Values and Their Relationship to Social Problems in Malaysia

This study analyzes the relationship between values and social problems for Malaysian teenagers. Malaysia has undergone a tremendous social transformation that has affected many of its traditional and religious values and norms. This development is said to have contributed to a r.ise in social prob...

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Autores principales: Mohamed Aslam Haneef, Selamah Abdullah Yusof, Ruzita Mohd Amin, Hazizan Md Noon
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Publicado: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2002
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:179cf55c5c084cbea45ee5640ff498122021-12-02T19:41:35ZValues and Their Relationship to Social Problems in Malaysia10.35632/ajis.v19i3.19212690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/179cf55c5c084cbea45ee5640ff498122002-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1921https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 This study analyzes the relationship between values and social problems for Malaysian teenagers. Malaysia has undergone a tremendous social transformation that has affected many of its traditional and religious values and norms. This development is said to have contributed to a r.ise in social problems. Our basic premises are that values are reflected by behavior and that reli­gion plays an important role in Malaysians' value formation. In this context, and since !slam is Malaysia's official religion, the measurement of values is based on the works of al-Ghazali and Rokeach.1 Some suggestions also are provided for future devel­opment policies. Mohamed Aslam HaneefSelamah Abdullah YusofRuzita Mohd AminHazizan Md Noon International Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 19, Iss 3 (2002)
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Mohamed Aslam Haneef
Selamah Abdullah Yusof
Ruzita Mohd Amin
Hazizan Md Noon
Values and Their Relationship to Social Problems in Malaysia
description This study analyzes the relationship between values and social problems for Malaysian teenagers. Malaysia has undergone a tremendous social transformation that has affected many of its traditional and religious values and norms. This development is said to have contributed to a r.ise in social problems. Our basic premises are that values are reflected by behavior and that reli­gion plays an important role in Malaysians' value formation. In this context, and since !slam is Malaysia's official religion, the measurement of values is based on the works of al-Ghazali and Rokeach.1 Some suggestions also are provided for future devel­opment policies.
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author Mohamed Aslam Haneef
Selamah Abdullah Yusof
Ruzita Mohd Amin
Hazizan Md Noon
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Selamah Abdullah Yusof
Ruzita Mohd Amin
Hazizan Md Noon
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title Values and Their Relationship to Social Problems in Malaysia
title_short Values and Their Relationship to Social Problems in Malaysia
title_full Values and Their Relationship to Social Problems in Malaysia
title_fullStr Values and Their Relationship to Social Problems in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Values and Their Relationship to Social Problems in Malaysia
title_sort values and their relationship to social problems in malaysia
publisher International Institute of Islamic Thought
publishDate 2002
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