Open AccessFAITH-BASED SOCIAL WORK SERVICES: THE ANALYSIS OF THE MOSQUE CONTRIBUTION IN SRI LANKA
Author(s) -
M. I. M. Jazeel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
addaiyan journal of arts humanaties and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-8783
DOI - 10.36099/ajahss.3.3.3
Subject(s) - islam , social welfare , sri lanka , faith , social work , social engagement , service (business) , work (physics) , welfare , sociology , public relations , political science , socioeconomics , social science , geography , engineering , business , marketing , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , theology , archaeology , tanzania
The mosque is a prime Islamic institution to articulate its visionand carry the engagement in the holistic development of the community asa community development Centre. The social service works are muchhighlighted and encouraged in Islam. The purpose of the study toinvestigate the mosque engagement in social works in two areas namelythe welfare programmes and human services. This paper is mainly reliedon the analysis of the data collected from the interview surveyadministered among the randomly selected mosque island-wide and fieldobservation along with the review of the records and documents. Thefindings reveal that the mosque engagement in social services is up to themark in both areas under the investigation. Moreover, the mosque peoplemost likely pay attention to the social activities specially during thedifficult time caused by the natural or communal disasters. This paper mayprovide the concerned people the idea and information to design themosque programme in social works.