A field study to find out the methods of preachers in promoting moderate among followers

Abstract

The research aimed at defining the spirit of Islam and its abidance to moderation in behavior, treatment and methodology away from exaggeration, extremism, excess and negligence, and the danger of being away from moderation which is the way of the followers of the Sunnah, and shedding light on the approach of moderation in the advocacy to Allah through the Facebook application.

To achieve the aim of the study, the quasi-experimental approach was used. It is the approach that is based mainly on studying human phenomena as they are in nature without any human intervention in them.

The research population was represented in the followers of advocacy to Allah through Facebook. A random sample of 30 individuals was chosen: 19 males and 11 females, in order to understand the effect of following the preachers on social networking websites such as Facebook on moderation in advocacy to Allah.

The tool of the study was a questionnaire. After reviewing the previous studies related to the topic of the research, a questionnaire was made and developed to identify the moderation in advocacy to Allah through modern digital means.

As for the statistical methods, based on the nature of the research and the goals that the researcher sought to achieve, the data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program to extract the results.

The research concluded a set of results, the most prominent of them are: the experiment led to convincing the experimental group after the post-test to the values of moderation, represented in the fact that Sharia is an integrated approach to all fields of life.

The research recommended a set of recommendation, the most prominent of them are: we must work to develop advocacy through social media. We also must impose censorship on preachers on social media.