the issues and problems faced by them because they are not exposed to an effective and systematic method in memorising the Quran. Given the serious performance issues of tahfiz students in Malaysia, research is needed to develop an effective Quran memorisation technique. For that purpose, the researchers have come out with specific techniques in memorising the Quran from books that became the primary reference in the field of tahfiz using document analysis. Next, the researchers used Fuzzy Delphi Method to validate the Quran memorisation techniques. The Fuzzy Delphi Method is applied in this research to obtain views and consensus from the experts in a structured manner. This research used document analysis and quantitative method. In conclusion, 22 memorisation techniques were drafted and approved by the experts in the field of tahfiz al-Quran education.

The formation of quality work culture in the organization will only be achieved if employees practice comprehensive and positive work ethic and integrity. In order to improve the level of ethics and integrity, the focus should be on overall improvement in the organization not only at the grassroots but all up to the top level. Comprehensive involvement of all parties will significantly improve the integrity of the organization. Recognizing the importance of integrity as the core of quality staff development and higher organizational performance, this study is expected to help the public sector organization plan strategies to achieve a higher level of ethics and integrity. The corporate Integrity Assessment Questionnaire (CIAQ) was used to measure the implementation of the integrity system in a public sector organization. The questionnaires were distributed to 850 employees at the agency via e-survey. It was found that the level of ethics and integrity of the agency is at 74%. “Vision and goals” dimension shows the highest score which shows that the organization has given attention to ethics and integrity through its approach to ethics and integrity in the organization, including, its formal articulation of the underlying philosophy about ethical and moral conduct embedded by the organization. The lowest score of the “disciplinary action and reward” dimension indicates that the public sector organization needs to relook policies and guidelines for discipline and reward so that it is in line with best practice. Thus, the public sector organization needs to provide rewards and incentives to encourage ethical conduct and implement strict disciplinary action to punish unethical work conduct improve in terms of ethical communication, work culture, infrastructure, training and ethics education, discipline, and reward.

Diplomasi dan hubungan strategik adalah sebahagian daripada elemen yang signifikan dalam pengurusan Hal Ehwal Islam demi membantu meningkatkan fungsi sesuatu organisasi. Malaysia melalui JAKIM berperanan untuk memperkukuhkan jalinan kerjasama dengan negara-negara luar. Oleh itu, kertas kerja ini akan mengupas pengalaman pengurusan Hal Ehwal Islam di Malaysia dalam memperkukuhkan hubungan diplomatik dengan negara majoriti dan minoriti muslim melalui pertubuhan-pertubuhan Islam di peringkat antarabangsa. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kajian perpustakaan menerusi analisis bahan sekunder, seperti artikel jurnal, buku dan kajian ilmiah bagi mendapatkan maklumat tentang diplomatik dan pengalaman JAKIM dalam melaksanakan hubungan diplomatik antarabangsa. Kajian mendapati bahawa hasil jalinan diplomasi Malaysia dengan pertubuhan-pertubuhan Islam di peringkat Antarabangsa telah membuahkan banyak manfaat dari pelbagai aspek yang mencakupi aspek kesihatan, kebajikan, keadilan, keselamatan dan kesejahteraan ummah sejagat. Kata kunci: Pengurusan, diplomasi, Hal Ehwal Islam, JAKIM

The main concern of this paper is the Islamic education strategy of Islamic television channels. It identifies the vision, mission and objectives of al-Resalah and al-Hijrah television channels. The first objective of this paper is identify the vision, mission and objectives of al-Resalah and al-Hijrah channels. The second objective is to analyze education programs of the two channels for a week of broadcasting. The method used is qualitative content analysis. Thematic categorization of programs is conducted to find out the Islamic education programs broadcast on both channels. The major outcome of the paper is that the theme of education cannot be achieved throughout a number of programs broadcast on the screen, but it should be a continuous well-planed efforts to achieve the obligation of laid upon Muslims. Islamic education should not be randomly conducted through broadcasting a mixture of programs, but it should be based on a well-planned strategy to guaranty effective impact.

