~WAYS TO DA'WAH USING SOCIAL MEDIA~

DA'WAH BY USING SOCIAL MEDIA

~Assalamualaikum,everyone~

The word “da‘wa” (Arabic دﻋﻮة) is basic to a study of Islam. The word commonly appears in the Quran, its commentaries, classical Muslim texts, and contemporary theological or ideological texts, written and spoken. Through mass media and other channels of communication, even non-academic non-Muslims are increasingly familiar with the term and its diverse connotations. In this new era of globalization, social media  is the best medium to spread the beauty of Islam to constitute the role of talk-based method as the main medium. There are many benefit and advantages of using it. For instance :

1. Youtube

Youtube is a site for video sharing. Communities can utilize the Youtube by uploading and downloading video for their purpose. The presence of Youtube enabled muslim communities to share videos among them. Muslim are able to download or upload videoa related to da’wah to be viewed across the globe. A lot of da’wah related videoa can be found about 1.7 milion videos related to da’wah in just less than one second. This shows that Youtube has become an interesting alternative instrument to deliver da’wah because it can be delivered in an audio visual format.

2. Blog

A Blog has become very popular among individual and groups. A number of public figures, such as celebrities and professionals have established personal Blog. Therefore, a da’ie Blog can deliver da’wah more effectively to their communities. Even, when a da’ie passed away his da’wah can still be delivered because his thoughts remain available on Internet and muslim communities can access it at anytime and anywhere. For instance, Ust Rosdi Blog is still available after his death. All his teaching can still be read by muslim communities around the world.

In conclusion, social media is the best ways for da’wah not only would increase muslim audience but also could potentially attract other non-muslim communities to understand Islam properly. Therefore, da’ie should transform da’wah strategy in the future.