Al-Misbah: Jurnal Ilmu Dakwah dan Komunikasi

151-172

Authors: Syamsuri Syamsuri & Suriati Suriati

There are three social levels of Islamic preacher in Palu, ulama, ustaz and guru mengaji. The emergence of ‘ulama (muslim scholars) on the political stage is an epicenter of social, cultural and economic dynamics. ‘Ulama felt that they must interfere to guide Muslim community in politics in order to implement Islamic shari’a according to the Qurān and Hadith. Political communication of Muslim preachers in Palu includes three steps: negotiation of political opportunity, consolidation of supports for candidates, and image building of da’wah message. Muslim preachers such as ulama, ustaz and guru mengaji are always drawn into politics at the season of political glamour, because they are considered as having loyal and pious mass basis.

211-236

Authors: Nurdin Nurdin

Western mass media is considered unfair and subjective in delivering news. Instead previous studies show that those western mass media have unfairly broadcasted news related Muslim people, limited studies have been carried out to show how those media broadcast the news and who control those media. This studi, therefore, tries to understand how western media broadcast news related Muslim people and who control those media. This studi employed content analysis in which the data was gathered from online sources and scholar journals. The findings show that western media use some strategies in broadcasting news such as making early claims during broadcasting, present false report and negative image, and use unproper language. The conclusion is that unfair news broadcasting related Muslim countries could be happened due to Jews domination in western mass media ownership and management. The limitation of this studi is that the data was merely gathered from online sources. Future research need to be carried out within broader context by involving journalists and communities.

271-292

Authors: Nurwahida Alimuddin

This paper deals with how is Islamic preaching conducted to optimize the elderly’s religious consciousness at the nursing home Ar-Rahman, Kamonji, subdistrict of Palu Barat. This research used a qualitative-descriptive method with a sociological ad psychological approach. The findings show that the nursing home Ar-Rahman runs well. And the da’wah activity in this home is classified into two verbal and nonverbal preaching. Optimization of religious awareness for the elderlies is through strengthening the cooperation with Palu’s local government and giving a professional guidance continously. As a local government’s partner, financial support from the government and alms from society are necessary to optimize the infrastructures to support the activity of promoting religious awareness among the elderlies at this nursing home. However, in this process of optimization, it is not exhaustive enough because there is no systematic guidance which directs da’wah activity in optimizing religious awareness among the elderlies.