Pondok Institution is one of the earliest institutions concentrating in Islamic education established especially in Malay Peninsula. The growth of schools and madrasah administered by the government as well as private has reduced the development of the pondok in the early 90s. However, at present, pondok studies are burgeoning due to the high demand from the community. Although the pondok institution can be regarded as pioneers in instituting Islamic education, survey that has been conducted finds that there is no clear, transparent coordination in the curriculum or studies provided. This paper discusses some aspects of education in pondok institutions, particularly on the challenges and impediments faced by the pondok administrators from the point of view of officials in the Islamic Religious Department and the State Islamic Religious Council, who are invited during a roundtable discussion. Group interviews were conducted. The interview data were recorded, transcribed and analyzed thematically using ATLAS ti software. The study reveals that studies concerning pondok instutions are increasingly gaining acceptance from local communities. In addition, there are three main factors that support the development of the present pondok education which are the curriculum, finance and management of the pondok study itself. By focusing on issues and challenges surrounding pondok education, this study is a start to a beginning of a worthwhile and meaningful discussion of what it means to develop pondok institution and teach Islamic education within Malaysian context.

Muslims living in non-Islamic lands,face numerous challenges. In that, they are likely to be subjected to persecution and they would, therefore, suffer from lack of means to assert their existence and multi-facet development. In this circumstance, Muslims 'needs and their expectations are to be met through Islamic systems and intuitions. With these arguments in view, the mosque as a prime intuition of Islam, can play the leadership role in accomplish growth and development in all aspects of Muslim life. The first and ultimate duty for a mosque leadership is to articulate its mission, which implies reasons,for its existence and responsibilities towards the stakeholders (jama'at). The central objective of the study is to provide in depth theoretical discussion on the mission of mosques. For this purpose, the Islamic textual sources, prophetic model and historical accounts were interpreted in order to conceptualize the mosque in Islam. It is followed by a serious criticism made on the opinion about the mosque as merely a house of worship. The Islamic concept of mosque derived from the discussion advocates a compelling mission ,for the mosque in order to lead the community for a holistic development of its jama'at considering of their context they are living as minorities. Ideally, this mission helps set strategic planning of the mosque and guides its actions and functions.

Pembangunan sesebuah negara bergantung kepada banyak faktor, di antaranya adalah pembangunan manusia, industri, dan ekonomi secara lestari. Pembangunan lestari yang dimaksudkan adalah memberi perhatian kepada pemuliharaan dan pemeliharaan kesejahteraan manusia dan ekosistem ekonomi secara seiring dan seimbang. Manakala kelestarian ilmu adalah menjadi teraju utama dalam pembangunan diri manusia. Penyediaan ilmu yang berterusan kepada generasi muda hari ini adalah sangat penting dalam mendidik dan membentuk keperibadian serta keseimbangan generasi muda hari ini. Artikel ini adalah bertujuan untuk membincangkan secara konseptual tentang bagaimana kelestarian ilmu itu berfokus kepada PISH dalam membentuk keseimbangan pada generasi akan datang. Keseimbangan diri manusia adalah keseimbangan hasil jalinan ilmu duniawi dan ukhrawi yang menyumbang kepada pembinaan generasi yang mampan dari segi intelektual, perlakuan, pemikiran, yang mempunyai matlamat yang jelas dalam membangunkan negara. Kajian literatur dijalankan dari data sekunder yang diperolehi dari sumber perpustakaan dan juga laman web berkenaan dengan pembangunan lestari dan hubungkaitnya dengan PISH. Analisis kualitatif adalah berdasarkan dari analisis kandungan literatur berkenaan dengan PISH dan juga kelestarian dalam pembangunan insan dan negara. Penemuan kertas kerja ini diharapkan dapat membawa kepada satu pemahaman bahawa PISH sebenarnya adalah menjadi faktor utama yang membawa nilai keseimbangan dalam diri individu terutamanya dalam mendidik masyarakat secara berterusan dalam gagasan membangunkan negara secara lestari dan mempunyai ekonomi yang berdaya saing di peringkat global.

