Worship Learning Issue Among the Deaf People in Malaysia

Learning how to worship is a must for every Muslim including the Deaf. They have to be given the opportunity to learn about worship in order to practice it. However, communication barrier makes them feel very difficult to understand and learn about worship. Thus, this research aims to explore issues that they faced in learning how to worship especially in Malaysian sign language context. This research apply qualitative approach with case study design. There are ten deaf Muslims involved in this research. The results show that, the issues that they faced in Malaysian sign language in order to learn about worship are lack of worship sign language in Malaysian sign language, Teacher’s lack of skills in sign language, no subtitle or interpreter in Islamic program, no exposure from family members about worship and worship terminologies are difficult to understand. It is hoped that this research will open the eye of the policy maker in Education Ministry, Teachers for Special needs pupils, Malaysian Sign Language researchers to helps the Deaf increase their understanding of Islam and practice by knowing their problems and issues especially issues related to their language. It is because this is the only way they can understand and practice their worship.