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Religious Leader: Model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in Malaysia [Pemimpin Agama: Model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di Malaysia]

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dc.contributor.authorKarim K.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSaili S.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKhambali K.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56301354700en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56300793100en_US
dc.contributor.authorid55413545000en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T06:13:33Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T06:13:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractReligious leader is a vital part in ensuring well implementation of inter-faith dialogue be it external (inter-dialogue) or internal (intra-dialogue) particularly those aiming to resolve conflicts. However, the role of religious leader as agent of conflict resolution within the Malaysian context does not exist, and interfaith dialogue supposedly serves as discussion platform also share the same fate. An immediate impact was the unending inter-religious issues and some prolonged cases even from the 80's. Following research of dialogue model initiated at international level, it was found that religious leader has profound significant and particularly relevant to serve as agent of dialogue towards conflicts resolution. Through those research, the authors developed a model focussing on religious leaders as agent of interfaith dialogue implementation in Malaysia. The authors identified expected qualities and features of religious leaders from four basis: (a) normative rationale, (b) resources rationale, (c) governance rationale, and (d) integrative rationale. Data gathered uses purposive sampling from questionnaire distributed to 73 respondents consisting of two groups, religious leaders of Islam and Christianity. The authors' employs fixed comparative method and matrix analysis in analysing research data, while its composition is descriptive in nature. Regarding the qualities and characteristics expected from religious leaders to become agent of inter-faith dialogue in Malaysia (accompanied with the four basis stated earlier) the main findings were, (1) knowledgeable: understanding and applying the concept of inter-faith dialogue, (2) well-experienced: active participation in interfaith dialogue activities, 93) good personalityreligious: good religiosity, (4) good relationship building: ability to cultivate good relation with Malaysia's plural society.en_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.7187/gjat10620160601
dc.identifier.epage100
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84990888236
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dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84990888236&doi=10.7187%2fgjat10620160601&partnerID=40&md5=72817088dc552dd4c63aef21a14d6d87
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/22939
dc.identifier.volume6
dc.publisherKolej University Islam Sultan Azlan Shahen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Gold, Green
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleGlobal Journal Al-Thaqafah
dc.titleReligious Leader: Model agent for inter-faith dialogue implementation in Malaysia [Pemimpin Agama: Model ejen pelaksana dialog antara agama di Malaysia]en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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