Pendidikan adalah bidang yang penting dalam agama Islam. Ahli Sunnah wal-Jamaah pula merupakan pendekatan sederhana dan diakui mazhab muktabar yang menjadi pegangan majoriti ummah di dunia Islam. Haji Mohd Yasin b Muhammad, seorang tokoh Ulama Melayu di negeri Johor telah dikesan mengapplikasikan pendekatan Ahli Sunnah wal-Jamaah dalam pendidikan masyarakat Islam di negeri tersebut. Penulisan ini menggunakan pendekatan sejarah dalam menjelaskan pendekatan, pemikiran dan sumbangannya dalam memperkukuhkan pendidikan agama Islam terhadap masyarakat Islam di Johor. Berdasarkan usahanya, didapati bahawa beliau telah menerapkan pendidikan dan amalan agama Islam berdasarkan mazhab ahli Sunnah wal- Jamaah dengan jelas melalui sumber kitab rujukan turath Islam muktabar dan pegangannya dalam menyebarkan ajaran Islam.

Like many countries, television enjoys a special interest among the society, even though information and communication technologies (ICT) have invaded the country. In 2010, the coverage of TV is about 75 percent of the population as compared to 77 percent of radio and 56 percent of newspapers. In the same year it was reported that adults spend 3.5 hours of watching TV per day as compared to 3 hours listening to radio and 2.4 hours engaging with Internet. The objectives of this paper are to examine the number of programs that were produced by TV stations in a week, and to identify the category of the programs produced by the stations. Data for this research was collected from published TV programs of the Free to Air (FTA) TV stations for a period of one week. Among others, the elements of TV program recorded were program genre, language, origin, duration of program, time of broadcast and target audience.The findings showed that each TV station has their own interest, target and focus in selecting and broadcasting TV programs to their audiences. Even though each TV station has fragmented their audience according to the language of TV programs, it is believed that the government’s effort to promote a harmony life in a multi-cultural society through TV programs is successful. Keywords: TV program, program genre, spiritual development, multicultural society.

Human capital development agenda is one of the focuses of the government in 9th and 10th Malaysian Plan. This exceptional initiative derived from the belief that human capital is a critical asset that will determine the success and development of a nation. In the mean time, the agenda of human capital development among youth has been given a serious consideration from the nation’s forefronts because the youth are those who will be the successors of the workforce and the nation’s leaders in the future. Therefore, several pertinent strategies of human capital development among youth were executed via numerous educational spectrums such as formal, non-formal, and informal education. This article reflects the research findings of youth’s participation in non-formal education in the mosque. The article explains the participation profiles among youth in non-formal education in the mosque based on the findings on the survey among 971 respondents. The findings show that youth were interested into the education activities provided by mosques. However the level of the interest is moderate. The findings also showed that the main reason of youth’s participations in non-formal education is to seek for knowledge. Nevertheless, the institutional factor is identified as the main factor impeding youth’s participations. However, religion and family are two other important needs of non-formal education among youth. Based on these findings, this paper summarized that mosque is a significant social institution and has a potential to be the center for human capital development among youth in this country. Hence, it must be better maneuvered through a lot of intensification programs and upgraded learning infrastructure to exert a pull on more participations among the youth in the educational activities in the mosque.

Drama is a form of art that attracts myriad viewers throughout the world. It has four main types: comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy and melodrama. Drama originally is based on different types of contemporary or historical stories. Historical drama is a form of drama that envisions and visualises historical events to send desired messages to audiences. Drama in general and historical drama, in particular, is not merely entertainment-oriented. Rather, drama is value-laden. Currently, Turkish drama is popular in the Middle East. The historical drama of The Revival of Ertuğrul is not only popular in the Middle East, but it reached other Muslim countries such as Pakistan and Malaysia. The Resurrection of Ertuğrul accentuates values among viewers. The objective of this study is to discover the impact of watching historical drama on the values of affiliation and justice among Palestinian university students, and to test the moderating effect of watching rate. This paper is a quantitative study that implements a questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. The study discovered that watching historical drama has a significant impact on the value of affiliation (ß =0.697, t = 21.399, P<.05) and also on justice (ß =0.635, t = 17.775, P<0.05). However, watching rate has no moderating effect on affiliation (ß=0.026, t=0.792, p>0.05) nor on justice (ß=0.040, t=0.912, p>0.05).

