South Asian Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (SARJHSS)
Volume-1 | Issue-2
Original Research Article
Social Media and Proselytizing of Islam: A Study of Muslim Students in Selected Higher Institutions of Learning in Northern Nigeria
Muhammad Maga Sule, Muhammad Maishanu Aliyu
Published : Aug. 18, 2019
Abstract
This research centered on the use of social media platforms by Muslim students in proselytizing the religion of Islam in Tertiary Institutions of Learning in Northern Nigeria. The paper examines social media as a tool which has shaped a new social facet in the lives of Muslim students. Social media has advanced and raises their levels of religious, educational and social awareness. It is argued in the paper that, social media has provided an avenue for getting information in many aspects of everyday lives, making one to become more knowledgeable which is valuable especially for Muslim students to use for Islamic da’wah. The objective of the paper therefore, has examined the level of Muslim students’ awareness of social media and using same in the proselytizing of Islamic faith to Muslims and non-Muslims in their various institutions of learning. A cross sectional survey was conducted among Muslim students in some selected tertiary institutions of learning in Northern Nigeria, and quantitative methodology was used. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The paper found out that most of the Muslims students surveyed were aware of the social media sites that proselytize and extent the true teachings of Islam to Muslims and non-Muslims. Some of the social media sites utilized by Muslim students are: Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Ummaland, Signal, You Tube and Muslim Social.