Perception on inter-religious interaction among Muslim and Non-Muslim: a case study in Kedah and Selangor
Perception is one of the substantial elements that shapes the way an individual understands realities and interacts them. In Malaysia, perception either it is positive or negative, is observed as one the main factors that influence the ways their multi-ethnics societies interact to each other. T...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2021
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17345/1/43943-161872-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17345/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/1410 |
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Summary: | Perception is one of the substantial elements that shapes the way an individual understands realities and interacts them.
In Malaysia, perception either it is positive or negative, is observed as one the main factors that influence the ways
their multi-ethnics societies interact to each other. This article reveals the perception levels among the multi ethnics
and religious communities on the issue of inter religious relationship in the states of Kedah and Selangor, Malaysia.
The findings are based on the quantitative research conducted that involves 555 respondents selected from the different
religious domains i.e Islam represents the Muslim community meanwhile Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity represent
the non-Muslim community. The research data analysed using descriptive statistical test which includes frequency,
percentage, min and inference statistic tests like the Mann Whitney-U and Kruskal Wallis-H to explain the respondents’
background and to evaluate the perception level of Malaysia society. The study finds that the perception level among
the Muslim and non-Muslim communities with regard to the subject of inter-religious relationship is high even though
there is significant difference on Mann Whitney-U: (Z -8.264, p = .000). Furthermore, there is a significant difference
between the ethnic composition and states that been involved which records Kruskal Wallis-H: [x2 (1, N=555) =
70.857, p=.000] and [x2 (1, N=555) = 26.229, p=.000] respectively. The finding shows that the reality inter-religious
relationship among the Malaysian society today is manageable. |
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