Building a society with high moral and values is imperative in Islamic teachings. As media technologies have changed the ways of human communication and offered new platforms for media content, it provides many opportunities to produce Islamic entertainment programmes that suit with the nature of various medium. Producing Islamic media content could play a unifying role for representing Muslims’ diverse cultures as well as avoiding a negative picture of Islam. Ideally, Muslim culture is derived from the cultural and communication heritage. Islamic entertainment and values are rich in terms of virtues and can be transformed into various genres of media products including films. This article will examine the debate of the Islamic entertainment particularly by examining al-Ghazali’s views of al-sama’ (‘entertainment’) and subsequently contextualizing it to the Malaysian Islamic ambiences. Using narrative analysis, two popular melodramas (films) will be examined to manifest the process of transforming Islamic values into entertainment programmes. It is argued that the representation of values is considered essential in Islamic communication perspective. It encompasses social, religious and cultural foundations. Muslims must actively participate in producing media content so that it will strengthen both the form and content for communicating Islamic values across the world. Unity, brotherhood, equality, love and tolerance are part of the key formulas to ensure a better process of disseminating good connotations of Islam via media.

Penubuhan stesen TV AlHijrah pada tahun 2009 ternyata telah membawa satu inovasi baru dan mewarnai dunia penyiaran dengan berkonsepkan Islamik. Pembaharuan yang dinamik ini mencetuskan fenomena baru kepada seluruh dunia dengan pendekatan falsafah penyiaran yang berorientasikan Islam dan kandungan TV program yang telah disusun dan disiarkan untuk tontonan masyarakat. Konteks tajdid ataupun 'renewal'dalam media penyiaran yang dibawa oleh stesen TV ini sekaligus mengangkat imej positif Islam ke seluruh pelusuk dunia. Walaupun penubuhan stesen TV ini masih baru namun konsep Islam yang diperkenalkan nyata memberi perubahan besar dalam landskap dunia penyiaran. Penelitian awal juga menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan di antara konsep penyiaran yang dibawa oleh TVAlHijrah dan stesen televisyen lain yang sedia ada. Justeru, kertas konsep ini akan menelusuri sejarah penubuhan TV AlHijrah serta meneliti objektif dan idea yang cuba dibawa oleh stesen ini. Selain itu, kajian ini juga akan cuba merungkai segala isu, cabaran dan pendekatan dakwah Islamiah yang dibawa oleh TV AlHijrah dalam usaha mencipta kreativiti baharu untuk mengubah landskap media penyiaran demi kebaikan dan pembangunan ummah sejagat.

