AHMED DEEDAT’S CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGION (Sumbangan Ahmed Deedat dalam Perbandingan Agama)

Jaffary Awang, Aemy Elyani Mat Zain

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ABSTRACT

Ahmed Deedat is renowned as Muslim preacher in comparative religion. His viewpoints have become controversial and received many criticisms because of his messages in comparative religion’s field emphasized on theological issues such as “Is Jesus God”. Nevertheless, to date, the world has acknowledged his sterling contributions and critical thinking in clarifying the intricacies in the subject of comparative religion. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to study the contribution of Ahmed Deedat throughout his life as a Muslim preacher in comparative religion’s field. Document analysis was employed in this research to identify and evaluate the data. Based on the analysis, it was discovered that Ahmed Deedat’s lectures, writings, and dakwah movement are believed to be his earliest contributions, while gran student aspect is identified as the latest discovery in this field. The study views that this figure is not only as influential figure in the eyes of scholars all over the world but he is also influencing in terms of his thought in dakwah using comparative religion in Malaysia.

ABSTRAK

Ahmed Deedat merupakan salah seorang tokoh dakwah dalam perbandingan agama. Beliau juga sering dikenali sebagai tokoh yang mencetuskan kontroversi dan kerap kali menerima kritikan salah satunya kerana mesej yang disampaikan dalam perbandingan agama adalah bersifat teologi seperti “Jesus, Tuhankah”. Namun begitu, dunia turut memperakui sumbangan dan pemikiran kritisnya dalam bidang perbandingan agama. Oleh itu, tujuan penulisan ini adalah untuk mengkaji sumbangan Ahmed Deedat sepanjang hayatnya sebagai tokoh pendakwah dalam perbandingan agama. Metode kajian ini adalah kualitatif yang menggunakan analisis dokumen dalam mengenal pasti sumbangan tokoh. Hasil kajian mendapati, terdapat tiga sumbangan besar Ahmed Deedat yang merupakan sumbangan terawal beliau dalam dakwah ini iaitu syarahan, penulisan dan gerakan dakwah. Manakala, sumbangan terkemudian beliau dapat dikenalpasti iaitu beliau juga melahirkan rantaian dakwah dalam perbandingan agama. Kajian ini menyimpulkan bahawa tokoh ini bukan sahaja berpengaruh di kalangan para sarjana seluruh dunia, tetapi pemikirannya dalam dakwah menggunakan perbandingan agama turut mendapat impak kepada Malaysia.


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