Establishing issues on children at masjid in Malaysia through a desktop study

Zulkifely, Zur Atiqa and Abu Bakar, Aniza (2020) Establishing issues on children at masjid in Malaysia through a desktop study. Journal of Architecture, Planning and Construction Management, 10 (2). pp. 78-90. ISSN 2231-951 E-ISSN 2462-2222

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Abstract

Masjid is said to be the centre of a community but is often associated with adults when children are also part of the community. The image portrayed in society shows that children are often marginalised in the masjid. Children at masjid have been a continuous debate from time to time within the community, particularly during the month of Ramadhan (fasting month of the Muslim calendar) as the number of children attending masjids increase. This paper aims to establish the issues concerning children and masjid in Malaysia. For this purpose, a systematic desktop study is performed. Through the use of Google search engine, data are collected from several sources which are the Facebook post, YouTube video, articles from e-newspaper, blog posts, and e-magazine. The data is analysed using NVivo software to accumulate related keywords to identify and establish issues on children at the masjid. This study focuses on two main domains which are masjid and children. The findings suggest that the issues of children at masjid revolve around four established themes which are the children hemselves, physical space, management of the masjid, and jamaah of the masjid.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3434/86684
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Children-friendly-masjid, issues of children at masjid, systematic desktop study.
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H10 Societies
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Landscape Architecture
Depositing User:	Dr. Aniza Abu Bakar
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2020 08:53
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2021 14:33
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/86684

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