Abstract: تسعى‭ ‬هذه‭ ‬الدراسة‭ ‬للإجابة‭ ‬على‭ ‬جملة‭ ‬من‭ ‬الأسئلة‭ ‬البحثية،‭ ‬هي‭: ‬ما‭ ‬هي‭ ‬النظرية‭ ‬في‭ ‬الإعلام‭ ‬الاسلامي؟‭ ‬وما‭ ‬هي‭ ‬أصول‭ ‬وأسس‭ ‬الإعلام‭ ‬الإسلامي؟‭ ‬ثم‭ ‬ما‭ ‬هي‭ ‬الرؤية‭ ‬الإسلامية‭ ‬للإعلام؟‭ ‬وما‭ ‬هي‭ ‬الإشكاليات‭ ‬التي‭ ‬تواجه‭ ‬هذه‭ ‬الرؤية؟‭ ‬وما‭ ‬هي‭ ‬أخلاقيات‭ ‬المهنة‭ ‬الإعلامية،‭ ‬ويختم‭ ‬بالسؤال‭ ‬عن‭ ‬منهج‭ ‬التوثيق‭ ‬الإعلامي‭ ‬في‭ ‬القرآن‭ ‬والسنة،‭ ‬والذي‭ ‬يجب‭ ‬على‭ ‬جميع‭ ‬العاملين‭ ‬في‭ ‬حقل‭ ‬الدعوة‭ ‬الإسلامية‭ ‬والإعلام‭ ‬الإسلامي‭ ‬سلوكه‭. ‬وقد‭ ‬إتبعت‭ ‬هذه‭ ‬الورقة‭ ‬المنهج‭ ‬الوصفي‭ ‬التحليلي‭. ‬وقد‭ ‬توصلت‭ ‬الدراسة‭ ‬إلى‭ ‬أن‭ ‬الإعلام‭ ‬الإسلامي‭ ‬هو‭ ‬الذي‭ ‬يقوم‭ ‬بتغطية‭ ‬أخبار‭ ‬الناس‭ ‬ويتفاعل‭ ‬مع‭ ‬آرائهم‭ ‬ويلامس‭ ‬همومهم‭ ‬بصدق‭ ‬وأمانة‭ ‬وتوثيق،‭ ‬باستخدام‭ ‬كافة‭ ‬وسائل‭ ‬الإعلام‭ ‬المتطورة‭. ‬وأن‭ ‬النظرية‭ ‬الإسلامية‭ ‬تستمد‭ ‬أركانها‭ ‬من‭ ‬القرآن‭ ‬الكريم،‭ ‬فالله‭ ‬سبحانه‭ ‬هو‭ ‬المرسل،‭ ‬والناس‭ ‬هم‭ ‬جهة‭ ‬التلقي‭ ‬والإرسال،‭ ‬والحق‭ ‬مضمون‭ ‬الرسالة‭ ‬في‭ ‬الإعلام‭ ‬الإسلامي،‭ ‬وحامل‭ ‬الرسالة‭ ‬هو‭ ‬رسول‭ ‬الله،‭ ‬ثم‭ ‬يحملها‭ ‬الاعلامي‭ ‬الإسلامي‭ ‬لينقلها‭ ‬إلى‭ ‬البشرية‭ ‬لتعلم‭ ‬حقوقها‭ ‬وواجباتها‭. ‬وهذه‭ ‬العناصر‭ ‬في‭ ‬مجموعها‭ ‬هي‭ ‬الآليات‭ ‬التي‭ ‬يمكن‭ ‬من‭ ‬خلالها‭ ‬الحكم‭ ‬على‭ ‬إسلامية‭ ‬الإعلام‭. ‬وفي‭ ‬منهج‭ ‬التوثيق‭ ‬الإعلامي‭ ‬بين‭ ‬القرآن‭ ‬الكريم‭ ‬مدخلات‭ ‬الخبر‭ ‬السليم‭ ‬ومخرجاته،‭ ‬إذ‭ ‬يكون‭ ‬التلقي‭ ‬بالأذن‭ ‬لينتقل‭ ‬إلى‭ ‬العقل،‭ ‬ليعقله‭ ‬ويزنه‭ ‬بميزان‭ ‬الشرع‭ ‬ومن‭ ‬ثم‭ ‬يعود‭ ‬إلى‭ ‬اللسان‭ ‬لينطق‭ ‬به‭.‬ الكلمات‭ ‬المفتاحية‭: ‬الإعلام‭ ‬الإسلامي،‭ ‬نظرية‭ ‬الإعلام‭ ‬الإسلامي،‭ ‬التوثيق‭ ‬الإعلامي،‭ ‬أخلاقيات‭ ‬المهنة‭.‬ Abstract This study aims at answering a number of questions. They are: what is the Islamic communication theory? What are the basics of Islamic communication? What is the Islamic vision of communication? What are the problems that are face to achieve the vision? What are the ethics of communication? The final question is about communication documentation in the noble Quran and Sunnah that should be followed by all Muslim callers and communicators. This study uses descriptive and analytical methods. The findings of the study show that Islamic communication is the kind of communication that covers news of societies, interacts with them, and represents their sorrows authentically. Also the Islamic theory of communication originated from the noble Quran in which it is stated that Allah SWT is the sender, mankind is the recipient, and truth is the content. Meanwhile, the channel is Prophet Muhammad PBUH. Then Muslim broadcasters are entitled to be the channel to disseminate the Islamic message. These are the elements that determine the Islamicity of communication. The communication documentation also includes true news where audience receive the message though their ears to be transferred to the mind to be measured against the balance of shari’ah.