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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET)
Volume 9, Issue 13, December 2018, pp. 186-193, Article ID: IJCIET_09_13_020
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THE ROLE OF COMPARATIVE RELIGION
COURSE IN UNISZA IN FORMING
INTERRELIGION DIALOGUE AMONG
STUDENTS
Aman Daima Md. Zain, Mohd Safri Ali, Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar and Wan Mohd Khairul
Firdaus Wan Khairuldin
Faculty of Islamic Contemporary Studies, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA),
Malaysia
ABSTRACT
In a multiracial community, interreligion dialogue is an important element to
inculcate unity, tolerance and mutual respect between each other. It must be instilled
among the community since early teenagers, especially at the university level for the
fact that they will inherit the leadership of country in the future. This paperwork aims
to perform a general survey on comparative religion course offered in UniSZA and its
extent in facilitating the forming of dialogue among students particularly between
Muslims and non-Muslims. This is because in the comparative religion course, the
students are exposed to information regarding the belief, practice and sensitivity in
other religions. This study utilised document analysis method to the pro forma of
comparative religion course offered in PUPL and FKI focusing on two aspects which
are course learning output (CLO) and course evaluation. This paper found that element
of inter-religion dialogue between Muslim and non-Muslim students which is to be
achieved in CLO3 in PUPL is not clear from the aspect of course evaluation.
Meanwhile, in FKI, this element is not mentioned in CLO3, but it is executed through
visits to places of worship and academic exercises. Therefore, a formation of inter-
religion dialogue among UniSZa students can be realised through improvement of the
course pro forma especially from the aspect of course evaluation that CLO3 will be
achieved as expected.
Keywords: comparative religion, religious dialogue, tolerance, multiracial
community
Cite this Article: Aman Daima Md. Zain, Mohd Safri Ali, Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed
Omar and Wan Mohd Khairul Firdaus Wan Khairuldin, the Role of Comparative
Religion Course in Unisza in Forming Interreligion Dialogue Among Students,
International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 9(13), 2018, pp. 186–193